PHOTOS FROM WATERLOOVILLE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2023
TEAS, COFFEES & LUNCHES SERVED from 12noon
12.30pm at St George’s Church:
OAKLANDS CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Concert
St George’s Church, Waterlooville, licensed bar opens 7pm
TICKETS £12
ALL THAT MALARKEY
Classical Cabaret - ‘Fabulously Unique’ - ‘Gobsmackingly talented’
EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL:
“Original, funny and gobsmackingly talented”
MUMBLE THEATRE, EDINBURGH:
“Sublime, mouthwatering vocals, a fruit cocktail for the ears”
THE LIST - Leading source of entertainment listings since 1985:
“Wonderfully different, a fantastic show”
THREE WEEKS - The Edinburgh Festival guide:
“Dangerously good”
WALES ONLINE:
“Cabaret, comedy, classical music, bonkers behaviour… bloody brilliant”
“What do you get when you cross classical singing and cabaret and throw in a spot of comedy for good measure? All That Malarkey, that’s what. And if you’ve been feeling just the tiniest bit blue you can guarantee the Cardiff-based quartet, led by the wonderfully eccentric musical director David Harrington, will soon put a smile on your face... You can understand why they were such a hit at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Harrington is a superb pianist and music arranger, who brings humour to everything.
Original, witty and talented, All That Malarkey really need to be seen to be believed.” - Wales Online
All That Malarkey were at the 2019 festival and were the unexpected hit of the festival week - when we booked them we did not realise just how good they were going to be! We managed to get them back to the festival in 2022 and with our audiences then knowing what a fantastic evening it was going to be, the 2022 concert quickly sold out.
So we are delighted to have been able to secure a contract for them to return to Waterlooville Music Festival in 2024.
This amazing and talented group will simply have you completely spellbound wondering what on earth they are going to do next. It is a truly stunning and original feast of entertainment. A genius Musical Director and composer, and classically trained vocalists who have performed in classical opera as lead singers at a high level at prestigious venues such as the Millennium Centre Cardiff… but performing brilliant, completely original arrangements of very popular songs and doing so with much gusto, theatre, comedy and wit… With new material and the same absolutely dazling talent, we expect everyone who has seen them previously will clamour to return, and that they will spread the word about how thoroughly unmissable this show will be.
With previous performances spanning Classic FM to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, critically acclaimed, ‘All That Malarkey’ is an energetic and eclectic vocal act made up of four slightly unhinged classically trained singers, accompanied by an even more unhinged pianist/MD, who specialise in performing unique arrangements of popular music, jazz, standards and sketches in ways you perhaps never thought possible!
Think Eurythmics, The Mamas and Papas, and The Chordettes mashing into one devilishly frenzied medley. Think Buble meets Gershwin. Think Noel Coward and Tinie Tempah in the same programme.
It’s a musical cocktail of great hits from across all decades, presented with cheek, charm and sumptuous harmonies.
David George Harrington, DipABRSM – MD
David George Harrington is a composer, arranger and musical director based in Cardiff. He has arranged music commercially for clients including Katherine Jenkins, Connie Fisher, Only Men Aloud, Jonny Wilkes, Aled Jones, Shirley Bassey, and has had music performed by the London Philharmonic and London Concert Orchestra, Welsh National Opera, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Eminence Brass Quartet and Cory Brass Band, at venues including the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall.
He regularly arranges for Decca Records, Warner Music Group, and has had music broadcast on ITV, BBC, and BBC Radio 2.
With an insatiable penchant for geese and other surreal Ornithothoraces, David spends most of his time watching horror films, making bird noises and causing as much mischief as possible on-stage and off.
Amy Elizabeth Fuller, Soprano
Since graduating from the RWCMD in classical and opera studies, Amy has worked closely alongside David George Harrington to develop the All That Malarkey brand and stage shows. Based in Chichester, she runs a teaching practice working closely with a range of classical and musical theatre singers across West Sussex. Amy has performed all over the UK as a soprano soloist, her operatic roles spanning Cunagonda (Candide) to Julie (Carousel). Her solo performance highlights include St Paul’s, Covent Garden, live on BBC Radio, at the Chichester Festival Theatre accompanied by Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Band, and for the British Embassy in Kuwait as part of the Queen’s Birthday Celebrations.
Amy is David's wife and hag. He hopes one day she'll think to brush her hair. It's a Pterodactyl's nest.
Eleias Roberts, Tenor
A graduate from The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Lei has performed in many operatic, musical theatre and newly commissioned pieces. His roles include Don Basilio and Don Curzio (Marriage of Figaro), Male Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia) and Beadle Bamford (Sweeney Todd). His solo performance highlights include: BBC Radio London, BBC Radio Wales, Covent Garden, Longborough Festival Opera and The Wales Millennium Centre.
A wearer of colourful t-shirts, lover of the occasional sausage roll, and with hands that heal the most tense of muscles, Lei will protect you from the most fearsome of foe…except spiders…then he’ll run a mile.
Frances Gregory, Soprano
Mezzo-Soprano Frances Gregory was born in Sheffield and is a recent graduate of Royal Academy Opera, having previously studied at RWCMD. For 20/21 she is a studio artist with the Opéra National de Lyon, an emerging artist at Longborough Festival Opera, and a Handel House Talent artist. Previous engagements include Garsington Opera, where she was a 2019 Alvarez Young Artist, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and Glyndebourne. She is also passionate about song, and works regularly with friend and pianist Dylan Perez. When not singing, she is happiest when in a spa with Amy - preferably with some prosecco!
Answers to: Frangipan, Franny Wan, Wan, The Wan and only. Hates: long-life milk.
Roland George Harrad, Tenor
Roland George Harrad was born and bred in Bristol and graduated from the Royal Welsh College Of Music and Drama Bmus(Hons) In 2014. He is a member of London Contemporary Voices, and performs regularly with Forbeare! Theatre and Hot Shoes swing band. After a recent move to London, Roland is enjoying expanding his career as a performing artist and singer/songwriter.
In his free time, Roland enjoys yoga and wild swimming and can often be found in the nearest city park frolicking with the dogs.
“An eclectic mash-up of operatic fusions, comedy, pop, and R&B, whilst still maintaining a vibe of being transported to a 1940s musical ….” - Mumbles Theatre
Formed in 2014, Cardiff based “ALL THAT MALARKEY” has performed at the Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff and other prestigious venues in the welsh Capital City, also at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, throughout the UK, including Covent Garden, the Kings Head Theatre London, Leeds Castle, Goodwood House, The Alexandra Theatre Bognor Regis, The Groundlings Theatre Portsmouth; also on Classic FM, BBC Radio London, BBC Radio Wales (Live), BBC Hoddinott Hall.
