Travis Jay talks to Angie Le Mar on the Comedy Show - Friday 9pm

Don’t miss the Comedy Show this Friday at when Travis Jay will be talking to Angie Le Mar in a special interview and joined by Miss London

Angie Le Mar

Sharp, funny and above all stylish, Angie Le Mar is one of Britain’s top comediennes. Whether on TV, Radio or in her dynamic live shows which regularly sell out 1,000-seater theatres, Angie is a proven hit with male and female, international audiences and is equally at home with quick-fire comedy, acutely observed character sketches and solid acting performance.

Angie founded Straight to Audience Productions to draw not just on her unsurpassed reputation as a performer and writer but also on her acknowledged expertise in direction, production and marketing, to serve the growing international market for vibrant, top quality black entertainment. This market is far wider then just the black community itself, but one the mainstream media has been unable to tap into…until now.

Straight to Audience was launched in May 2001 with the video release of Angie Le Mar the Movie making her live stand up available to eager fans for the first time. The success of the video allowed Angie to develop her work as a writer, director and producer of shows with other artists including, Will the Real Wayne Rollins Please Stand Up, Big Sister which used the Big Brother format as a vehicle to showcase up-and-coming young comics, and 26 episodes of Sharp Cuts, a radio comedy/drama which Angie wrote and starred in for Choice FM.

The success of Sharp Cuts led to the development of The Brothers, a radio drama which attracted 60,000 new listeners to the show and convinced Angie that there was a market for a live production.

The theatrical version of The Brothers sold out its first run at The Hackney Empires Bullion Room and returned by popular demand to the Theatre’s 1200-seater Main Space where it became the theatre’s fastest selling show in ten years, with extra nights having to be added to meet the demand.

Angie’s wide ranging career achievements - from being the first British performer to storm the legendary Harlem Apollo to making history in London’s West End with the first ever sell out show by a black comedienne - not only enable her to deliver top quality performance and production values on stage, screen and the airwaves, but also to attract a large and loyal fan base along with greatly increased audiences wherever her work appears.

The Angie Le Mar Show on Choice FM, Britain’s leading urban talk and music station had the weekend morning slot and has attracted guests ranging from Stevie Wonder, Danny Glover and John Singleton to India Irie and Maya Angelou.

Angie’s TV work includes memorable appearances on top-rated shows such as BBC’s Grumpy Old Women, Must Try Harder, The Real McCoy, and her starring role in four successful series of Get Up Stand Up (Channel Four). BBC 4 the Front room.

Angie was also the only broadcaster to get an exclusive interview by Hollywood legend Whoopi Goldberg; and her coverage of Whoopi’s autobiography helped make it a UK best-seller.

In the theatre, Angie’s award winning stand up comedy has been celebrated with two star-studded Audiences With… events. While she is equally well known as the writer, director and star of the ground breaking Funny Black Women on the Edge - the unique sketch show which broke box office records at the Edinburgh Festival, had two sell out runs at Theatre Royal Stratford East, will return by popular demand for one final celebration at the newly refurbished Hackney Empire for International Women’s Month in Spring 2007.

Angie has also played in the West End with The Vagina Monologues as well as her one woman show.

Other Angie Le Mar productions at The Hackney Empire include Do You Know Where Your Daughter Is? This opened in August 2006. The show features a cast of teenage actors in a hard-hitting and very topical drama focusing on the tensions of mother daughter relationships and the often devastating consequences of peer pressure and street violence.

Forty - written, directed by and starring Angie - is the story of five women who discover that what was intended to be a celebration of old school ties turns into a night of score settling, personal revelation and ultimately forgiveness.

Angie Le Mar is Britain’s First Lady of Black Comedy and as such has won numerous awards, including several Black Entertainment Comedy Awards (BECA’s) for Best Stand up Female and twice for Most Original Material, The Men and Women of Merit award and the prestigious EFBWO - European Federation of Black Women in Business. BECA Award comedy Drama for The Brothers. Women of Excellence International Award Jan 007.

Voted100 Great Black Britons. Top 50 Black Powerful Women, New Nation Newspaper. Pride Magazine and Top 50 UK Talent to look out for.

Miss London

If you havent heard about her already, its only a matter of time before youll bear witness to the side-splitting talents of comedienne, Miss London.
Currently making huge waves on the comedy circuit and having already built up an enviable celebrity fan base, this 20-year-old comic, touted as the female voice of UK comedy, is definitely one to watch.
Miss London currently holds the Funny woman of the year title and won a BEFFTA for best female comedienne this year.

Donaeo joins Dr. Psycho on Wednesday’s Breakfast Surgery

Join Dr. Psycho this Wednesday on the Breakfast Surgery as he talks live to Donaeo, 7am till 10am on BANG 103.6FM

Donae’o aka Ian Greenidge was always destined to make a career out of music after growing up in a house where melodies were a major force. His mother was a singer and as a youngster growing up in north west London it was common place for her to be heard belting out tunes in the house. A young Donae’o was also a regular companion when she was out performing and loved soaking up the atmosphere. In fact you could say this is where he felt most at home.

His was never a story of numerous talents shows and performing in school plays, but by the time he was in his mid teens he had already attracted a management outfit, and released a single Falling’. During his teens Donae’o (which means ‘Gift from God’) would release and re-release a few singles, most notably Falling and Bounce under various management outfits. Both singles made an impact on the underground, with Bounce winning an award for Best Live P.A at the People’ Choice Awards in 2003. All of this set the foundations for Donae’o’s future success. ‘Both of these songs kick-started my career,’ says the now 25-year-old. In his late teens and early 20’s he released a few more underground singles, but was mainly out of the spotlight as he focused on working on a plan to orchestrate the next stage of his career.

The plan? To take control of his career himself, minus any management. He had penned a tune called Devil In A Blue Dress, and this was the one he felt could really turn things around, and he was right.

BANG 103.6FM LIVE from Harlesden Library grand re-opening with special guest Sabrina Washington

Harlesden Library has had a makeover and BANG 103.6FM will be doing a live outside broadcast at the official re-opening on Saturday 13th March with special guest Sabrina Washington!

Join us at Harlesden Library, Craven Park Road, Harlesden NW10 on Saturday 13th March from 11am - 4pm when we mark the official reopening of Harlesden Library and join in the fun time activities such as workshops for the family, face painting arts and crafts, poetry and gospel performances.
Also in attendance will be the Mayor of Brent and a very special VIP!

So join us on Saturday 13th March for the official re-opening of Harlesden Library, from 11am - 4pm - You don’t want to miss it!

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