PERFORMANCE DIARY

SPECTACULINAIR! OCTOBER 27th 2009 - FEBRUARY 28th, 2010
PALAZZO, AMSTERDAM ZUIDOOST
VISIT THEIR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION»

Photos © Christoff Geissel

Teatro Zinzanni - May/June 2009

READ MORE & VIEW CURRENT CAST LIST»

Melanie In Munich

Hello !

I hope 2009 has been a nice year for you all so far.

As you know, I am still in Munich at PALAZZO and having fun in the show and the snow, in the sub-zero temperatures, (much as you have been in the UK).  We have just extended the run of the show until March 28^th, 2009. You can check out all the details at the Palazzo web-site : www.palazzo.org

After our show closes, I will be returning to the UK to re-commence work on my new album.

In late April I will be traveling state-side again,  as Teatro Zinzanni have asked me back to the show in San Francisco where I will reprise the role of Madame Zinzanni. I will play there in May (opening May 7th) and June (closing June 8th) 2009 and am looking forward to a happy re-union there. You can check out the news on the Zinzanni web- site here:

PALAZZO, MUNICH - OCTOBER 2008

with my hero, world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitchko

RRAZZ ROOM - SEPTEMBER 2008

VISIT THE TEATRO ZINZANNI BLOG!

MELANIE STACE & MAESTRO VORONIN by artist SARA SPIDELL

Hello all !

A belated Happy New Year ! 

It was great to meet so many of you on the road during our recent tour of MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS. It was an extremely happy and successful tour and great to be back in the company of both Wayne and Robert.

I am now back into the studio working on my album and I am pleased to say that it is coming along................................... It's exciting to be writing again. 

I had a great time last Summer in San Francisco at THE EMPIRE PLUSH ROOM. What a week. 

I have been invited to reprise my role as Madame Zinzanni for TEATRO ZINZANNI in Seattle and will be there in March for another sixteen week season until June. I am looking forward to my return to the tent and for those of you who came to see the show…it will be a brand new show called A SUITCASE NAMED DESIRE. More info on this show can be found on Teatro's web-site : www.zinzanni.org

I will be keeping everyone up to date with my news. Reviews, photos and up-dates as soon as I have them will be posted here.

Until next time..............love and best wishes,

Melanie 

MELANIE STACE - THE EMPIRE PLUSH ROOM
August 14 - 19, 2007

REVIEW
Melanie Stace is well worth getting to know better

Americans may have no idea who Melanie Stace is, but in Britain, she is practically a household name, thanks to six years as the foil to the host of a popular BBC-TV game show. Think Vanna White, except raven-haired and elegant, with a posh British accent.

In London, she has starred in West End musicals, such as the lead in a yearlong 2004 run of the Gershwin revival "Crazy for You." In this country, her exposure has been limited to three seasons with Teatro ZinZanni, including six weeks in San Francisco last summer.

So it was hardly surprising to see that the audience Wednesday at the Plush Room for the U.S. debut of her cabaret act was barely larger than a small cocktail party. But Stace treated them to a real surprise. She may have sometimes almost overwhelmed the intimate house with her trumpet-like blasts when she stepped on the gas, but the girl has a way with a song.

She cozied up to Gershwin tunes as if they were old friends. She alternated feathery, upbeat fare with stormy ballads, giving every song a polished performance. The set was a delightful mix of standards and contemporary material, including choice selections from James Taylor (a torchy "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight") and a little-known gem from Nashville writer Byron Hill ("1942").

Her telegenic personality carries the show. Stace is as bright, lively and unfailingly upbeat - playful, even sexy, but always proper and modest. She told the crowd about one song giving her a lump in her throat when she sang it and then quickly corrected any misimpression she might have created. "Not because I was moved by my own performance," she said.

She mentioned her grandmother, who spent her life as the assistant to her end-of-the-pier magician grandfather - a fitting touchstone for someone who started out as the girl in the vinyl skirt on "The Generation Game." That part of her backstory will become more well known later this month when the second novel by her brother Wesley Stace is published. "By George" fictionalizes their grandparents' story. Her brother also plays folk-rock under the name John Wesley Harding.

But show business clearly runs in the Stace blood. Melanie Stace easily immersed herself in the rich emotionalism of "I Should Care" or "Love You Didn't Do Right by Me," a wonderful, neglected Rosemary Clooney piece. But she was equally at home in buoyant, almost novelty pieces like Harry Connick Jr.'s "Recipe for Making Love" or Bette Midler's "Stuff Like That There," which her irrepressible exuberance lit up. 

Stace is an enormously appealing and experienced entertainer. As much as Americans don't know who she is, she doesn't really know American audiences yet herself. But if good looks, effervescent charm and singing songs with wit, good humor and style still count, Stace is ready for the U.S.A.

