Fascinating Aïda: Bawdacious!

Fascinating Aïda are back at Storyhouse on Saturday 16 January 2027, with a brand new show called Bawdacious!. It's their first outing since their 40th Anniversary Tour, and this time they're working with a fresh set of songs rather than digging into the back catalogue. The trio — Dillie, Liza and Adèle — are accompanied on piano by Michael Roulston, with Paul Foster directing.

They describe their songwriting process as using 'human neural networks', a way of saying they pull from their combined deep-learning age of 278 years to turn a lifetime of experience into new material. It's a cabaret act in the truest sense: three voices, a piano, and a good deal of wit. The show is aimed at an older crowd, with age guidance of 14+ because it doesn't shy away from bad language and sexual references.

That particular brand of humour has earned them a fair bit of praise over the years. Metro called it 'Heaven', The Guardian described it as 'outrageous... seductive', and the Mail on Sunday said 'I can't recommend this show highly enough'. The Telegraph kept it simple with 'Hilarious', and comedian Stewart Lee summed it up as 'Hips! Lips! Tits! Power!'.

It runs in the Main Theatre at Storyhouse in Chester, starting at 7:30pm and lasting about two hours, including an interval. Tickets are £34.60 for members and £38.50 for non-members.