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An Evening with Toyah

A singer and actor, a TV host and author, a BRIT Award winner and a film star – Toyah has worn many hats during a remarkable career spanning more than 50 years. The High Priestess of Punk burst onto the scene in 1976 as she forged dual careers as a musician and actress who featured at The National Theatre and London’s Royal Court. Her role in Quadrophenia made her a household name and soon after she gate-crashed the charts with It’s A Mystery, I Want To Be Free, and Thunder In The Mountains, as the album, Anthem, earned a gold disc, and BRIT Award Best Female as well as a BRIT Nomination for British Breakthrough Act. She married King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp in 1986, and she starred opposite Sir Laurence Olivier and The Who’s Roger Daltrey, among others. Acting, presenting, performing, headlining tours, and releasing 23 studio albums continued her unique story and now it’s time to reflect. With a new book in the offing, Toyah is hitting the road for an extensive UK tour in which she’ll sing favourite hits and tell stories from her remarkable career.

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https://toyahwillcox.com/toyah-willcox-biography/
Toyah has recorded and released 23 studio albums and six live albums.
The album Anthem was certified Gold and spent 46 weeks on the UK album chart in the 1980s. It returned to the official UK Top 40 album chart in 2022 when it was remastered & reissued. The albums The Changeling and live album Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! were both certified Silver along with Silver-selling singles I Want To Be Free and It’s A Mystery.
Toyah was awarded Best Female Singer at the British Rock & Pop Awards in February 1982. Toyah was also nominated for a BRIT Award for Best Female Singer in the same year.

VIP Meet & Greet (goody bag, photograph, autograph, front rows) – 6:00pm start

 

MAGIC DOUBLE BILL: ANDREW FROST AND TOM BRACE

Join magicians Tom Brace and Andrew Frost for an evening of magic as they preview their brand new shows ahead of this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival!

Tom Brace

Join Tom on a journey through the best tricks and illusions from magical history as he navigates what it really takes to become a legend of magic.

‘Charmed, amazed and delighted in equal measure! ★★★★★ James O’Brien, LBC

‘A hot ticket!’ ★★★★ WorldMagicReview

‘Where the real magic happens’ ★★★★ One4Review

Andrew Frost

Andrew’s recent success led to being described as the ‘greatest card magician in the world’. Come and find out if it’s true.

‘A brilliant magician’ Derren Brown

‘A phenomenon’ David Blaine

Age 12+

Janet Street Porter Is Off The Leash

From a bolshy child with a Welsh-speaking budgie to National Treasure, Janet Street-Porter’s life (and language) has always been colourful.

As a broadcaster, television executive and newspaper editor she was at the forefront of some of Britain’s most enduring cultural moments.

Now she finds herself with a senior railcard and four ex-husbands.

The nation’s favourite pissed-off pensioner brings comedy, tragedy and gossip in equal measure, a tour de force rant against growing old gracefully.

Often imitated but rarely equalled, in the words of her good friend Elton, “the bitch is back”!

Glenn Moore

“The best showcase of pure joke-writing skill” (Guardian).

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Glenn Moore has written too many jokes again.

Expect a fast-paced whirlwind of punchlines from one of the greatest joke-writers of his generation. As seen on Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week, Cats Does Countdown. As heard on The Dave Berry Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio, The News Quiz, Just A Minute, and his own Radio 4 series Glenn Moore’s Almanac.

Ian Stone is ‘Looking for the Wow’

Life can’t just be the humdrum, the mundane and the routine before the inevitable slide to disease, decay and death.

Why can’t we sneak in a bit of awesome, a tad of amazing and maybe a smidge of wonderful? A forest canopy opening onto a huge vista would be enchanting for some, but my ancestors wandered in the desert for forty years, I think we’ve been outdoors enough.

Others get their fix from the spiritual, but I’ve been harbouring a grudge against God since my mother stopped me going to Arsenal after my Barmitzvah.

Forty nine years ago. ’God will be watching’ she said.

Well, at least he got to see the game. The point is, life could be so much better so I’m on the lookout. Come and join me on the hunt.

Love, Ian

About Ian

Ian Stone is a hugely experienced broadcaster, podcaster and writer and a brilliantly funny comedian. He performs at major comedy festivals and venues globally. His popular posts and reels on social media have quickly earned him a following of over 60k across BlueSky, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook, amassing millions of views.

In the last three years, Ian has performed his one-man shows at the Edinburgh Festival to packed rooms and great reviews. In 2023, he won the prestigious Spirit of the Fringe Award. He took his last show on tour across the UK, finishing with a sold-out performance at London’s Comedy Store. Ian recently returned from making his debut at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. He will be returning to Edinburgh with Looking for the Wow before kicking off his UK tour.

