Adèle Anderson
| Adèle Anderson | |
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 Photo of Anderson performing with Fascinating Aida in 2008. |
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| Born | 14 June 1952 England |
| Awards | Nominated for Drama Desk Award with Fascinating Aida Nominated for Perrier Award with Fascinating Aida |
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| http://www.fascinatingaida.co.uk/ | |
Adèle Anderson (born 14 June, 1952) is an Olivier Award-nominated singer and actress, best known as a third of the cabaret group Fascinating Aida.
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[edit] Career
Anderson has appeared internationally in concerts, in theatrical plays, on the BBC Television television program Gemma Masters. In addition, sometimes with Dillie Keane, Anderson writes lyrics to most of Fascinating Aida's songs and has contributed to the songs of several hit musicals, including The Challenge (Shaw Theatre) and The Ten Commandments (The Place).
[edit] Fascinating Aida
Anderson joined Fascinating Aida in 1984, a year after its inception, and has performed with them ever since. Recently, they toured nationwide.[1] As of 2009 they are touring nationwide, having just completed a new CD.
[edit] Credits
[edit] Theatre
- 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)
- Lets's Kick Arts (The Bridewell)
- Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera (National Tour)
- Die Fledermaus (European Chamber Opera Tour)
- Wasp (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), 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)
- Tales my Lover Told Me (King’s Head).
- Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Rebel Theatre)
- She has appeared in five pantomimes around the country and directed two at The Theatre, Chipping Norton. She also directed Kaye's the Word, Paul Hull’s tribute to Danny Kaye, which played the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the New End Theatre. She and Warren Wills have performed jazz/cabaret together at Pizza on the Park and the Langham Hilton and also played the Hong Kong Fringe Festival.
[edit] Writing
- Fascinating Aida lyrics
- Co-writer of Dillie Keane’s 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).
- Ninth Commandment for the Mercury Workshop’s production of The Ten Commandments (The Place) (with Warren Wills).
- Debut solo album: Why try to change me now?, original songs by herself (with Sarah Travis)
[edit] Film, Television & Radio
- Lady Jane (directed by Trevor Nunn)
- Company Business, in which she serenaded Gene Hackman and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
- Dr Tockley in Hotel Babylon (BBC1)
- Gemma Masters in Fish (BBC1)
- The Whingeing Pom (LWT)
- Plutopia (Radio 4)
- Anderson was also a consultant (and made a cameo appearance) for the film Different For Girls, starring Steven Mackintosh and Miriam Margolyes.
[edit] Personal
Anderson is a transsexual woman. She was born as a male in Southampton, England, and changed her sex after graduating from university. She lived and worked as a woman for some time before speaking publicly about being transsexual[2].
She is a distinguished supporter of the British Humanist Association [1]
On 15 September 2010, Anderson, along with 54 other public figures, signed an open letter published in The Guardian, stating their opposition to Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to the UK.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Fascinating Aida - Adele Anderson
- ^ "How We Met; Dillie Keane And Adele Anderson". The Independent (London). 2 February 1997. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-dillie-keane-and-adele-anderson-1276629.html.
- ^ "Letters: Harsh judgments on the pope and religion". The Guardian (London). 15 September 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/15/harsh-judgments-on-pope-religion. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
[edit] External links
- Adele Anderson on IMDb
- Adele & Fascinating Aida at Gavin Barker Associates (agent)
- Adele at Gavin Barker Associates
- Fascinating Aida Official Website
- Video of Adele performing with Fascinating Aida on YouTube
- Video of Adele performing with Little Monsters on YouTube
- Anderson's Official MySpace
- Article with the Los Angeles Times about "Different for Girls"
- British Humanist Association
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