Beautiful World Cabaret with Dame Maureen Lipman

Twelve scintillating cabarets with London’s divine and glorious Artistes. Each coming with their own particular skill and angle to celebrate, and spend time with, our Beautiful World. In harmony with the London Wildlife Trust.

Dame Maureen Lipman will be bringing together poetry, jazz, monologues and madness. Trust me it will be unusual. If not cutting edge, it will certainly be cutting hedge!

Full Festival Line-Up:

13th May, 9:15PM Beautiful World Cabaret with Janie Dee

​Janie Dee is a renowned British actress and singer, celebrated for her versatility across stage, film, television, and radio. She has earned multiple accolades, including Olivier Awards for her performances in Carousel and Comic Potential. She is also the founder of Beautiful World Cabaret.

14th May, 9.15PM | Beautiful World Cabaret Gala with Rob Brydon

Rob Brydon MBE is an actor, writer and producer. His credits include Barbie, Swimming with Man, Cinderella, The Huntsman: Winter’s War, Days of Bagnold Summer, Blinded by the Light and the role of Inspector Lestrade in Holmes and Watson 

19th May, 9.15PM | Beautiful World Cabaret: ‘Litter and Be Gay’ with Josephina Ortiz-Lewis

​Josephina Ortiz Lewis is a British actor, singer, and dancer, known for roles in musical theatre productions such as Zanna, Don’t! at the Old Joint Stock Theatre. The cabaret, clowning, and drag debut with Litter and Be Gay, a show addressing climate justice, performed as part of the Beautiful World Cabaret series.

20th May, 9.15PM | Beautiful World Cabaret with Wayne Sleep

Wayne Sleep is a dancer, director, choreographer, and actor who appeared on the BBC series The Real Marigold on Tour and ITV’s The Real Full Monty.

21st May, 9.15PM | Beautiful World Cabaret with Laura Pitt-Pulford

​Laura Pitt-Pulford is a British actress renowned for her work in musical theatre, earning a 2016 Olivier Award nomination for her role as Milly in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. She has also appeared in television series such as Emmerdale, portraying Carol Butler.

24th May, 7PM | Beautiful World Cabaret: ‘Songs of Love and Protection’ with Ian Shaw

Ian Shaw is one of the most recognisable names on the UK jazz scene, performing in the UK and worldwide solo and in collaboration with an array of first-class musicians and ensembles. Recipient of two BBC Jazz Awards and a Parliamentary Jazz Award

25th May, 5PM | Beautiful World Cabaret: “Nothing like a Dame” with Dame Felicity Lott & Jason Carr

​Dame Felicity Lott is an acclaimed English soprano renowned for her interpretations of Strauss and Mozart roles, including the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier and Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. She has performed at major opera houses worldwide and is celebrated for contributing to French mélodies and German lieder.

26th May, 7PM | Beautiful World Cabaret with Barlow & Smith

Composer Bella Barlow & Bookwriter/Lyricist A.C. Smith have been writing together for a decade. Barlow & Smith’s joint works include Lock&Key(VAULT Festival, Pick of the Week in The Stage), Dream Queen: Janie Dee (Globe Theatre), Christmas in the City(Workshop, concept album produced by Ian Shaw), and Vanya’s(in development with support from Old Vic New Voices).

26th May, 9.15PM | Beautiful World Cabaret: “Seven Deadly Sins on Earth” with Sister Mary

​”Seven Deadly Sins on Earth” is a cabaret show performed by Sister Mary, a comedic character portrayed by actor and singer Tim McArthur.

27th May, 7PM | Beautiful World Cabaret with Carly Mercedes Dyer

​Carly Mercedes Dyer is an Olivier Award-nominated British actress celebrated for her dynamic musical theatre performances. Her notable roles include Cassie in A Chorus Line at Leicester Curve, Erma in Anything Goes, and Anita in West Side Story.

27th May, 9.15PM | Beautiful World Cabaret with Em Hoggett

Em Hoggett, also known as EM The Master, is a British award-winning music artist, actress, writer, director, and classical pianist. Beginning her musical journey as a child prodigy in classical piano, she has performed with renowned artists like Lang Lang. She has released several albums and singles, including her debut EP “What I Want To Say To You,” which addresses her personal experiences and supports sexual assault survivors.

28th May, 9.15PM | Beautiful World Cabaret with Dame Maureen Lipman

​Dame Maureen Lipman is an English actress, comedian, and writer renowned for her extensive work in theatre, film, and television.

Maureen Lipman left Hull in 1965 to train at Lamda.

Among her films are: Up the Junction, Educating Rita and the Pianist. She spent three years in Olivier’s old Vic company, has appeared in over thirty West End plays and four one-person shows including Re Joyce and Rose. She has starred in sitcoms, Agony, Agony Again and Ladies of Letters and her own series of plays, About Face, as well as the award winning TV plays of her late husband Jack Rosenthal, Alan Ayckbourn, Alan Bennett and Alan Plater.

She has also filmed reality and travel documentaries, such as Memory, DNA Journey, Art Deco, Style and Celebrity Gogglebox. For the past six years she has shouted at everyone in Coronation Street as the battle-axe Evelyn Plummer, winning best comedy award for four years running.

She has published 10 books of autobiography and cartoons and is the proud recipient of honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Hull, Salford, Sheffield and Tel Aviv. She was awarded a CBE in 1999 and a Damehood in 2020.