Aside from stand-up comedy, Ian co-hosted the award-winning Rock ‘N’ Roll Football show on Absolute Radio for five years with Ian Wright. He currently presents a very popular (50k downloads per episode), twice-weekly Arsenal podcast, Handbrake Off, for The Athletic. A live version of the podcast recently sold out Leicester Square Theatre in London. Ian is also a regular contributor on Times Radio. His book To Be Someone was published in 2020 and has received nearly 500 four- and five-star reviews on Amazon.

Musical Theatre Stafford presents Rock of Ages

Musical Theatre Stafford Presents Rock Of Ages, the smash-hit musical with over 25 classic rock anthems.

Travel back to the 80s – where dreams are as big as the hair – for a classic love story, utter hilarity and epic live music!

Featuring hits from Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, Europe and many more!

Set in The Bourbon Room, Sunset Strip’s last legendary rock and roll venue, aspiring rock star Drew longs for new girl Sherrie, a small-town girl with stars in her eyes. But when developers sweep into town with plans to turn the beloved strip into a mall, everyone’s future is on the line!

With the help of mega rockstar Stacee Jaxx, hapless barmen Dennis and Lonny, rebellious city planner-turned protestor Regina and the eclectic cast of groupies, hippies and rockers. Can the gang save the Sunset Strip before it’s too late?

Early bird £3.00 off each ticket until 15th June with code ROCK3

10% off 10 or more tickets

14+ parental guidance advised for under-16s

 

 

Uptown Girl – The Billy Joel Collection

Drawing from six decades of smash-hits and more than 160 million records sold worldwide, Uptown Girl – The Billy Joel Collectioncelebrates the legacy of one of the greatest American musicians of all time.

This stunning new stage production features a full-band dedicated to bringing both authenticity and electrifying energy, recreating iconic performances from the archives including Billy’s appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978, his iconic Wembley Concert in 1984 and the seminal ‘Live In Long Island’.

This roof-raising two hour staged concert features non-stop hits including: ‘My Life’, ‘Just The Way You Are’, ‘The Longest Time’, ‘An Innocent Man’, ‘New York State of Mind’, ‘She’s Always A Woman’, ‘Tell Her About It’, ‘Piano Man’, ‘Uptown Girl’ and many more.

The Wonder of Stevie

The ultimate celebration of the genius of Stevie Wonder!

Voted one of Britain’s top soul singers, mesmeric vocalist Noel McCalla, award-winning saxophonist Derek Nash (Jools Holland’s R&B Orchestra) and their world-class band present a diverse catalogue of iconic back-to-back hits including Superstition, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Isn’t She Lovely, I Wish, Sir Duke, Master Blaster and many more.

The Wonder of Stevie’s outstanding live band features musicians who have previously performed with a wide variety of music legends including Sir Rod Stewart, Bill Withers, Amy Winehouse, The Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, Sir Paul McCartney, David Gilmour, Nile Rodgers, Martha Reeves, Chaka Khan, Sam Moore, Jethro Tull, Eddie Floyd, Gregory Porter and Alfie Boe.

“Breathtaking” – Sunday Times
“Spine-tingling” – The Guardian
“A dazzling homage to one of the great masters of 20th & 21st century music” – Jools Holland
“Never have we heard the music of Stevie Wonder interpreted with such finesse, energy and all-round brilliance” – The House of Soul

 

 

Do It Like Dua

Get ready to dance the night away with Do It Like Dua – the electrifying tribute show celebrating the unstoppable pop powerhouse, Dua Lipa! With a sensational live band, high-energy dancers, and dazzling visuals, this show brings every beat, bass drop, and iconic move to life.

From the disco-infused anthems of Don’t Start Now and Levitating to the sultry vibes of New Rules and Houdini, this is a non-stop party of chart-topping hits. Feel the rhythm, embrace the confidence, and lose yourself in the sound of one of pop’s most iconic stars.

Whether you’re a die-hard Dua fan or just love a good night of glamorous, feel-good music, Do It Like Dua is an unforgettable experience that will have you singing, dancing, and levitating all night long!

Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak

Award-winning theatre maker Victoria Melody joined a historical re-enactment society… because we all deal with divorce in different ways!

Spending weekends as a Musketeer trying to get her head straight, she uncovered the story of a bunch of 17th century radicals called The Diggers and then everything changed.

What started out as a personal search for happiness turned into a quest to find the Diggers of today. What she didn’t expect was that they’d be found far from the battlefield, right on her doorstep.

Back in modern-day Britain doing her day job, she realised The Diggers never really left. They’re still here, still fighting, making change on their own terms.

By blending storytelling and stand-up, past and present collide in this unexpected tale of high jinks. Alongside a community on the frontline Vic steps from re-enactment into reality, where history isn’t just remembered—it’s made.

Directed by Mark Thomas, Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak celebrates the ordinary people shaping history – then and now.

And, like The Diggers, they might leave behind something that will last…if they don’t get caught.