Tim McArthur Sings Sondheim’s Divas at Sonata Piano & Cabaret Lounge

Sondheim aficionado Tim McArthur performs a classic evening of the leading ladies songs from Sondheim's greatest musicals.For three years Tim hosted and performed cabaret nights for the Sondheim Society, each month performing various songs from Sondheim's varied catalogue. Tim was inspired to relook at all of the leading ladys songs in Sondheim shows with a gender retake on them. If you love your Sondheim - you will love this Diva show!Critics Choice - The Times Musical Theatre Review Boyz Magazine West End WilmaTim's professional Sondheim credits include roles in Into The Woods, Company, You're Gonna Love Tomorrow and Assassins and he has directed A Little Night Music, Follies and Sweeney Todd.This Diva show has been performed at The Arts Theatre in London, The Pride Arts Centre in Chicago and The Tada Theatre in New York His cabaret appearances have included performing at venues such as Feinsteins 54 Below (New York), New Space Theatre (Cape Town), Dont Tell Mama (New York), The Theatre Lounge (Kuala Lumpur), The Purcell Room and London Hippodrome.REVIEWS FROM NEW YORK MEDIA"Winning Voice, engaging stage presence and a gift for comedy" Showbusiness Weekly USA"Pick of the day" New York Times"Pick of the day" Village Voice NY"Tim McArthur is the Vera Lynne, of the Millennium" HX magazine"A showman of great good humour, comic inventiveness and unabashed heart" LGNY.comABOUT TIM MCARTHURDirecting work includes Eurovision Your Decision, The A-Z of Gay Sex, (ATS) Cream, Beans (Canal). Into The Woods, A Perfect Christmas (Cockpit), The Sunny Side of The Street, Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered (Jermyn St), Metropolis, Wonderful Town, A Little Night Music, (Rose and Crown), Tim was Associate Director at ATS credits there include. Maurice, My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous, and Bathouse. At the RVT- Charming Dick, Goosed, Rubbed, Slipped, Pricked. Several seasons of Newsrevue London and (Edinburgh Pleasance).Writing credits include Deeper and Deeper (Above The Stag) The Queens Laundry (Toy Project) Facing Time recorded by Fireside Mystery Theatre Company (NYC) Control (Hen and Chickens, Bridge House and ATS) A Word For Mother (Cockpit Theatre) Confessions Over Toys (The Playground Theatre). For several years he has written Halloween Spooky walks for Lauderdale House. His sitcom Dressing Room 1 was optioned by Free at Last TV. More info contact www.stagescripts.comPresenting credits include The Curtain Up Show recently celebrated its 10th birthday (Resonance 104.4 FM); The Green Room (Encore Radio); West End Wilma Awards (20142019); West End Eurovision Red Carpet (20132014); West End Christmas (St Pauls), BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC London, Gaydar Radio and Tim McArthur Interviews on Theatre Radio. He currently presents Healthy Acting on MensRadio Station and A weekly show on Box Office Radio. He recently interviewed Gyles Brandreth, Harriet Thorpe, Helen Lederer, Bonnie Langford and Janie Dee in an Evening with.. He also starred with Duncan James in Duncan and Tims Big Camp Show.Favourite acting roles include Demetrius in Eurovision Your Decision (ATS), Baker in Into the Woods and soloist in A Perfect Christmas (Cockpit); In Gay Company (RADA); Bathhouse and The Silence of the Lambs (Above the Stag); Assassins (Pleasance); Blair on Broadway (Arts); Company (Westcliff) Fred Astaire: His Daughters Tribute (London Palladium); For the past 4 years he has been Dame in Sleeping Beauty, Jack and the Beanstalk, Aladdin and Robin Hood at the White Rock Theatre in Hastings for Qdos. He returns to Hastings this year for Imagine Theatre production of Beauty and the Beast.Since October 2020 he has been the official programmer of the Cabaret Lounge At Above The Stag Theatre, he now also programmes for the Kings Head Theatre and a new venue opening October 2022 in Hastings.In March 2018, Tim performed his one-man show Mountains at Feinsteins 54 Below on Broadway in New York. Also at St James Theatre, Jermyn Street, Above the Arts and Pride Arts Centre, Chicago; Tim McArthur and Chums (London Hippodrome); A New Direction (Theatre Lounge in Kuala Lumpur); Ding Dong (Dont Tell Mama, NYC) and, Tim Sings Sondheims Divas (Tada Theatre, NYC; Pride Arts Centre, Chicago; Above the Arts and UK tour). Live. Laugh and Love (Drews on Halstead Chicago) He has supported Helen Lederer (UK tour); Graham Norton (Hilton); Julian Clary (Savoy) and, for three years he hosted monthly concerts for the Sondheim Society; and appeared in Sondheim Unplugged (Hippodrome); Cast Party (Birdland, NYC) Broadway Sessions (NYC). He is a regular host for SingEasy (Pianoworks, London) and Overtures at the Hippodrome. Later this year he will be performing his solo shows in New York, Chicago and New Jersey.Tim created the comedy character Sister Mary McArthur Sister Marys Playtime (Ed Fest Frankensteins 2018/17); Celebrity Nun (Gilded Balloon); On Your Knees (Jermyn Street); Sister Mary Pops In (New Space Theatre Cape Town) and Dont Tell Mama (NYC); When Will I be Famous (BBC) Elton Johns Christmas Party and regularly at Soho Nights at The Phoenix, Canterbury Pride, regular appearances at Queer on a Pier.His recording credits include Fred Astaire: His Daughters Tribute, Bathhouse, Dangerous Cabaret and Tims debut album, Dont Be Anything Less.Instagram @mcarthur.tim Twitter @Tim_McArthurwww.timmcarthur.com