All about Hope

All About Hope...

 

Now in her record breaking 11th sold-out rave-review year as resident songstress in London's premiere cabaret room Crazy Coqs: Live at the piano, Miss Hope Springs will leave you spellbound (and very likely speechless) with her ravishing all original repertoire of self penned hits and scandalous showbiz stories. Join Miss Hope Springs as she unpacks her suitcase of dreams and takes you on a trip down her by now, somewhat potholed memory lane with songs and tales from her 'Ritz to the pits’ life in London Paris and erm, Dungeness (where she lives with her husband Irving and his close personal hairdresser pal Carlos in a camper van). She reminisces about her one time paramours (Liberace, Tab Hunter and Noel Coward were just a few of the men who got away) and with 'The voice of an angel...A fallen one'  she croons a ridiculously catchy array of Vegastastic musical numbers...

 

You'll hear finger snapping pop, toe tapping show tunes and bluesy Bossa Novas from her many (mostly unreleased) albums including  Je m’appelle Hope, Miss Hope Springs Swings with Strings, Blood Sweat and Sequins, Vegas to Weimar and her seminal 1976 'Memphis' album Queen of Fools...recorded in High Wycombe! At Christmas it's the umpteenth reprise of her hugely popular 1971 Granada TV festive special Christmas Agogo! (to this day considered an unaired classic).

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La Springs has gathered a loyal and enthusiastic following since bursting onto the scene. She has sold out prestigious cabaret venues such as Wilton's Music Hall and Wigmore Hall and theatres both in the UK and the USA.

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Miss Hope Spring’s erm, musical director Mr Ty Jeffries is a prolific composer and writer whose critically acclaimed works are influenced and informed by the combination of his classical training and his love and knowledge of both the golden age of Hollywood and the Great American Songbook. Ty spent some formative years in Tinseltown (his father was the character actor Lionel Jeffries) and in fact Ty once danced down Sunset Blvd with family friend Fred Astaire...

 

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WHAT THE PRESS SAY

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'Fabulously talented! The greatest star that never was sings the greatest hits that never were...Unmissable!'
Jonathan Ross Arts show BBC Radio 2

 

‘Funny, bitter-sweet, totally charming and unexpectedly moving…’

 Mark Gatiss

 

‘What a great show, a reminder of everything I love about performance…’ 

Neil Bartlett 

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'I howled! Glorious timing, fab songs written and played by herself....Hilarious character patter...Gifted!'

Tracie Bennett

 

'Full of joie de vivre. An exuberant, ecstatic evening...'

Boyz Magazine

 

'The jokes fly thick and fast, but there’s also real pathos here. Behind the glitter and the sequins there’s a rounded character study of heartbreak and broken dreams...'

Paul Burston, Polari Literary Salon

 

'Hilarious...Song after song attests to her ability to evoke the style and substance of classic cabaret songs of the past while remaining a total original.' 

Bistro Awards NYC

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'Clever, classy, funny...the songs are genius...Go see!' 

Marc Almond

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'Tragi-comic genius'
Julian Clary

 

'Darkly comic songs that would give Tim Minchin a run for his money.'

Broadway Baby 

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'Nostalgic vaudevillian charm with its blend of skilfully-crafted musical number, camp anecdote, and joyously decadent performance... An absolute delight.'

Culture Fix

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'A character of uncanny comic accuracy, blending evocative musical numbers with a hint of Vegas. Exquisitely funny and remarkably engaging.' 

The Stage 

 

Winner Latest Loves Award Brighton Fringe 2021

Winner Edinburgh Fringe Best Cabaret Broadway World Awards 2019

Winner The Stage Best Cabaret 2013

Winner Latest Awards Brighton Fringe Best Cabaret 2011

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