OVERTURES PIANO BAR takes up residency at The Hippodrome Casino from 26 August

London’s favourite musical-singalong haunt Overtures Piano Bar returns to the capital to take up its West End residency at The Hippodrome Casino, partnering with Fourth Wall Live, from Thursday 26 August.

Overtures Piano Bar will open its doors at Lola’s Underground Casino at The Hippodrome in Leicester Square every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 8pm.

Overtures offers a spontaneous evening out with just the crowd, the piano, the pianist and the showtunes to see you through the evening.  With no set list, no stage and no microphone, customers are invited to sing as much or as little as they want in an environment that welcomes everyone from all cultures, sexual orientations, backgrounds, and singing levels. 

Songs on offer for people to sing-along range from popular classics such as Les Misérables, Wicked, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music and Grease, to the cult showtunes from Stephen Sondheim’s musicals and everything in between.  Overtures will also feature regular guest appearances from the famed pianists and singing bar tenders from the renowend Marie’s Crisis Café in New York and will also showcase homegrown talent.   

Founder Ray Rackham said: “What started as a one-week folly in 2018 lead to a permanent establishment that only a pandemic could close! Whilst we were in lockdown waiting to reopen one thing was clear to me, we had to find a location right in the heart of Theatreland. And what a venue, the site where Judy Garland played her last London concerts, which welcomed the likes of Sophie Tucker and Liza Minnelli, and where Ethel Merman made her only British appearances. We never anticipated the hunger of the general public of London, in needing a place to sing out loud until the wee small hours; we just needed to make sure our clientele could get from theatre to singalong in a hop, skip or jump. I’m so happy Overtures has teamed up with Fourth Wall Live and the Hippodrome to glow up our very unique singalong experience.”

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