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Charming, offbeat musical cabaret from a vintage songstress with a repertoire of surprising tunes and a colourful history of romantic misadventure.
“A very special talent.”
Tricity Vogue took up the ukelele in 2007 after her band stood her up, and never looked back. Dubbed ‘ukulele doyenne’ by Time Out London, Tricity has performed for Ravi Shankar, Hollywood director Joe Wright, and Anoushka Shankar, who she taught to play kazoo. She's also the first person ever to play ukelele on Ronnie Scott’s stage.
Tricity set up the Ukelele Cabaret
in November 2007 for fellow friends of the four strings - an impromptu night of special guests,
open mic spots and group singalongs, held every month at the Lincoln Lounge, Kings Cross.
Tricity Vogue's Ukulele Cabaret
has gone on to become a hit show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
“Tricity Vogue and her uke… recipe for one of the finest shows you’ll see. Kooky, quirky and ever so sweet, it’s cabaret to run down
side-streets for – just get there early.” (*Tricity uses the minority spelling of “ukelele” instead of the more common “ukulele” because it abbreviates more logically to uke, and because she likes being perverse)
A kitsch portrait comes to life to perform Tricity’s unique take on the blues in a dazzling, witty and strangely haunting cabaret spectacle.
One-hour musical extravaganza The Blue Lady Sings premiered at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern’s Hot August Fringe in August 2009, then went on to take the Edinburgh Fringe by storm in August 2010, enchanting audiences and reviewers alike.
"An irresistible live cartoon... the Blue Lady Sings does for cabaret what Waiting for Godot did for drama"
Tricity is co-founder and Madam Treasurer of the Blue Stocking Society, a monthly Thinking Women's Burlesque Cabaret she runs with "clown queen of burlesque" and Madam Secretary Audacity Chutzpah, inspired by the 18th century ladies literary gatherings of the same name.
"London's most celebrated sorority" according to Time Out London, and "a wild joyride of cultural subversion" according to the Erotic Review, the Bluestockings meet monthly at legendary cabaret haunt the Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, where their shows are a perennial Time Out Critics' Choice.
Whether she’s strumming her ukulele solo, or fronting a hot swing band playing mischievous dance tunes, Tricity never fails to seduce
audiences wherever she goes.
"Tricity Vogue and her band work their magic
with jazzy covers of modern classics… and soon the floor is full." By day, Tricity Vogue leads a secret double life as a writer, and her alter-ego Heather Tyrrell is currently collaborating on a television script set in the cabaret demi-monde. |
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