Live Dolly Parton tribute show with Kelly O'Brien and her band, mixing Parton's hits with storytelling.
The Dolly Show comes to The Guild Lounge on Saturday 14 November, with Australian entertainer Kelly O'Brien fronting the tribute to Dolly Parton. It's a full-band show, so you'll get the songs played live rather than backed by tracks, and O'Brien has been at this for more than two decades.
There's a bit more to her connection with Parton than just the singing. She's worked as Dolly's body double and met her in person in 2011, when the singer gave her blessing. The show is endorsed by the Parton family and Dolly Parton Enterprises, and O'Brien has spent over twenty years playing the part on stages around the world. She's headlined the first Dolly Parton festival in New South Wales and played Pride events in Amsterdam, Maspalomas, Sitges, the Isle of Wight and Manchester.
On the bill, she's shared stages with Craig David, The Human League, Groove Armada, Mel C, The Kooks, Will Young and Beverley Knight. She's coming off a US tour, so this is one of her first dates back on this side of the Atlantic.
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The set mixes Parton's best-known songs—'Jolene', '9 to 5', 'Islands in the Stream' and 'I Will Always Love You'—with storytelling and plenty of Dolly-isms. It's as much about the personality as the music, so expect a bit of the storytelling that Dolly herself is known for. The show runs from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm at The Guild Lounge on Lancaster Road, and tickets are £28 per person.
