Artistes of the Month
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Toby
Young, John Evans
The
Red Stripe Band
The
Red Stripe Band..........a seven piece line up featuring Bass, guitar,
piano and vocals, drums and a three piece horn section - tenor and baritone
sax and trumpet.
Red Stripe on piano and vocals features some wicked boogie woogie and big band arrangements including 'Bumble Boogie', 'Shake Rattle 'n' Roll', 'Well Alright' (Count Basie) - all in true foot tapping boogie woogie style. There is also a good sprinkling of jump jive and rock and roll including Louis Jordan and Louis Prima numbers such as 'Choo Choo Ch Boogie', 'Jump Jive 'n' Wail' and 'Buona Sera'.
· "The closest thing to Jools Holland and his big band....." Jazz FM
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here to see Red Stripe's online video showreel
Toby
Young
Toby
Young is one of Britain's best-known young journalists. In addition to
writing a restaurant column for the Evening Standard and a theatre column
for the Spectator, he's a contributing editor at Tatler and a Special
Correspondent for GQ.
His book about the five years he spent working as a glossy magazine editor in New York--How to Lose Friends & Alienate People--became an international bestseller and was made into a film by FilmFour.
Toby appeared as himself in the West End stage adaptation of his book as well as in New York He's married with two children and lives in Shepherd's Bush (London's answer to Tribeca as he assures his guests).
What the critics said about the stage play:
"A gleaming statuette of the human spirit."
The Evening Standard
"Unexpectedly touching."
The Sunday Telegraph
"Toby Young is a great storyteller."
The Mail on Sunday
"Young is a good raconteur, a handy impersonator and not a bad mimic.
He knows how to get the most from his skills and he delivers the material
with such an air of conviction that it's impossible not to find it wildly
funny."
The Spectator
"Toby Young is a great storyteller."
The Mail on Sunday
"Young is a good raconteur, a handy impersonator and not a bad mimic.
He knows how to get the most from his skills and he delivers the material
with such an air of conviction that it's impossible not to find it wildly
funny."
The Spectator
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here for Toby's showreel which can be found on the video page
John Evans
In
the entertainment world John Evans is unique. Commanding a strong stage
presence and an excellent audience rapport, John exudes professionalism
to captivate audiences everywhere.
His clever thinking and clean comedy has taken John to a wide spectrum.
Entertaining British Forces in Belize, Central America and across Northern
Ireland to the worlds finest cruise liners.
He has made himself an automatic choice for P&O Cruises on board each of their top ships. John proved himself to be so popular that he was asked to be the first comedian to appear on board 'Oriano', on her maiden world cruise which enhanced his appeal to an international audience. Several other major cruise lines have been quick to engage his talents for their own ships and John has since made many successful appearances for these companies all giver the world. John is also in great demand by Thompson Holidays for their 5 star Thompson Gold resort hotels throughout Europe.
John's wonderful timing and warm style gained nationwide recognition with his appearances on Granada Televisions' 'The Comedians'. So successful were his performances that he was an obvious choice to be featured in their video release, 'The Best of the Comedians'. Further television credits include, 'The Big Breakfast' for channel 4 and 'The Jonathon Ross Show'.
John's work at corporate events is unrivalled including shows for BMW, Dundee United Football Club and at The Birmingham International Convention Centre, The Observer News Group.
For the major UK production company Qdos Entertainments, John has appeared to great acclaim in pantomime at many theatres alongside some of the countries top stars including, John Inman and Sue Pollard.
"Very fast, very funny. In fact quite excellent..." The stage.
"John Evans was hilarious from start to finish..." The Scottish Times.
"...a natural performer with a great ability to make you laugh' Scene around.
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