NEWS UPDATE: JUNE, 2007

Melanie Stace will be embarking on a nationwide tour of MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS opposite Wayne Sleep and Robert Meadmore. The musical revue will bring together a selection of the finest and best loved songs from the most sucessful West End musicals of all time and celebrates the enchanting melodies of some of our best-loved songwriters in one spectacular show.

TOUR DATES

NEWS UPDATE: JANUARY, 2007 From Seattle Sound (January issue) Photo © Erik Clineschmidt NEWS UPDATE: NOVEMBER, 2006 TEATRO ZINZANNI - THE TRICKSTER'S TRUNK Starring Melanie Stace Directed by Teatro ZinZanni’s Artistic Director Norm Langill with assistance from veteran Teatro performers Michael (Chef Tad Overdone) Davis and Parisian acrobat Eddy Castor of Les Castors, The Trickster’s Trunk explores the magical power of love. The young and beautiful Lady Madame ZinZanni (newcomer Melanie Stace) keeps dreaming of a mysterious stranger. When Voronin arrives with a strange and wonderful trunk, mysterious things begin to happen. Suddenly the wait staff’s deepest fantasies start to come true. The Trickster’s Trunk marks the Seattle debut of British powerhouse performer and triple threat actor/singer/dancer Melanie Stace as Lady Madame ZinZanni. Teatro ZinZanni plays Wednesday through Sunday evenings at the tent located at 2301 Sixth Avenue at Battery in Seattle’s Belltown district. Performances for all holiday dates (November 22 through December 31, 2006) are on sale now. The Trickster’s Trunk plays through January 21, 2007. Reservations: 206.802.0015 or at zinzanni.org or at the box office at Sixth and Battery

NEWS UPDATE: SEPTEMBER, 2006

MELANIE STACE AS CLEOPATRA - QUEEN OF THE NILE

Click on photos to enlarge!

Melanie on EyeWitness News for CBS» Duration: 2mins 54secs

NEWS UPDATE: AUGUST, 2006

Melanie is currently wowing audiences nightly at the Teatro Zinzanni in San Francisco.

Melanie performs the following songs in this spectacular production.

The Queen Of The Nile
False Gods
You Made Me Love You
My Heart Belongs To Caesar
I Love Him
Dozing

MELANIE STACE AT TEATRO ZINZANNI
TalkingBroadway
Teatro Zinzanni Features English star Melanie Stace--a mini review.

Teatro ZinZanni, San Francisco's wonderful opulent Love, Chaos and Dinnershow is featuring London's West-End, British television and singing star Melanie Stace. She is making her United States debut at the Spiegel tent on the Embarcadero through the end of this month. This enchanting three-hour spectacle includes aerial acrobats, contortionist, an eccentric world traveler from Australia and the hilarious comedian Frank Ferrante as Chef Caesar.

The current spectacular has an Egyptian flair with Melanie being brought to the center floor as Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile by two "slaves" (the Duo Manducas). It's a blazing spectacle followed by the cast of entertainers.

In the past when I reviewed this part Moulin Rouge, part Cirque du Soleil and little of a Marx Brother's comedy thrown in production, there has been a center star such as Lillian Montevecchi or Sally Kellerman. The show was always built around these two cabaret's artists. The current production incorporated the British sensuous singer into a complete outstanding production. Of the years I have been reviewing this mayhem, this is the best production that I have seen. Every thing works like clockwork and there are no dull moments in this three-hour pandemonium.

Melanie Stace (Louise inGypsy and Sally in Follies in the West End) looks remarkably like Joan Collins. Melanie can belt out the song and in another instant becomes very sensual in a blue's number. Her voice has a musical dexterity in all styles of singing. Dressed in luxurious outfits, Melanie displays great charisma as she walks about the room. Her voice is a clear as a bell.

The three-hour chaos included a great five course meal. Our outstanding waiter Anson and his group were always on hand to satisfy our whims. The price is well worth the evening dinner and entertainments. This wonderful madness is worth every penny you spend under the opulent Spiegel tent. Teatro ZinZanni is now in its seventh year and it has become a San Francisco institution. Disco Diva Thelma Houston returns to the tent on August 31st through November 12. The Mexican Elvis El Vez also will be on the bill The Spiegel Tent is located at Pier 29 on the Embarcadero at the foot of Battery Street, San Francisco. For tickets call 415-438-2668 or visit www.zinzanni.org for times and prices.

REVIEWS

Still the greatest show of them all, Teatro ZinZanni, that magnificent, zany dinner show in a tent, is now featuring the U.S. debut of the multi-talented British star of stage and TV, Melanie Stace.  With her personality plus, this vivacious singing and dancing star plays the leading role of Cleopatra in their latest production 'Hail Caesar! The Emperor of Love'.

