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Amazingly talented Holly Penfield came and stunned audiences at a cosy venue at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. a seasoned cabaret artist who entertains all over the USA , gave the Edinburgh Fringe Festival audiences a rare a treat. The Fringe Shows Have Talent Team were lucky enough to film Holly Penfields shows. POPULAR San Francisco-based singer-songwriter Holly Penfield, offering an enticing mix of cabaret and burlesque. For those who’ve not heard of Volupté , the Vaudeville-style venue is located in the backstreets of Chancery Lane and offers a world of pleasure and exquisite delight, where anything goes. A dimly lit upstairs cocktail bar offers visitors the chance to smoke cigars and watch old movie clips, while the downstairs cabaret salon/restaurant enables guests to vamp it up downstairs in a series of cutaway, hand-painted booths. Entertainment comes in the form of jazz bands, rock bands, musicians and cabaret singers, 1920s flapper dancers, comedy, Burlesque and Vaudeville extravaganzas – all with a sexy edge. Holly Penfield is one of the most popular attractions at Volupte, thanks to her distinctive voice, good looks and cheeky style. The quintessential California girl - blonde, sunny and kooky – Holly has played piano from a young age, admiring the work of Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Laura Nyro. Working in the Los Angeles music market, she recorded albums that were subsequently released worldwide. Songs from that stage of her career are reprised in her shows in tandem with songs more recently sung by her alternate persona - a scorching jazz diva wearing a black bobbed wig and near-burlesque costumes! If she looks like she plays Las Vegas, it’s because she does! Holly Penfield is a popular attraction at private parties in Caesar’s Palace and other deluxe hotels. But she has also been a regular fixture in London and Europe, having played in our capital’s plush Savoy Hotel as well as Café de Paris and in Edinburgh at the 16th Century Celtic Lodge, a Masonic temple seeped with a sense of history, mysticism and secret society. According to Tim Rice, “Holly Penfield is more than one fine diva she’s a whole host of them, and they all look wonderful and sound sensational!” for more on Holly visit www.fringeshowshavetalent. us 10TH DECEMBER TILL END OF JANUARY USA TOUR Holly will be on her USA tour, performing in Las Vegas, San Francisco and New York. Don't forget to check back soon for her UK 2009 dates! Holly Penfield Holly's Hot Spot - Friday, August 26, 2005 SOME PEOPLE ARE just special, fair and square. As Holly Penfield's crack squad of jazz musicians limber up with a few sultry bars, Metro overhears an elderly chap tell his pal how he hasn't missed a single show since the elfin San Franciscan began this Edinburgh stint. Before the evening is out, Penfield has had him jiving like a teenager and clambering over the audience to decorate everyone in fronds of pink ribbon -rather than merely tolerate it, we love it.
Beat up Dirty Yanks...peformed at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the famous Mercat Bar in West Maitland Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Beat Up Dirty Yanks created and performed by the talented Ronnie Prouty, Ty Twiss and Tim Schwartz who call themselves Doubt Us productions and started their company and show because they were tired of conventional stand-up.They wanted to do something unique and different from what seemed to be the norm at comedy clubs. "Beat UP" Dirty Yanks is the first installment in a run of completely original character comedy shows. The show is a fresh and completely original alternative to most stand-up shows. "Beat UP" Dirty Yanks doesn't really contain well written jokes with witty punch-lines. The show doesn't focus on the joke but more on the chance to meet unique characters who happen to be funny people. for more on "Beat Up" Dirty YANKS go to http://www.usaweeklynews.c om/Beat_Up_Dirty_Yanks.htm l - "Beat Up" Dirty Yanks deputed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 07 and has been leaving audiences perplexed, half cheering in hysterics and half with dropped jaws. DoubtUS Productions is a fresh, completely original alternative to your average stand-up show. DoubtUS hopes to redefine the comedy experience by claiming Death to Stand-up! Ronnie Prouty is shrouded in spirituality and personal growth. A regular practitioner of transcendental mediation, he finds an outlet for his bizarre and outlandish behavior on stage. Ron has a talent for combing quick-wit with wild physical humor. Rons favorite outlet is comedy, he finds everything to be comical and enjoys bizarre and outlandish forms of expression. Alone in Los Angeles while Ty and Tim were in London, Ron developed his own unique and outrageous characters. He showcased his talents in clubs throughout Los Angeles and brought his audiences on rollercoaster rides. Tim Schwartz: A true traveler at heart, Tim has spent the better half of three years traveling the world as a means to ease his old soul. Tim is a man, full of passion, he spent his last summer as a volunteer in a Bulgarian orphanage. He has always had knack for comedy and began a career last fall as a stand-up in Los Angeles. Quickly picking up his bags he moved to London and advanced his career in a scene full of conventional stand-up comedians. He is a true believer in karma and feels the world is unjust and un communal. His spirit is strong and therefore keeps a strong support system around him. His dream is what started the DoubtUS team, therefore he brought his friends with him, those that he enjoys their company and admires their work. Ty Twiss: Working at a youth hostels in Los Angeles is where Ty first met Tim. Becoming friends quickly after finding themselves having similar views of the world, the two jokers took on peoples perceptions of reality with obscure antics and stylish personas. Tyler moved to Central America though, but after months of life in the sand Tyler and Tim met again in London. While Tim worked on his act with the help of the young stallion, Ty squated in Shoreditch running a speak easy to make ends meet.
