Our highly anticipated Best of Broadway & Beyond musical event with the fabulous TOO DARN HOT is just around the corner and we want to give you a very special sneak peek of the top West End performers who will be gracing our stage at Tylney Hall.
Tansy Aked -Theatre Musical Director, West End Pianist & Keyboard Player, TV & Film, Composer/Session Musician & Conductor.
Tansy has been involved with over forty shows as a Musical Director, Pianist and Keyboard Player, across the West-End, The Royal National Theatre, UK and European tours. She is also part of Scherzo Music, and along with her writing partner Steve Richardson, composes music for Theatre, TV and Film, and they are published by EMI.
Tansy’s theatre credits include, for the National Theatre; The Prince's Play (Musical Director) Amy's View, Closer, Money, and Volpone, in the West End; Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, Beauty & the Beast, Scrooge, Fame, Hard Times, Dr Dolittle, and Prisoner Cell Block H – The Musical, and numerous major UK tours such as Evita, Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Rat Pack, La Cage aux Folles, Me & My Girl, Summer Holiday, Pirates of Penzance, The Goodbye Girl, Ruthie Henshall’s concert tour The Magnificent Musicals and the Scandinavian tour of Cats.
In London, Tansy was Musical Director for Falling Stars (Jermyn St Theatre and also recorded for BBC Radio 2), A Christmas Carol (Hackney Empire), A Vision in Scarlet (Bridewell Theatre), The Rivals (Southwark Playhouse), Goblins (New End Theatre), the comedy revue Never Left Alright (Soho Theatre), The Canterville Ghost (Bull Theatre) and was Associate Musical Director for the critically acclaimed revivals of Kurt Weill’s One Touch of Venus and Howard Goodall’s Days of Hope (both at the Kings Head Theatre). Outside of London, Tansy was Musical Director for the new chamber musical Nightingale (Electric Theatre, Guildford), Entartete Muzik (Theatre Royal, Bath) and for the National Tours of The Blues Brothers, Night Fever and Puttin on the Ritz. Tansy is also Musical Director for the leading West-End cabaret show Too Darn Hot .
Tansy and her writing partner Steve Richardson have also composed and performed numerous tracks for Film and TV, including for such films as Mrs Henderson Presents starring Judy Dench and Bob Hoskins, The Holiday starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslett, and Bridget Jones – The Edge of Reason starring Renee Zelwegger, Hugh Grant & Colin Firth. Their jingles have also been heard on This Morning, Fifth Gear, Big Brother and Family Affairs, and as far afield as Russia, Australia, Japan, South Africa, New Zealand, Poland, Iceland and Tanzania!
Shona Lindsay - Singer
Shona made her professional debut at the age of eleven in the title role of Annie and went on to play numerous children's roles in both theatre and television including playing the role of Barbara Boyer in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole for Thames Television. She left school to join the company of Crossroads for Central TV, playing the role of Sara Briggs for two years.
Theatre roles in West End include Christine in The Phantom Of The Opera at Her Majesty's (in 1991 she was the youngest actress to play this role); Shona has also starred as Dixie in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Crescent Theatre, Birmingham; Suzanne Walter in The Wicked World of Bel Ami, Theatre Royal, Stratford East; the roles of Lady Townley in The Prevoked Husband and Vickey Hobson in Hobson's Choice, both New End Theatre; Gilmer in Godspell at the Barbican; the role of Kathy Seldon opposite Paul Nicholas in a national tour of Singin' In The Rain; Sandy in Grease at both the Dominion and Cambridge Theatre; Shona created the role of Monica in the premiere of I Love You You're Perfect Now Change at the Comedy Theatre.
Other theatre includes: the role of Milly in the national tour of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers; Dorothy in the national tour of Murdered To Death; Mrs Pankhurst in Oh What A Lovely War!, Derby Playhouse. Julia Carrington in The Mating Game at The Mill at Sonning and recently Emma Carew in Jekyll & Hyde.
Regular listeners to radio will know Shona from her many appearances for the BBC Radio 2 series, most recently as Young Sally in Follies at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane with Julia McKenzie and Denis Quilley, Kristine in the 20th Anniversary recording of A Chorus Line, Grete Schone in The Dancing Years and Princess Maria in Call Me Madam with Tyne Daly.
Glyn Kerslake - Singer
Glyn trained at Arts Educational Schools, London and has over twenty years experience working as an actor, singer and musician.
Gyn’s West End theatre credits include; Frank Shepherd in the multi award winning Merrily We Roll Along (Harold Pinter Theatre) Bob Cratchit in Scrooge (London Palladium); The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre); Arnaud du Thil in Martin Guerre (Prince Edward Theatre), Enjolras in 'Les Misérables' (Palace Theatre); Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard (Adelphi Theatre), original cast and subsequent alternate Chris in Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane).
Other Theatre credits include: George Montague in That Old Feeling and George Weidler/Frank Sinatra in Sentimental Journey – The Doris Day Story (The Mill at Sonning & Wiltons Music Hall, London; Dick in Birthday Suite (The Mill at Sonning); Long John Silver in Treasure Island, and Neil Armstrong in Moon Landing (all at Derby Playhouse); Dr Manislav in Two Cities and John Tallentire in The Hired Man (Salisbury Playhouse); Kern Goes to Hollywood (King’s Head Theatre, Islington); Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music (Aberystwyth Arts Centre); The World Goes ‘Round – European premiere (West Yorkshire Playhouse); The Man in Side by Side by Sondheim (Olympia Theatre, Dublin); The Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince in Into the Woods (Library Theatre, Manchester); Evita (Manchester Opera House and 1st national tour) and The Metropolitan Mikado (Queen Elizabeth and Royal Festival Hall)
Aoibheann Greene - Singer
Originally from Ireland, Aoibheann trained at the University of Ulster before moving to London to study at The Royal Academy of Music.
Aoibheann was first seen in the West-End as Tess in the musical Tess Of The D'Urbervilles at the Savoy Theatre.
Aoibheann has played numerous other lead roles including Johanna in Sweeny Todd, Mabel in Pirates of Penzance, Fiona in Brigadoon, Laurey in Oklahoma, Pitti Sing in The Mikado, Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes and Bastienne in Mozart's Bastien And Bastienne.
Aoibheann has performed extensively on Television and Radio, and is a regular soloist for the BBC’s Showtime. She has also been spotted on Children In Need, The Late Late Show, The Kelly Show and Richard Baker's Music Box.
Concert work includes Sweeney Todd at The Royal Festival Hall and A Tribute To Rodgers & Hammerstein. Aoibheann also spent 6 months on a tour of the UK and Ireland singing with Demis Roussos - Forever and ever and ever...!
If you would like the opportunity to hear these fantastic musicians live at Tylney Hall on Sunday 22nd March get in touch with us today to book your tickets!
£125.00 per person, with a special accommodation rate of £75.00 bed & breakfast, per person, per night based on a deluxe bedroom.
Please contact Marion Bampton on 01256 764881 or email mbampton@elitehotels.co.uk to make a booking.
Lorna Mann - Marketing & PR Coordinator