She joins the madcap Frank Ferrante as Chef Caesar, and they¹re both joined by a bevy of international singers, dancers, aerialists, musicians and all round fun-makers.  And not to forget, there¹s also a wonderful gourmet dinner.  Yes, as I¹ve often said before, it¹s my all-time favorite show and I love to keep coming back for more and once you¹ve seen it, you will too.

Don¹t miss the sensational U.S. Debut of Melanie stace starring at Teatro ZinZanni now playing the beautiful spiegeltent at Pier 39 on the Embarcadero. It's a magical evening that you'll never forget.

ANDY RUMBLE CD - LULLABY

Melanie's musical director Andy Rumble has just released his debut album Bringing Back The Melody. The CD features an exclusive studio version of Lullaby performed by Melanie Stace. Recorded earlier this year, Melanie performed Lullaby during her successful one woman shows at Pizza On The Park. For further details, listen to track samples and to order the new album please visit Andy Rumble's website»

NEWS UPDATE: JULY, 2006

Melanie will be headlining as the lead chanteuse at Teatro Zinzanni in the Unite States. The first season sees Melanie perform from July 19th - August 27th, 2006 in San Francisco. Melanie will return to perform in Seattle from October 12th, 2006 - January 21st, 2007. 

Teatro Zinzanni boasts a style reminiscent of the Kit-Kat Club with under-tones of Moulin Rouge and Cirque Du Soleil, all served up with a five 'gourmet' course dinner.

The company is made up of ariel acts, trapese artists, contortionists, jugglers, musicians, blues and jazz singers, opera divas, tap-dancers, acrobats, comediens, magicians.

For more details visit their website» 

NEWS UPDATE: JANUARY, 2006

Hello !

Happy 2006!

Time once again to write and let you know what I’ve been up to since the last up-date and to let you know some of the plans I have for the next few months.

Last summer after the show at Pizza Express, I started to prepare for a very different type of tour. This tour was to be with eighteen Musicians - the Musicians from The BBC Big Band. We performed at five venues and had a real blast. ‘Steppin Out’ With The BBC Big Band was great fun, and it was lovely to see so many of you turn up to the shows - some came to them all !-Singing in front of a band that size is an amazing experience, and one I will never forget. Here’s to some more of those !

After the tour finished, I went over to Canada and continued writing for my forth-coming collaborative album with Wayne Brown. When I returned we wrote another couple more songs together, and we recorded them in the week before Christmas. As this goes to print, I am travelling to the studios to continue. All being well, we will finish the album by the Autumn.

I still have two TV shows in the pipe-line, and so keep everything crossed !

My Radio work continues to go well. I can be regularly heard on Southern Counties Radio Sunday morning show with my mate Dom Busby (9-1pm Sundays 104.6 FM.) I am also from time to time on the air-waves with another mate of mine Fred Macaulay for BBC Radio Scotland’s Breakfast show. 

There are a couple of Musicals in the offing, and I will be sure to let you all know when and where.

More dates for both PIZZA EXPRESS and PIZZA LIVE, (formerly PIZZA ON THE PARK), are being planned in the next few months. You'll see them here first !

I hope that all your wishes come true in 2006.

Love to you all, as always,



PRESS: Just outside of town in Dartford, glamorous vocalist Melanie Stace provided an enthusiastic, sold out, theatre with both good class singing of the standards plus her natural charm and beauty, backed by one of the best big bands around, the BBC Big Band, whose individual members fill the seats of all the other bands. 
- Jazz Hot Magazine

NEWS UPDATE: OCTOBER, 2005

Hello !

I am also writing my own songs for the first time ever, with Wayne Brown. We have only completed two tracks to date, and the whole experience is such a rewarding one. I am loving it much more than I thought I would, and am looking forward to getting back into the studio, to do some more. We are working on an album idea, but I have to warn you it's going to be a long road !!!. It's a completely different style for me, and so that's exciting too. It wasn't what I was expecting to come out at all .......!

PRESS: Fruitful, mellow and brassy: Melanie In Chichester...

NEWS UPDATE: SEPTEMBER, 2005

MELANIE STACE STEPPIN' OUT WITH THE BBC BIG BAND - REVIEWS & PHOTOS!

Following on from Melanie's first two concerts with the BBC Big Band in Dartford and Newark read the reviews and view the exclusive photos by David Sinclair.

"There is only one thing wrong with her shows......they have to come to an end !. It was an excellent show, both Melanie and the band were wonderful, Barry Forgie and Andy Rumble were outstanding and all of Melanie's outfits were stunning. During the whole show Melanie looked as if she was having a wonderful time and it was a joy to see"

"Thoroughly enjoyed the show- she has an amazing voice"

"The show was excellent - especially Melanie's vocal bits !!!"

Melanie Stace - Steppin' Out With The BBC Big Band Photo Gallery

Click on photos to enlarge (All images © David Sinclair 2005)

"Many people will remember Melanie Stace as a co-host on the Generation Game but performing with the BBC Big Band she shines and demonstrates her roots as a performer. 

