Beautiful World Cabaret with Carly Mercedes Dyer

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.

Today we are a WhatsApp, TikTok, or buzz away from reachability but how connected to each other are we really? Take a break from the digital… look up, rediscover the beauty of the great outdoors and the power of a tangible community. A melodic walk through nature hoping to inspire how this planet is worth caring for.

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.

Carly Mercedes Dyer is an Olivier nominated actress with an exceptional range of roles in her career to date. After training at Arts Educational London, Carly went straight into a string of West End shows; notably her west end debut was in the highly coveted Chicago. She has since taken her talents regionally all over the UK and become an established Curve Theatre favourite in iconic shows such as West Side Story, and A Chorus Line. Most well known for her performance as Erma in Anything Goes at The Barbican; The Times, Guardian and Evening Standard critics all praised her performance. Following on from her critical acclaim she won ‘The WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Performer in a Female Identifying Role‘, and it was here she received her Olivier Award nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actress in a Musical’ for this same role. Her award winning performance can be seen on BBC iPlayer. Among this success, Carly was named as one of “The Stage 25“; twenty five theatre makers believed to go on to great things over the next quarter-century and become stalwarts of future editions of “The Stage 100“.

Theatre credits include: Cassie in A Chorus Line (Sadler’s Wells); Faye Treadwell in The Drifters Girl (UK and Ireland Tour), Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme in Polly Findlay‘s Assassins at Chichester Festival Theatre. June in Gypsy (Alexandra Palace Theatre); Cassie in A Chorus Line (Curve, Leicester); Shug Avery in The Color Purple (Curve at Home); Anita in West Side Story (Curve, Leicester); Henri in The View Upstairs (Soho Theatre); Ain’t Misbehavin‘ (Mercury Theatre, Colchester & Southwark Playhouse); Fate in Hadestown (National Theatre); Helene in Sweet Charity (Nottingham Playhouse); Original London Cast of Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre); West Side Story (Salzburg Festival); The Lorax (Old Vic Theatre); Original London Cast of Memphis (Shaftesbury Theatre); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Royal Festival Hall 2015); Kiss Me, Kate, BBC Proms (Royal Albert Hall); Original Cast of Dance ‘Til Dawn (UK Tour); Original London Cast of Rock of Ages (Shaftesbury Theatre & Garrick Theatre); Dirty Dancing (Aldwych Theatre); Chicago (Cambridge Theatre); Hair (English Theatre, Frankfurt); High School Musical (Hammersmith Apollo).

Workshops include: The Artist directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie (2023); The Time Traveller’s Wife directed by Bill Buckhurst (2022); The Boy In The Dress (The RSC) directed by Sarah Tipple (2017); The Lorax (The Old Vic) directed by Max Webster and choreographed by Drew McOnie (2014); But I’m a Cheerleader! The Musical (Lionsgate) directed by Jerry Mitchell (2013); Matilda (The RSC) directed by Matthew Warchus (2009).

Concerts include: Christine Colgate in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (The London Palladium); Fangirls Musical (The Southbank Centre: Women of The World Festival) written and directed by Yve Blake.