So, with rehearsals behind us and most of us still at best a little unsure of what’s going on, it was departure day – something which had come as a bit of a shock to Snowboy, who thought we weren’t leaving until Friday! Not bad. Only two days out….. 
What, again? (The Aled Jones Show) 
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This was Lisa's fourth appearance at the infamous G-A-Y club night since 2001
(June 2001, February 2003, September 2004 and 3rd May 2014) we're all looking forward to plenty more!
The Southend Standard reports:
THE world premiere of long-lost Peter Sellers films brought out the stars at the gala opening of the Southend film festival. Stars of stage and screen, and even music, turned up at the Odeon, Southend, on Thursday for the screening of the Sellers’ classics. Mackenzie Crook, who made his name in hit comedy, the Office, and who has since scored Hollywood success in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, introduced the films as he is a lifelong Sellers fan. He was joined by celebrities including singer Lisa Stansfield, comedienne Helen Lederer, as well as actors Joely Collins and Vicki Michelle. The Sellers films, Dearth of a Salesman and Insomnia is Good For You, were lost for 60 years before they were found in a skip in London when the defunct Park Lane Films’ former office building was being cleared out. Stars were full of praise for Sellers. Vicki Michelle said: “Peter Sellers is part of what’s great about British culture.” Lisa Stansfield said: “It’s great to be here and a privilege to see these films. Sellers was a genius, wasn't he?”Mackenzie Crook, who lives in Peter Sellers’ former house in London, said: “If character actors have a god, it is Peter Sellers, who developed the skill of being a character actor into so much more. “He might have cringed at the idea that these films would be screened at a film festival, but the passage of time has turned them into treasures.” Film festival director, Paul Cotgrove, said: “Due to Peter Sellers’ iconic status with film fans around the world and the fact that he is sadly no longer with us, any ‘new’ material is bound to produce an enormous amount of interest.” Mr Cotgrove was joined by the grandson of Peter Sellers, Will Sellers, on the red carpet. Mr Sellers said: “Most people don’t get the opportunity to see a grandparent they’ve never met on screen like this and it’s nice to see people are still interested in what granddad did.” Also walking along the red carpet was Westcliff actor Darren Kent, who is in the new series of hit show Game of Thrones.
Listen back to some snippets of the interviews below
Lisa is Judging the "Hamburger Queen" Finals @ The Bloomsbury Ballroom in London This evening.24/4/2014 This evening see's Scottee presenting a fourth and final super sized helping of his infamous talent show for fat people "Hamburger Queen"! Over three heats and a grand finale, a gang of plus size punters will be whittled down in a game show designed to find the perfect fatso. Each chubby contestant will endure three rounds: Trend (flaunting your fat fashion), Taste (your signature dish served to our celebrity judges) and Talent (light entertainment for heavy weights). This years head judge is international plus size model and 'British bombshell' (Vogue) Felicity Hayward along with our very own Lisa Stansfield The winner will receive £500 cash, £300 worth of prizes from Tatty Devine, Paul A Young, Mr Bake as well as Bestival tickets, a bottle of fizz, the coveted Hamburger Queen medal, the legendary Golden Unhappy Meal and the 2014 title! Who will become the final Hamburger Queen? More pictures coming later.... If you missed Lisa on the radio this past Easter weekend (chatting to Tim Smith @ BBC Radio Oxford and also to Gareth O'Calloghan on Irish Radio Classic4fm) here's Lisa's interview with Simon Mayo (recorded 23rd April) talking about her new single "So Be It" and the upcoming tour. |