Fascinating Aïda

Fascinating Aïda
Fascinating Aïda perform at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Background information
Origin	England
Genres	Satirical Cabaret, comedy
Years active	1983 – 1989 1994 – 2004 2008 –
Labels	First Night Records
Website	http://www.fascinatingaida.co.uk
Members	Dillie Keane Adèle Anderson Liza Pulman
Past members	Lizzie Richardson Marilyn Cutts Glenda Smith Denise Wharmby Issy Van Randwyck Charlotte Nytzen Sarah-Louise Young

Fascinating Aïda is a British comedy singing group and satirical cabaret act founded in March 1983. The line-up consists of founder member Dillie Keane; Adele Anderson, who joined in 1984, and Liza Pulman, who first joined in 2004. The group received a Perrier Award nomination at the 1984 Edinburgh Festival, and went on to be nominated three times for the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment (1995, 2000 and 2004), and twice for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue (2005 and 2010). Keane and Anderson were also nominated for the 2010 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics.

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 Olivier Award nominations for Best Entertainment, in 1995, 2000 and 2004. They were voted Most Popular Act 1985 by City Limits magazine and also earned a Perrier Comedy Award nomination. The group broke up in 1989 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 20th anniversary 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. The show earned the group their third Olivier Award nomination.