Baga Chipz: Bagz to Riches

Baga Chipz brings her tour to the Mortimer Suite at Hull City Hall on Saturday 24 October, with the show starting at 7:30 PM. The night is called Bagz to Riches, and it's built around a milestone: Baga is nearly twenty years into show business, and she's marking it with a love letter to the public she says made her career possible.

It's a mixed bag of a show, and that's the point. There's stand-up comedy, untold stories, and anecdotes from two decades on stage, alongside the music that shaped her—disco and power ballads, big-band show tunes, and musical theatre. The comedy and the music run together rather than as separate acts, so you'll get the stories and the songs in the same breath.

She's not on her own, either. Her partner in crime, the vocal powerhouse Tanya Hyde, returns by popular demand after their tour Chip Off the Old Block last year. The two have been friends for twenty years, and that comes through in the duets they do together, which range from ABBA and Bananarama to Wicked and Chicago. The night also includes tributes to friends past and present, so it's as much about the people around her as it is about her own career.

The Hull date is part of Baga's autumn nationwide tour, so this is one of the stops she's making across the country this season. Doors open around 7:00 PM, half an hour before the 7:30 PM start, and tickets run from £29.00 to £41.50. There's an age guidance of 19+, and some productions may use flashing and strobe lighting effects and haze.