Issy Van Randwyck
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Issy van Randwyck is an English
singer and actress of Dutch
descent. She is a former member of British
comedy
singing group and satirical
cabaret
act Fascinating Aida
, she has since acted on stage and television.
by the studio group The Midnight Shift. She also sang with the harmonica player Larry Adler
in 1991 and can be heard on his album The Glory of Gershwin. As an actress she has appeared at the National Theatre
and in the TV Sitcom Waiting for God
.
She joined Fascinating Aida for five years in 1994, and has been very busy since, performing in plays, musicals and shows nationwide (such as the title role in a pantomime in Guilford in 2004), and television guest appearances.
On Sunday 8 June 2008, she performed alongside Sarah Travis (another former FA member) and Simon Slater in a show entitled "Magic, Music and Mayhem" at the Jermyn Street Theatre. Coincidentally, her performance followed the reunion of Fascinating Aida, performed in the same theatre over a two week period.
From 6–31 August 2009 she will be performing "Becoming Marilyn" - Norma Jeane meets Marilyn Monroe in this portrait of an icon directed by Gareth Armstrong - the show will take place in the Edinburgh Suite at the Assembly Rooms as part of the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
, with whom she worked on A Streetcar Named Desire
. They have one daughter. Both Issy and her daughter appeared in the TV series Kingdom
in early 2008.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
singer and actress of Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
descent. She is a former member of British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
singing group and satirical
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
act Fascinating Aida
Fascinating Aida
Fascinating Aïda is a British comedy singing group and satirical cabaret act, which has retired twice, most recently in 2004. After the death in 2007 of the group's pianist and musical director, Russell Churney, all plans for a new show were shelved. Some of their most famous songs include...
, she has since acted on stage and television.
Biography
Of Dutch descent, Baroness Isabelle van Randwyck grew up in Kent and was educated at West Heath School. After learning secretarial skills and cookery, she appeared in cabaret at Madame Jo Jo's and sang with a band.In 1990 she was a featured vocalist,along with Robin Wright,on a dance version of California Dreamin'California Dreamin'
"California Dreamin is a popular song by The Mamas & the Papas, first released in 1965. The song is #89 in Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time...
by the studio group The Midnight Shift. She also sang with the harmonica player Larry Adler
Larry Adler
Lawrence "Larry" Cecil Adler was an American musician, widely acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled harmonica players. Composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud and Arthur Benjamin composed works for him...
in 1991 and can be heard on his album The Glory of Gershwin. As an actress she has appeared at the National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
and in the TV Sitcom Waiting for God
Waiting for God
Waiting for God may refer to:*Waiting for God *Waiting for God *"Waiting for God"...
.
She joined Fascinating Aida for five years in 1994, and has been very busy since, performing in plays, musicals and shows nationwide (such as the title role in a pantomime in Guilford in 2004), and television guest appearances.
On Sunday 8 June 2008, she performed alongside Sarah Travis (another former FA member) and Simon Slater in a show entitled "Magic, Music and Mayhem" at the Jermyn Street Theatre. Coincidentally, her performance followed the reunion of Fascinating Aida, performed in the same theatre over a two week period.
From 6–31 August 2009 she will be performing "Becoming Marilyn" - Norma Jeane meets Marilyn Monroe in this portrait of an icon directed by Gareth Armstrong - the show will take place in the Edinburgh Suite at the Assembly Rooms as part of the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Personal life
She is married to Edward HallEdward Hall (director)
Edward Hall is an English theatre director and an associate director at The National Theatre. Hall is known for directing Rose Rage, a stage adaptation of Shakespeare's three Henry VI plays. He also runs an all-male Shakespeare company, Propeller...
, with whom she worked on A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire (play)
A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...
. They have one daughter. Both Issy and her daughter appeared in the TV series Kingdom
Kingdom (TV series)
Kingdom is a British television series produced by Parallel Film and Television Productions for the ITV network. It was created by Simon Wheeler and stars Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk solicitor who is coping with family, colleagues, and the strange locals who come to him for legal...
in early 2008.
Selected theatre work
- A Streetcar Named DesireA Streetcar Named Desire (play)A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...
- Pizza in the Park - London
- AladdinAladdinAladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland ....
- Guilford Panto