Alexander S Bermange and Special Guests – Sunday 31 January 2016

Alexander S Bermange : As comic songwriter and performer: many songs for Broadcasting House (BBC Radio 4), Weekend and The World Today (BBC World Service); Weird & Wonderful (an album of songs celebrating weirdos and weirdness); and solo show The Wit & Whimsy of Alexander S. Bermange (St James Theatre and The Pheasantry, London).

As composer and lyricist: The Route To Happiness (recorded and released by Kerry Ellis, Ben Forster and Louise Dearman; previously at the Landor Theatre, London); The 24 Hour Musicals (Old Vic, West End); Walking On The Sun (The O2, London and three productions in Yorkshire); Thirteen Days (Arcola Theatre, London; Kiveton Park, Sheffield; and the subject of a prime-time BBC Radio 4 programme); Shadowless (Bridewell Theatre, London and winner of two Frank Wildhorn Awards at the Musical Festival Graz, Austria); Aladdin (Pleasance Theatre, London); Odette (Bridewell Theatre, London); Close Encounters (Century City Playhouse, Los Angeles); and Dead Heat (Bradford Playhouse), songs from two of which feature on Sony Music’s compilation Musical Emotions, and songs from most of which have been recorded by 26 West End stars on the album Act One; and contributions to A Song Cycle For Soho (Soho Theatre, London and cast album) and to many international musical theatre artists’ solo albums.

As composer: Plague Over England (Duchess Theatre, West End); Murder On Air (numerous regional runs and two extensive UK tours); a rock/pop version of Snow White (Hanau, Germany and Yaroslavl, Russia) and seven other musical adaptations of fairy tales (first produced in Hanau, Germany), most released on CD/DVD and songs from which have spawned the compilation musical The Lost Fairy Tales (tours of Germany and Switzerland).
As participant in the technological age: www.bermange.co.uk and @Bermange.

Lucy May Barker : Made her West End debut as ‘Ilse’ in the original London cast of SPRING AWAKENING (Lyric Hammersmith & Novello).

Theatre credits since then include: EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON; REALLY OLD LIKE FORTY FIVE (both for the National Theatre); THE CRUCIBLE (Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park); THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE (UK Tour); ‘Johanna’ in SWEENEY TODD (Chichester Festival Theatre & Adelphi West End); ‘Cherry Buck’ in Ben Travers’ THARK, as part of the inaugural season at the Park Theatre, ‘Baby Belgrave’ in the revival of Noël Coward’s ACE OF CLUBS at the Union Theatre; ‘Ado Annie’ in the 2015 UK Tour of OKLAHOMA and most recently ‘Betty’ in Pine at the Hampstead Theatre.

Screen credits include: THE CULSHAW & STEPHENSON IMPRESSIONS SHOW; SCOOP!; DOCTORS (all for the BBC) and the feature film THE WOMAN IN BLACK.

Lucy can also be heard in the radio dramas LOST IN MEXICO; THE RUSSIAN GAMBLER (both for BBC Radio 4) and CHARLOTTE POLLARD (Big Finish).

Kim Ismay : Award nominated actress Kim Ismay has spent a record 7 out of the last 13 years starring as Tanya in Mamma Mia! at the Novello, Prince of Wales and Prince Edward Theatres in London’s West End and has just finished a sell out run as the Wicked Queen in Snow White at the Bristol Hippodrome with Warwick Davis.

West End/regional theatre credits include her one-woman show, About Bill, which was written for her by Matthew Strachan and Bernadette Gaughan; and leading roles in, amongst many others: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Noises Off, How the Other Half Loves, The Hot Mikado, Hamlet, Sunset Boulevard, Cabaret, Torch Song Trilogy, A Comedy of Errors, The Wizard of Oz, Kiss Me Kate, Stepping Out, Singin’ in the Rain, Crazy for You, The Rocky Horror Show, Whistle Down the Wind, The Fifteen Streets and Dames at Sea.

Television includes: Claudia in Not Going Out with Lee Mack & Tim Vine, EastEnders, The Bill, The Sound of Musicals, Bob Martin, London’s Burning and Just a Gigolo, and she is a regular guest on BBC Radio London 94.9fm.

Her cabaret appearances and Masterclasses have taken her all over the world and her solo albums, Torch & Debauch and About Bill are available at Dress Circle. www.kimismay.com

Doors Open : 7.30 pm
Entertainment begins: 8.00 pm
Reservations must be made in advance.
£20.00 per person.  Refreshments will be served during the interval.
Cheques to be made payable to “United Synagogue”
Email: esevents@btinternet.com
Tel: 0208 933 5645
Book online: https://myus.theus.org.uk/events/31556/alexander-s-bermange-and-special-guests/#eventTicketSelectionForm

Ealing Synagogue, 15 Grange Road, London W5 5QN