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Fascinating Aïda is a British comedy singing group and satirical cabaret act. ==History== Fascinating Aïda was founded in March 1983 by Dillie Keane,〔 along with Marilyn Cutts and Lizzie Richardson. The members have varied frequently, but the central two have been Adèle Anderson — who joined the group in 1984 — and Keane. The trio started performing in a West End wine bar, but they soon caught the attention of the media and performed on television for the first time in July 1983. Over the years, they gained a growing fanbase and national popularity, earning three Laurence Olivier Awards nominations for ''Best Entertainment'' in 1995 and 2000. They were voted ''Most Popular Act 1985'' by City Limits magazine and also earned a Perrier Comedy Award nomination.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Best comedy show )〕 The group broke up in 1989〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Gavin Barker Associates Ltd )〕 and was subsequently reformed in 1994, and performed for a further ten years, releasing a number of albums, before breaking up again in 2004. Their final show, ''One Last Flutter'', ran from 13 November to 6 December 2003 at the Comedy Theatre in London, when original member Marilyn Cutts joined the group for one last time.〔 When asked in a 2006 interview if the ''One Last Flutter'' show in December 2003〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=thisistheatre.com )〕 had been the group's last ever show, Dillie Keane responded, "It might be! I don’t know! I’m not being deliberately obscure – it depends if I fancy it and I don’t at the moment."〔 〕 Since then she stated on the welcome page on the Fascinating Aïda official website that "Next year will be our 25th anniversary so we really want to do a new show to celebrate." The page was recently updated to give information about the performances and locations.〔 〕 The group wrote songs for radio and television programmes such as Stop the Week, After Hours, People Like Us and TV-am.〔 Some of their most famous songs include ''Shattered Illusions'', ''Herpes Tango'', ''Lieder'' and ''Taboo''. They were the subject of several BBC documentaries. All the current members are also established actresses, mainly in musical theatre. Dillie Keane is also a writer, having written a column in ''The Stage'' magazine for ten years, and written two books, ''The Joy of Sequins'' in 1995 and ''Fascinating Who?'' in 1985. Keane says she now spends her time "juggling acting, cabaret and writing". The group have an official mascot—a pure bred Irish setter called "Dillie", born in 1999. After the death in 2007 of the group's pianist and musical director, Russell Churney,〔 plans for a new show were shelved. It was announced in early March 2008 that they would get together again for a short spell of concerts and possibly a brief tour to celebrate their 25th anniversary, and the show would include new songs.〔()〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=COLE KITCHENN LTD – Producers – General Management – Personal Management )〕 In 2008 they performed at the Jermyn Street Theatre, followed by three nationwide tours. Recently, a Fascinating Aïda Official YouTube Channel was created, which shows various past performances and details event dates,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fascinating Aïda YouTube Official )〕 and the new website was set up. They have in the past been described as "''Absolutely Fabulous'' meets Noël Coward, as sung by the Andrew Sisters." On 6 April 2009, Fascinating Aïda released a new album followed by a DVD called "Silver Jubilee" in July 2010, filmed at the Theatre Royal, Windsor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Silver Jubilee: Fascinating Aida: Amazon.co.uk: Music )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fascinating Aida – Silver Jubilee )〕 They brought the show to New York in their show which was entitled "Absolutely Miraculous",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aanmelden )〕 and was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards on 3 May 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Drama Desk )〕 They completed a tour of South Africa and then opened successfully in the Charing Cross Theatre in the autumn of 2011, before starting a UK tour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fascinating Aïda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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