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About Bill
Kim Ismay returns to the Tabard for five performances of her hit one woman musical About Bill. Written by Matthew Strachan and Bernie Gaughan, About Bill is the follow up to their first musical Next Door’s Baby which was revived at the Tabard in May 2023. Directed by Keith Strachan, this is another chance to experience the brilliance of this show, following its debut at the Tabard last August.
“The show’s a triumph – with Kim Ismay, a brilliant actor and singer using all the skills at her command – and the kind you can’t leave without grinning and humming at least one of the unknown but cleverly familiar tunes from six decades.”
London Pub Theatres ????? – Nominated for a Standing Ovation Awar
“All of the creatives involved in this, writer, music and lyricist, and Kim Ismay herself have wide and deserved West End success. And the recently reinvented Tabard Theatre in Chiswick is bringing top class theatre to West London. This production only cements all of these reputations. At 75 minutes it’s an easy and engrossing watch and thoroughly enjoyed by the first night audience who gave it a standing ovation.”
Mark Aspen Reviews ????
About Bill is a show entirely about Bill, although we never meet him. Instead, we hear from all of the women in his life. Some loved him, others fled from him. All were affected by Bill Fitzgerald, the legendary swashbuckling jazz trumpeter.
From the journalist who can’t help but be affected by his charm, to the addict lover who blames him for everything, all the women in Bill’s life show us a different aspect of this talented, complicated man as the score takes us on a musical tour of the song styles of Bill’s long life.
And all the while Aunty Dot looks on. She raised him when his mother couldn’t and loved him with the same ferocity as she despairs about his behaviour. Sternly moral, outspoken, and hilarious, she has much to say About Bill.
“The show’s a triumph – with Kim Ismay, a brilliant actor and singer using all the skills at her command – and the kind you can’t leave without grinning and humming at least one of the unknown but cleverly familiar tunes from six decades.”
London Pub Theatres ????? – Nominated for a Standing Ovation Awar
“All of the creatives involved in this, writer, music and lyricist, and Kim Ismay herself have wide and deserved West End success. And the recently reinvented Tabard Theatre in Chiswick is bringing top class theatre to West London. This production only cements all of these reputations. At 75 minutes it’s an easy and engrossing watch and thoroughly enjoyed by the first night audience who gave it a standing ovation.”
Mark Aspen Reviews ????
About Bill is a show entirely about Bill, although we never meet him. Instead, we hear from all of the women in his life. Some loved him, others fled from him. All were affected by Bill Fitzgerald, the legendary swashbuckling jazz trumpeter.
From the journalist who can’t help but be affected by his charm, to the addict lover who blames him for everything, all the women in Bill’s life show us a different aspect of this talented, complicated man as the score takes us on a musical tour of the song styles of Bill’s long life.
And all the while Aunty Dot looks on. She raised him when his mother couldn’t and loved him with the same ferocity as she despairs about his behaviour. Sternly moral, outspoken, and hilarious, she has much to say About Bill.
£18/£15 concessions
Perfromances on Thursday and Friday will start at 7:30pm
Perfromances on Saturday will start at 6:00pm
Perfromances on Thursday and Friday will start at 7:30pm
Perfromances on Saturday will start at 6:00pm
Tabard Theatre, 2 Bath Road, London W4 1LW
Thu 4 Jul to Sat 6 Jul
Website:
tabard.org.uk/whats-on/about-bill/
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