Festival Shows 2011
It's that time of year again...and Edinburgh girds its collective skirts for the our favourite month in the calendar: crazy and exasperating maybe - but joyous, dynamic and stimulating too.
Here at Henderson's we're extending our opening hours across all our sites to help you re-fuel and re-fresh as you time make the most of the Festivals' bounty. We've got some shows to share too - with pride of place going to Linn Lorkin and her "trusical comedy" cabaret show every night in the Wine Bar at Hanover St.
"Hey, Piano Bar Lady!"
Henderson's Wine Bar, 94 Hanover Street.
5th-28th August - nightly (not Mondays) 10.30pm (9.00pm Sundays) Tickets available from the Fringe Box office and at the door on the night.
We welcome New Zealand chanteuse Linn Lorkin to Henderson's to perform her all-original truesical comedy.
What happens when you're a shy kiwi muso arriving in the bustling Big Apple with no money and nowhere to live ? You end up in a piano-bar. And life's just beginning...
Through swinging original songs and wryly funny stories Linn Lorkin chronicles her adventures in a bygone New York as she sleeps on sofas, searches for true love and plays her way from rusty SoHo to ritzy Park Avenue.
Edinburgh Fringe Reviews 2011
Three Weeks, 16/08/2011, ****
"Adorable, classy, charming and fun...a definite treasure. The songs are simple, but bouncy and perfectly constructed...Linn's wealth of anecdotes, flawlessly recreating the 80's New York piano bar-scene in Edinburgh, are a delight."
For the full review see www.threeweeks.co.uk/article/ed2011-musicals-review-hey-piano-bar-lady-linn-lorkin/
The Skinny, 08/08/2011, ****
"Linn's amusing and moving tales of life as a Piano Bar Lady dating back to 1977 are altogether inviting to receive. We muse, imagining ourselves in those scene as she spices up her narrative of anecdotes by interspersing it with the songs they inspired."
For the full review see www.theskinny.co.uk/article/102738-linn-lorkins-hey-piano-bar-lady
Broadway Baby, 11/08/2011, ****
"Lorkin's exquisite story-telling ability left me completely enraptured in her world...a great quality of this show was the sense that I was safe in the performer's hands, that I could simply lie back and be taken on a journey."
For the full review see www.broadwaybaby.com/edinburgh-fringe/10687-hey-piano-bar-lady
Musical Theatre Matters, 09/09/2011, ****
"This is a charming autobiographical piece performed by Linn Lorkin, a New Zealander who has travelled far and wide and has some juicy stories to tell. The stories are told through her original songs revealing a fabulous style and facility, especially in the number: 'Family at the Beach'."
For the full review see www.musicaltheatrematters.org.uk/hey-piano-bar-lady/
Peta Mathias, RedheadMedia
"How many people do YOU know who could turn their lives into a musical comedy?"
Magee Hickey, WCBS-TV, New York
"a gorgeous combination : superb singing, spirited story-telling and dazzling piano-playing"
New Zealand Listener
"a deliciously jazzy romp through '80s Manhattan cool, elegant songs with brilliantly tangled rhymes and dizzying musical twists, she's a treasure."
Show Times & Tickets
Shows are every night bar Monday and tickets are available from the Fringe Box Office or direct from Linn herself on the night.
Contact & Further Information
Contact her at linn@rouge.co.nz or call 07741709279 for more information.
For further information see, www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Gc1Dhl-gw or www.linnlorkin.com
Press Release
See full press release here.
Henderson's partnering with "Tearoom" production during Edinburgh Fringe
Calling all shameless eavesdroppers!
Henderson's is delighted to be working in partnership with 'Tearoom' during the Edinburgh Fringe, Monday 22nd to Sunday 28th August.
Henderson's will be supplying delicious cake for performances of the unique Fringeshow 'Tearoom', playing at Lauriston Hall, Lauriston Street, Edinburgh August 22 - 28.
Tearoom play offers intimate eavesdropping opportunitiesat the Edinburgh Fringe
An original theatrical experience playing at the Edinburgh Fringe is giving audiences theunique opportunity to openly eavesdrop on other people's intimate conversations.
Award winning director and actor Tanya Alexander's "Tearoom" launches playgoers into the heart of the homely world of the tearoom.
Audiences are invited to settle at one of the tearoom's cosy tables with a cuppa and some delicious Henderson's cake, and shamelessly eavesdrop on the tearoom's twelve visiting characters.
Amongst the alluring safety of the domestic sugar spoons and piping teapots, secret loves and hidden desires unfold as the play's personalities explore the dark back-stair passages of their relationships and the many imperfect ways humans love.
For full details and tobook tickets see www.tearoomtheatre.co.uk or call 07554 445506.
