SUMMER WITH JACK SHALLOO Plays Battersea Barge, August 28

The final evening in SimG Productions' "Summer With....." Cabaret season at The Battersea Barge on Sunday August 28th will feature Essex-born actor/singer/songwriter, Jack Shalloo "and Friends".

Jack Shalloo received great notices playing the role of Pete in Dougal Irvine's musical, "Departure Lounge", and more recently earned acclaim as Tony Lumpkin in Howard Goodall and Charles Hart's "The Kissing Dance" and for playing the title role in "Hamlet The Musical!". Jack's other theatre credits include Lewis in "Our House" (Birmingham Rep and UK Tour), Jackie in the original cast of "Whistle Down The Wind" (Aldwych Theatre) and Spider in "Oliver!" (London Palladium). He also has three feature films under his belt, all directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair ("Fit", "Kick-Off" and "Bashment"), is a co-writer/developer of the hit cult online sketch show "The Sketchbank" and his CV includes television credits in "Excluded", "The Man Who Loved The Lakes", "Eastenders", "Holby City" and "The Bill".

Making his debut solo cabaret at "The Barge", Shalloo will present a selection of songs from his original debut album "London Soul" - which is currently selling well at Dress Circle and on iTunes and has been described in Customer Reviews as "funky and fun with a distinctive musical voice" and "cleverly written, cheeky and catchy".

The evening will also feature performances from MD and co-writer Spesh Maloney and guests Gina Beck, Natalie Green & The Loveable Rogues (subject to availability).

"Summer With...Jack Shalloo and Friends"

Location: The Battersea Barge, Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5BP

Doors at 6.30pm, Cabaret at 7.30pm.

All Tickets: £12.50 (limited availability)

Only available through www.WeGotTickets.com/SimGProductions

Robert Gould is a graduate of the University of Wales, Swansea, a former teacher, a writer of history books for schools (The French Revolution and European Nationalism, 1848-71) and the librettist and lyricist of a number of musicals. Collaborating with composer Ty Kroll, he has written the book and lyrics for the musicals, Lovers, Alone and Vocalize!. Concerts of songs from Lovers and Vocalize! were presented at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (in March 2002 and April 2003) and Alone received its world premiere staging in Madison, Wisconsin in April 2003. He has co-written the book & lyrics(with Jimmy Granstrom) for The Dying Game, a musical that speaks for the victims of HIV/AIDS in Africa (with music by Filip von Uexkull, Ty Kroll & Tristan Bons) - which received a showcase production at the Greenwich Musical Futures season in 2005. He wrote lyrics for the Tim Prottey-Jones albums More With Every Line and Surrounded By The Sounds and is currently developing the musical Roundabout with songwriter Joe Sterling and the musicals Based On A True Story, Elephant Juice, Grace Notes, Flop and My Land's Shore with composer Christopher J. Orton.

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