Sandra Marvin: ‘Sweet Soul Christmas’

Currently staring as Angeliqué in the critically acclaimed Broadway and West End hit musical & Juliet, Sandra Marvin returns to Crazy Coqs with her fabulous Christmas Show.

Expect an evening of soulful classics and festive favourites from The Christmas Song and Santa Baby. From Ella to Aretha, Mariah to Donny Hathaway, Whitney, and Jackie Wilson, to name but a few, all interwoven with Sandra’s divine vocal talent and undeniable warmth and charm.

“She is brilliant. She has the vocals of a goddess”– UK Theatre

A West End favourite, Sandra has starred in various productions, including Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act, Becky in Waitress, the original London cast of Hairspray, Showboat, Ragtime, Porgy & Bess, Chicago, and A Christmas Carol. Other notable productions include Committee and City of Angels for Donmar Warehouse, Romantics Anonymous for Wise Children and Bagdad Cafe for The Old Vic & Wise Children.

Sandra also starred in Before The Dawn with Kate Bush, her 22-date sold-out residency at the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo, and appears on her live album of the same name. Sandra has performed with Liam Gallagher, Michael Ball, Tim Burgess and The Charlatans and features on their album Modern Nature. She has also performed on several film scores, including Gravity, Mary Poppins Returns, and the new 2024 sequel Beetlejuice.

Sandra was a series regular on ITV’s Emmerdale, playing Jessie Dingle and recently starred in Call The Midwife.

“The greatest performance of the night, and, without exaggeration, one of the greatest performances which I have ever seen in a theatre, belongs to Sandra Marvin. Playing the part of Motormouth Maybelle, her performance of the torch song “I Know Where I’ve Been” is literally breathtaking. Physically and emotionally affecting, finding a rare poignancy, Marvin’s performance of this song is worth the ticket price alone. Superlatives fail”– Scott Purvis, Whats-On-Stage

“Whoopi Goldberg may have patented the kick-ass sass role in the Oscar-laden 1992 film, but stand aside Sister, there’s a new seismic sensation in the neighbourhood, and Sandra Marvin’s run-away freight-train-subtle Deloris is about to seize the role by its Philadelphian fun horns and quite possibly own it forever.”– Review Hub

“Sandra Marvin’s vocally magnificent Mama Morton”– Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph