INDIGOFEST 2018
THE SHOW
The sold out show featured a mix of artistes and was headlined by Beverly Skeete, lead vocalist with Bill Wyman’s ‘Rhythm Kings’. The event was hosted by ‘King of the One Liners’ Tim Vine, who also performed as his alter ego Plastic Elvis.
The show kicked off with a quick fire round of puns from Vine, who then introduced the first music act NooN. They played a high energy set of atmospheric pop. Vine was quickly back on stage with some more antics and then onto Reverb who performed a beautiful version of Rag ‘n’ Bone Man’s ‘Human’.
The music acts and jokes from Tim came thick and fast with Alexis performing songs from her debut album and Andy 0’s rendition of ‘All the Young Dudes’ sounded like Bowie could have been in the building.
The highlight of the first half was surely Hurstpierpoint Rock Pop Choir performing a special song composed by Graham Noon and Josie Quin, with an arrangement by the Nkurkingo musicians in Uganda. The performance was accompanied by a video featuring pupils and musicians from the Nkurkingo Singing Gorilla Music School.
The interval provided an opportunity to purchase ‘Pen Behind the Ear’ tickets. The winning number would match Tim’s successful attempt to land a pen behind his ear! And also raise more funds for the charities.
The second half kicked off with Tim’s ‘Pen Behind the Ear’ routine and then Neil Pyzer (from The Selector) performed a rip roaring instrumental from his Winter Ska project. After more foolery from Mr Vine, Willie Austen was next up on stage with his amazing band. What a guy, what a guitar player and some more instrumental acrobatics from Neil Pyzer on sax.
Beverly Skeete performed an eclectic mix of original songs accompanied by her two daughters Maz and Sara. Needless to say the vocal arrangements and performances were absolutely stunning.
