Darrell Enjoys The Undeniable And Stupendous Talents Of Liberace and Liza Dans Manchester.

It's perhaps a little known fact that Darrell has recently become a almighty and humungous (I'd perhaps say obsessed) fan of Liberace and Liza, a multitalented pair of entertainers, who just popped up one day on his Facebook feed and from there on in he was hooked, line and sinker, never ever dreaming that, as they are based across the pond, he'd ever get to see them in person  .......

Liberace & Liza – A Tribute – Hope Mill Theatre

..... so imagine the absolute state of flux he was in when he saw that they were actually coming, in real life, to the UK. Let's just say he had an attack of the vapours and wore out several paper bags in order to stabilise his breathing!! 

Once sufficiently stabilized, but still visibly palpitating, he shakily managed to secure a front row seat for their show in Manchester and to be honest, there's been no doing with him since he left on Friday morning, hotel and train tickets also secured.  

So enamoured is he that he took a bag of the finest M & S comestibles he could muster, to drop off at the theatre for their dressing room(s) thinking that with such a busy itinerary they might be missing out on the pleasures of a few British treats, to wit the odd custard cream, shortbread finger Percy Pig, chocolate button, chocolate digestives, walnut whip and naturally, a few packets of Marmite crisps. What on earth is he like?

And then, he was sufficiently emboldened to contact them through messenger just to let them know where he'd left them, along with a card to wish them well.

The night was, as you can imagine ...... EMOTIONAL, in capital letters.  The venue was small and intimate, with both stars brushing past him as they left the stage area. He says, he'll never be the same! There were two, well deserved standing ovations, never has Pink Pony Club been sung with such feeling and emotion as an encore! Throughout the evening the piano playing was phenomenal, the singing absolutely out of this world and Darrell's poor sides ached, from all the laughing.  If he could have done it all again, but this time in slow motion so as to savour every single second, he would have, in a heart beat.

But, there was more, the total icing on the cake ....... 

......... when he got back to his hotel and checked his phone there was a thank you message from Liberace and Liza, aka David and Jillian themselves, accompanied by a picture of them with their Percy Pigs ........

....... at that, poor Darrell didn't know where to put himself!

The previous emotions of the night and performance were now multiplied a thousand fold! Darrell may never fully recover!

Liberace and Liza will be returning to the UK in August to "do" the Edinburgh Fringe, too far and expensive (hotel wise) for Darrell, but he's already started saving, as he's pretty sure they will be returning to these shores in the very near future and this time he's going to take all of us with him, with the proviso that we all wear sequins and brush up on our Gershwin and autobiographies!!!

Photos & Video - Liberace and Liza