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Dar Williams-one of the most talented folk rock singers that came out of the USA alternative hippy culture that questions authority in a very pleasant way-wonders who will run the country if all the politicians end up in jail- Dar takes you back in time when TV was Black & White, and there were no DVD recorders, one had to plan the watching of a TV program with great effort because if you missed it, there was no back up dvd copy, to see the show at another time.Dar writes and sings her own amazing folk songs with a solid back band to put the rock into the folk. Street Teamers Needed For Northeast Tour! If you are interested in being a Street Team member to help distribute posters and fliers in your hometown, please email: dartour@gmail.com.For tour dates see: http://www.darwilliams.com About Dar Williams "With every album, I’m trying to figure out what I don’t have to say, while still giving each song its due," Dar Williams says. Of her new album, Promised Land, Williams commented, "On this one, I was paring the stories down to their core. I wanted the songs to sound simple and down to what they were meant to be, which is hard to do. It takes a lot of knowledge to get to the point where you can say what you need to say — no more, no less." To peel her insightful, melodic story-songs down to their essence, as well as inject them with the energy and momentum they clearly called for, Williams enlisted Brad Wood, a Grammy-nominated producer and musician known for his work with rock singer-songwriters Liz Phair, Pete Yorn, and Ben Lee. "Dar was looking to try something different and get out of her comfort zone," Wood says. "She had made a number of records and it seemed like a good time, career-wise, for her to make a chan I was flattered that she thought to ask me to help. Her voice is so great that you can do just about anything behind her and it’s going to sound cool!" Personally inspired by the spindly live feel of late '70s/early '80s albums by the Police, Elvis Costello, and the Pretenders, Wood manages to make Williams' elegant, worldly songs sound visceral and urgent, while preserving the integrity and emotion that have been hallmarks of her sound (along with a beautifully intimate, bell-clear voice) since Williams began playing out on the Northeast singer-songwriter circuit in the early ’90s. “Brad understood the songs and gave them the space they needed,” Williams says. “I love that clean, straightforward sound he gets.” And so Promised Land includes several immediately engaging toe-tappers, such as “It’s Alright,” “The Easy Way,” “Buzzer,” and “Go to the Woods,” as well as Williams’ trademark thoughtful balladry, including the keenly felt “Book of Love,” “The Tide Falls Away,” and “You Are Everyone. http://www.darwilliams.com In the past, Williams’ songwriting has located the personal in such universal topics as politics, religion, sexuality, and family. This time, rather than tie the songs together around any particular theme..
Bite Size Founder Nick Bryce speaks out about how and why he founded the Bite Size 10 minute theater and comedy plays www.edinburghfringefest.com www.bitesize
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SophieGatacre_INL_Reviews John Wells (1936-1998) was a British character actor who played Flimnap the treasurer in the 1996 Creature Shop TV movie Gulliver's Travels. Wells' film credits included the 1967 James Bond spoof Casino Royale (as Q's assistant, with Peter Sellers andOrson Welles), Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (as Sir Evelyn Blount), and Princess Caraboo(for which he wrote the screenplay, and appeared as Reverend Hunt). TV work included guest roles on Rumpole of the Bailey, Absolutely Fabulous, Lovejoy, Yes, Prime Minister, and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier , Spy. John Wells was an English actor, writer and satirist, educated at Eastbourne College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. The son of a clergyman, he was born in Ashford, Kent and died in Sussex. Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English satirist, writer and comedian. He is widely regarded as the leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has been described by Stephen Fry as 'the funniest man who ever drew breath'. Cook is very closely associated with the anti-establishment style of comedy that first emerged in Britain and the US in the late 1950s John Wells (1936-1998) was a British character actor who played Flimnap the treasurer in the 1996 Creature ShopTV movie Gulliver's Travels.
Wells' film credits included the 1967 James Bond spoof Casino Royale (as Q's assistant, with Peter Sellers andOrson Welles), Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (as Sir Evelyn Blount), and Princess Caraboo(for which he wrote the screenplay, and appeared as Reverend Hunt). TV work included guest roles on Rumpole of the Bailey, Absolutely Fabulous, Lovejoy, Yes, Prime Minister, and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier , Spy
Another old family friend was Peter Sellers, who Sophie met many times as a teenager whom Sophie became good friends with.
Richard Henry Sellers
Richard Henry Sellers, CBE, commonly known as Peter Sellers (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was a British[1] comedian and actorbest known for his roles in Dr. Strangelove, as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, as Clare Quilty in the original 1962 screen version of Lolita, and as the guileless man-child Chance in his penultimate film, Being There. Sellers rose to fame on the BBC Home Service radio series The Goon Show. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g., French, Indian, American, German), along with his talent to portray a range of characters to comedic effect, contributed to his success as a radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards. Many of his characters became ingrained in public perception of his work. Sellers's private life was characterized by turmoil and crises, and included emotional problems andsubstance abuse. Sellers was married four times, with three children from two of the marriages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sellers Another great story which we loved hearing from Sophie was the time she sat on Paul Getty's knee at party of family and friends...and Sophie asked Paul Getty if he could lend her a fiver....of course the request was of great embarrasment to Sophie's parents...Sophie has never been one to hold back.. and has a reputation of saying it as it is......That our Sophie!!!!! John Paul Getty Jr. (R), the son of petroleum multimillionaire John Paul Getty and his wife Talitha Pol are shown in this photo from 1966. Getty died April 17, 2003 after being admitted to the London Clinic to treat a recurring infection.
