NY Award Winning Chanteuse to Perform at Court Theatre

“Quiet please, there’s a lady on stage….”

Edith Piaf, Shirley Bassey, Peggy Lee, Dusty Springfield with a bit of Madonna thrown in for good measure - these and other stunning singing stars come alive in Christchurch performer Ali Harper’s new show “Legendary Divas”.

It’s a project the talented performer has been inspired to write over the past couple months since she began appearing overseas as a guest entertainer on cruise ships and while in America late last year. Harper was invited to perform at the renowned New York City United Solo festival in late 2014.

She took the one woman play “Bombshells” (in association with The Court Theatre), to the Big Apple for which she received the festival’s “Best Actress” award. http://www.backstage.com/news/winners-5th-annual-united-solo-fest/

“That just blew me away,” she says. “It was such an honour to be invited and perform in New York alongside 130 other one person shows from all over the world; the award was the icing on the cake.”

While in the US, Ali Harper went on a search for Doris Day, one of her “heroes”.

“I’ve wanted to meet her for so long. I know where she lives, where her Hotel Cypress Inn is. She is 90 now so I respect her privacy, but I would have loved to have knocked on her door and tell her how much I adore her. The signed photograph she sent me last year and the selfies I took outside her front gate will just have to satisfy me for now.” she says.

Doris will be amongst the legendary divas Ali will perform in her new show. “These women are not only incredible performers, they all have an interesting and often very sad story to tell too. That’s something I incorporate into “Legendary Divas”. It’s a way to honour these women, up close and personal.”

Musical director Richard Marrett returns to work with Ali Harper and her 8 piece band, which includes Michael Story, Tim Sellars, Maddy Addis, Gwyn Reynolds, Cameron Pearce and Scott Taitoko.

Listing information:
Legendary Divas
Join Ali Harper as she celebrates those legendary divas we grew up with: Shirley, Dusty, Judy, Vera, Peggy, Dolly, Edith and many more...

The Court Theatre, Addington, Christchurch / Sunday, 1st March / 2.30pm & 7.30pm
*Bookings online here or call 0800 333 100     $49 Adults   $45 Senior/ Groups of 6+

Early Bird Special $39 before 31 Jan 2015 (* Note bookings may incur a fee) 

www.aliharper.com

“Ali Harper lights up every room she enters, owns every stage she steps onto and steals every heart that hears her sing.” New York review