Adele Anderson

Adèle Anderson is best known as a member of the acclaimed cabaret group Fascinating Aïda and cowrites much of their material with founder member Dillie Keane Fascinating Aïda have played in more than 100 theatres in the UK and Ireland with London seasons at the Donmar Warehouse Lyric Hammersmith Piccadilly Vaudeville Garrick Apollo and Comedy theatres and the Theatre Royal Haymarket They have toured Australia three times including a month at the Sydney Opera House and also played New Zealand San Francisco New York Berlin Watamu Kenya and Singapore They have made numerous television appearances and radio recordings released seven CDs two videos an autobiography and a songbook They have been nominated for the Perrier Award the Olivier Award three times and the New York Drama Desk Award Theatre credits The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Landor Theatre Follies Landor Theatre Into the Woods Derby Playhouse and The Forum Wythenshawe Achillies in Heels Landor Theatre When Florence Met Isadora Rosemary Branch Eminent Victorians and The Art of Love Battersea Barge Letss Kick Arts The Bridewell Ken Hills Phantom of the Opera National Tour Die Fledermaus European Chamber Opera Tour Wasp Edinburgh Fringe Festival Salad Days National Tour Plan 9 from Outer Space The Musical National Tour Sunset Boulevard Sydmonton Festival Nine Royal Festival Hall House of Obsession Half Moon Girls who wear glasses National Tour and Tales my Lover Told Me Kings Head She has appeared in five pantomimes around the country and directed two at The Theatre Chipping Norton She also directed Kayes the Word Paul Hulls tribute to Danny Kaye which played the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the New End Theatre Writing credits Many Fascinating Aïda lyrics Cowriter of Dillie Keanes three solo shows Single Again Citizen Keane and Back With You Song The English Lesson with Dillie Keane for The Shakespeare Reveu Vaudeville Theatre and World Tour As a member of the Mercury Workshop she wrote with Sarah Travis a section of the collaborative musical The Challenge Shaw Theatre With Warren Wills she cowrote the Ninth Commandment for the Mercury Workshops production of The Ten Commandments The Place She and Warren have performed jazzcabaret together at Pizza on the Park and the Langham Hilton and also played the Hong Kong Fringe Festival Adeles debut solo album Why try to change me now with Warren as Musical Director and containing original songs by herself with Sarah Travis and Warren is available on the Dress Circle label Film credits Lady Jane directed by Trevor Nunn and Company Business in which she serenaded Gene Hackman and Mikhail Baryshnikov TV credits Dr Tockley in Hotel Babylon BBC1 Gemma Masters in Fish BBC1 and the voice of Sydney the cassowary in The Whingeing Pom LWT Radio credits Plutopia Radio 4