Kate Dimbleby
| Kate Dimbleby | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 (age 44–45) London, England |
| Genres | Jazz, cabaret |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1997-present |
| Labels | Black Box |
| Website | katedimbleby |
Kate Dimbleby (born 1973) is an English cabaret singer and songwriter.
Kate Dimbleby was born in London, England, the daughter of the broadcaster David Dimbleby, and the cookery writer Josceline Dimbleby. She is the granddaughter of Richard Dimbleby and niece of Jonathan Dimbleby. She attended St Paul's Girls School in Hammersmith, London, before gaining a BA in English Literature from the University of Birmingham.
While at St Paul's Girls School, she sang as part of the City Charmers, an all-female close harmony group, which won the TV talent contest Sky Star Search in 1990. While at university, Kate became a regular on the alternative cabaret circuit, singing at Lenny Beige’s Regency Rooms in Covent Garden and Indigo at Madame Jo Jo’s in Soho.
After university, she returned to London and in 1997 she signed to Black Box Records and recorded her debut album Good Vibrations, produced by Richard Niles and featuring Nigel Hitchcock on saxophone, Ian Thomas on drums.
In 1999, Dimbleby devised a show about Peggy Lee with writer Lucy Powell, Fever: The Making of Peggy Lee, which opened at the BAC in December 1999 and ran for four weeks. The show subsequently ran at the Pleasance theatre in Edinburgh for four weeks and the King’s Head Theatre in Islington for four weeks, followed by a 50 date UK tour. The show received good reviews from national and local press, including The Times, The Daily Telegraph, Time Out and The Scotsman. In 2002 and 2004, Kate and her band performed at Arts festivals in New Zealand and Australia.
In 2001, Kate recorded an album of Peggy Lee songs, Ain’t this Cosy? on the Black Box label with the Geoff Eales trio.
In 2002, Kate devised a theatrical show, Music to Watch Boys By, which played at the Bridewell Theatre in London and at The Pleasance in Edinburgh, before touring around the UK.
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