Jean Paul Getty (December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist who lived his last 24 years in the United Kingdom.[2] He founded the Getty Oil Company, and in 1957 Fortune magazine named him the richest living American.[3] At his death, he was worth more than $2 billion.[4] A book published in 1996 ranked him as the 67th richest American who ever lived, based on his wealth as a percentage of the gross national product.[5] Getty was an avid collector of art and antiquities; his collection formed the basis of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California, and over $661 million of his estate was left to the museum after his death.[4] J. Paul Getty, who, at the time was the world's richest man, wrote this about his friend Hal Seymour: If you are ever lucky enough to be able to ever catch Sophie for a cup of coffee while Sophie is at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Sophie can tell you unending interesting stories about her meeting with many famous people like Peter Sellers, Peter Cook, Paul Getty...the list of famous and interesting people and absolutely fasinating stories goes on and one.....and is unending.... and ever so facinating that you will wish that cup of coffee would never finish. It would not surprise us at www.edinburghfringefest.com, Another old family friend, Clive James has a 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Show called 'Clive James in Conversation with Sophie Gatacre'... there is no doubt the show would be a sell out with anyone lucky enough to obtain a ticket, being able to sell it for a very high amount on ebay.
Sophie Gatacre, Reviewer, Actress,Poet, Writer, Comedy, Script Writer....
Sophie Gatacre is one of the leading arts, music, theatre and film features writers for the INL News Group, who have kindly provided Sophie to review shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for exclusive use on www.edinburghfringefest.com. Reading Sophie's entertaining, provative and no holes barred reviews of Edinburgh Fringe Festival performances, one can quickly see why Sophie is one of the leading arts, music, theatre and film features writers in the United Kingdom. Sophie also writes and performs her own theatre comedy plays....Sophie's current play is Samatha's Hotline.... www.samanthashotline.com which is being performed in London on
Sunday 20th September at 6 pm at the Inn on the Green, 3 Thorpe Close - off Portobello Road W10 5XL.
Sophie Gatacre comes from a long line of family involved in the media, arts, theatre, film and television.
Sophie's grand father ran Reuters in the early days, who was the first non military person to see and photograph the dead bodies of
Adolph Hitler and Eva Brown in their bunker where they both committed suicide at the end of War.
Sophie Gatacre's father is the late John Wells. The famous English actor, writer and satirist.
John Wells (17 November 1936–11 January 1998)

Wells started in cabaret at Oxford and began his television career as a writer on That Was The Week That Was, the 1960s weekly satire show that launched the careers of David Frost and Millicent Martin, among others, and also appeared in the television programme Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, as well as in The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Besides making cameo appearances in films such as Casino Royale (1967), television dramas like Casanova (1987), and comedy shows like Yes Minister, he also wrote television scripts and screenplays, notably Princess Caraboo (1994). His major triumph was the 1980s stage comedy, Anyone for Denis?, in which he impersonatedDenis Thatcher. The play was a major West End hit, and toured the UK. In 1971, with John Fortune, he published the comedy classic A Melon for Ecstasy, about a man who consummates his love affair with a tree. Wells played the headmaster of the boys' school in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979).
In 1997 he appeared in the BBC situation comedy Chalk as ineffectual headmaster Richard Nixon.[1] His fellow cast members do not recall him being ill on set, but he was too unwell to participate in the second series.[2]
From 1982, Wells was the second husband of Teresa Chancellor (daughter of Sir Christopher and sister of Alexander). John Wells died of cancer.
One of Sophie's fond memories was her partents granting her wish for her 30th birthday to take Sophie to meet an old family friend Peter Cook, the famous English satirist, writer and comedian.




Hal considered himself to be very wealthy in personal freedom. He was always able to do things he wanted to, and always had time in which to do them. He seldom missed a chance to remind me that,
in these regards, I was much poorer than he.
Before his death a few years ago, he frequently wrote me letters which opened with the wryly humorous but meaningful salutation: "To the Richest Man in the world from the Wealthiest. ......"
I'll have to admit that I envied Hal his abundance of time--which is one of the forms of wealth that people tend to disregard these days. Rich as I may be from a material standpoint, I've long felt that I'm very poor,
indeed, in time.
For decades, my business affairs have made extremely heavy inroads on my time, leaving me little I could use as I pleased. There are books that I have wanted to read--and books I have wanted to write. I've always yearned to travel to remote parts of the globe which I've never seen.
(J. Paul Getty, How To Be Rich, New York: Jove Books, 1965, preface, p. vii)










