The Riverfront is delighted to be welcoming Madame Galina AKA Iestyn Edwards to perform THIS fantastically comedic show on Saturday 10 February at 7.30pm. Part clowning, part stand-up and part classical ballerina, Madame Galina has made her name recently as the new forces sweetheart! Since 1997, Iestyn has become best known for his alter ego, Madame Galina Korsakova, the rude and cantankerous prima Russian ballerina whose Edinburgh Festival shows received superb plaudits and her dancing and acid tongue continues to astound and shock hordes of her fans as she continually pirouettes up and down the country. As heard by Her Majesty The Queen - raconteur, bon viveur, son of a Merthyr yodelleur, Edwards sings the songs of Cole porter, Franz Schubert, Richard Rodgers et al and goes off at tangents about his parents drugging his Ribena, ideas for where Delia Smith can keep her surplus marmalade, his head of housecraft, the Virgin Mary's espadrilles and a yodelling strip-a-gram giraffe. Sent overseas by the Russian government while Mrs. Putin cools her heels, Madame Galina is being forced to take advantage of Lotto funding by doing outreach work in a village that cannot otherwise access art, in a scratch venue, where all the staff are on day release schemes - which just happens to be your venue - yes, you reading this - doesn't it? Meant to be in residence for two months she has gone AWOL to film a pop video with McFly, and is about to get found out: the Lotto Inspectors and the Russians are on their way to expose her huge undertaking and question her about the embezzlement of tinned beetroot. The audience is called upon to help her: they must learn that Pas De Deux does not mean father-of-twins, they must make her a national treasure, they must name a pudding after her… Iestyn trained at Guildhall as a classical singer and subsequently went on to become voice coach to a host of classical and musical theatre stars and his Voice Clinic is now used by professionals of all walks of life, from singers to High Court barristers as well as The Guildford School of Acting. He has written and performed in countless musical revues and quickly became the darling of The Aldeburgh Festival appearing there every year with his critically acclaimed one-man shows. Tickets prices are £10 and can be booked by calling The Riverfront Box Office on 01633 656757 or by visiting www.newport.gov.uk/riverfront |
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