The story of Stanley
Holloway
The man, the music, the monologues
With a little bit
o'luck
With her head tucked
underneath her arm
Brahn boots
My word you do look queer
London pride
Get me to the church
Dave
switches between being the narrator and the man himself
on Stanley’s roller coaster ride to fame, meeting
on the way old friends such as Sam Small and Albert Ramsbottom
.
The great classic monologues and songs are revisited.
“Sam, Pick Oop Tha’ Musket”,“The
Lion and Albert” and “Three Ha’pence
a Foot” all feature along with“My Word You
Do Look Queer”, "Brahn Boots", "With
Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm" and from "My
Fair Lady".”Get Me To The Church On Time”
and “With A Little Bit O’Luck”
Sealey gave a highly-polished and engaging performance,
interspersing a broad range of famous and lesser known
Holloway masterpieces. With a great talent for characterisation
and impressive comic timing, he breathed new life into
the more familiar pieces……he should be congratulated
for keeping Stanley’s story alive with such tremendous
enthusiasm. “With A Little Bit O’Luck”,
he’ll be back with another show soon!” Mark Lillycrop, Newbury Journal
A lot of happiness was generated –
and good memories for many of a “gentler”
style of entertainment from a “gentleman”.
Chief Administrator, Church Stretton Arts Festival
“A very smooth,
relaxed and professionally crafted act” Promoter, Warwickshire Live & Local Rural
Touring
The
show is a two hour concert performance with an interval.
It is completely self contained and requires a two hour
get-in and set-up period. A 13amp power supply by the
stage is needed. It is suitable for small theatres,
arts centres, village halls and mid-size function rooms.
Dave’s involvement in the
entertainment world stretches right back to the early
1960’s. His first recording contract was with
EMI when he cut his debut single at the legendary Abbey
Road Studios. At that time, he was fronting a rock band
called “The Chances Are”. A couple of years
later he transformed himself from rock singer to ballad
singer and picked up his second record deal with Dick
James Music. This time he was accompanied by fifty-piece
orchestras and backing vocalists including The Ladybirds
(formerly The Vernon’s Girls), The Mike Sammes
Singers and on one famous occasion Elton John.
In 1972 he formed a double act with his brother Al that
was to change his life. They called themselves “Cosmotheka”,
the name of an old London Music Hall and specialised in
the more neglected comedy material from that wonderful
tradition. The act took them all over the world, from
Port Stanley Town Hall to the deserts of Oman, from Hong
Kong breakfast television to the Rocky Mountains. They
made countless radio recordings, including six national
Radio2 series, and their numerous television appearances
included “Roy Hudd’s Hall Of Fame”,
The “Bob Monkhouse Show”, “Chas and
Dave’s Christmas Knee’s-Up” and “The
Good Old Days”.
Since the tragic death of his brother Al, in 1999, Dave,
forming his own production company, Comotheka Presentations,
has not only created his one man Stanley Holloway show
but also works in various collaborations. Two, in particular,
have been highly successful – “Pop Goes The
Century”, with fellow eccentrics Andrew Frank and
Dave Brown and the laugh-a-minute review “Back to
Back” with Malcolm Stent and Don MaClean. He raises
roofs at clubs and festivals throughout the UK with a
rich, rib-tickling mix of songs, stories, original titles
and monologues and he appears on stage in pantomimes and
musicals.
