
The Working Girls of Soho – Saucy Tales of Notorious Women
The Working Girls of Soho premiered this summer at Edinburgh Festival to sell out shows. Josephine Pembroke, ex-Sohoite, veteran night club performer (Heaven, Cafe de Paris, The Hacienda) and star of the 90s Bond girl act Pussies Galore, is back on The Phoenix Arts Club stage. Joined by incredible dancers, Lisa Mulidore and Sue Gyngell (ex Benny Hill’s Angels, Second Generation and The Two Ronnies) get ready for this highly entertaining show that oozes glamour. Audiences adore the live songs, dance and comedy in this hilarious, camp and illuminating show that tells the stories of the women who really ruled the old Soho, when it was still sleazy.
Expect spectacular show tunes, comedy, dance and wicked story telling!
REVIEWS
“With her tales of Soho’s wild women, from 17th Century madams to Muriel Belcher and Henrietta Moraes (interspersed with her own stories of wild living in Soho in the 1980s). Josephine Pembroke’s one woman show featuring songs from Sondheim to Cy Coleman and Dorothy Field, blows the doors off” Liz Hoggard, Columnist and Arts Interviewer for the Observer, Telegraph, Times, Radio Times and Evening Standard.
“Captivating; Josephine knows how to hold the audience in the palm of her hand”
Matthew Freeman, Musical Supervisor, Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas
“Captures the true spirit of Soho and the women who’ve been the beating heart of Soho since the 18th Century. Captivating and Riveting” Celia Dodd, Times and The Independent
“Josephine’s show is nostalgic and sometimes mournful, but always defiant.” Robert Bathurst, Cold Feet, Downtown Abbey
“Josephine’s show has all the nostalgia and corrupt innocence of Soho, before the ‘clean up.” Richard Stirling, Cecil Beaton’s Diaries
Doors 7pm. Showtime 7.30pm. 90mins including an interval.
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