When the 21 piece BBC Big Band start to play they sound fantastic. Having never seen them live before but only heard them on the radio it is great to see the energy with which they play. When Melanie Stace joins them and begins to sing it's obvious how powerful her voice is. It is rich, versatile, very well suited to jazz music and she clearly works well alongside the band. From delicate lullaby-style jazz accompanied only by the piano, guitars and drums to big numbers with the whole band, she handles the music with understanding and confidence. 

It's also obvious that Melanie is not just a singer - she is an all-round performer. Her voice is good but the facial expressions, actions and dancing alongside the music make it even more enjoyable. She is having fun and shares this with the audience. There's the whole range of jazz performed from jazz legends such as Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and Cole Porter, covering most of the music from the popular Big Band era."

NEWS UPDATE: JUNE, 2005

• MELANIE STACE WITH THE BBC BIG BAND UK TOUR
  Melanie Stace will be joined by the world famous Eighteen Piece ‘BBC Big Band’ with a brand new show: Melanie Stace ‘Steppin’ Out’ With The BBC Big Band. Known to millions through her five years as Co-Presenter on The Generation Game, Melanie Stace has pretty much done it all. Alongside her numerous television appearances, she has been critically acclaimed for her leading roles in countless West-End Musicals, and she has also appeared in concert tours all over the world. As well as gracing BBC Radio 2’s Monday night listeners with their presence, the BBC Big Band reaches worldwide audiences through its many recordings, stage concerts and television specials. Over the years the Big Band has entertained thousands with such international stars as Tony Bennett, Michael Buble, Michel Legrand, George Benson, Diana Krall and Ray Charles.

  The show will feature an exciting mix of Big Band Classics, some Jazz, not forgetting Melanie’s West-End roots and the songs which inspired her to sing in the first place, but also delving much further into the thirties and forties :Duke Ellington, Sammy Cahn, Vernon Duke, Glen Miller, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hart and Kander & Ebb, to name a few.

  Don’t miss this opportunity to see one of Britain’s most exciting Singers with the UK’s Premier Big Band, in what promises to be a superb evening of musical entertainment.

  MELANIE STACE STEPPIN' OUT WITH THE BBC BIG BAND

  

  • Dartford at the Orchard Theatre, September 15th, 2005
  • Newark at the Palace Theatre, September 23rd, 2005
  • Basingstoke at The Anvil, October 12th, 2005
  • St Albans at the Arena, November 2nd, 2005
  • Chichester at the Festival Theatre, November 4th, 2005 
     

• Melanie's second interview for chatshow.net with Joanne Sheffield is now available to be viewed online @ Chatshow.net»
  Jo catches up with Melanie and finds out what she's been doing in the 5 years since she was last on Chatshow. Melanie tells us about her tour with Wayne Sleep. She has done various Hollywood and Broadway shows and even squeezed in a bit of panto. Having just returned from the US, Melanie tells us what she gained in inspiration from her trip and how the US audience compares to the UK audience. 
   

• Melanie will be interviewed live on BBC Radio Kent on June 12th, 2005 with Pat Marsh. Listen Online»

NEWS UPDATE: MAY, 2005

• Tickets and full details for Melanie's forthcoming gig @ Pizza Express on June 18th, 2005 can be found on the Pizza Express website»

  An Evening with Melanie Stace
  Known to millions as Jim Davidson’s glamorous assistant on The Generation Game, Melanie Stace has pretty much done it all. She has played the leading roles in countless West End Musicals (Copacabanna, Crazy For You, Hot Shoe Shuffle, etc) and she has also appeared in concert tours all over the world. However, recently she has been delivering to audiences her much-anticipated one-woman show, which features the greatest songs of the American Popular Songbook. The Music Room is delighted to welcome Melanie and her musicians for an evening of exceptional musical class and elegance – it’s easy to see why Melanie is fast becoming regarded as a national treasure by fans of superb music – early booking is very highly recommended for this one!
  
  

• Melanie is now back from the US and has started working on her new album which she is co-writing with exciting songwriter and record producer, Wayne Brown.
  

• Melanie is also preparing a theatre tour for the autumn...more news on this as we have dates confirmed.

NEWS UPDATE: MARCH, 2005

• Melanie is to perform her new show with her Jazz Quartet (under the direction of Andy Rumble) at The Music Room, Pizza Express, Maidstone, Kent on Saturday June 18th.  NOW BOOKING. Tickets are priced @ £24
  Box Office: 020 8688 5916
  Box office hours: Mon - Fri, 10am - 4pm
  For further information visit their website»
   

• Melanie's interview with David Wigg can be viewed and down-loaded from Chatshow.net»

 

 

NEWS UPDATE: FEBRUARY, 2005

• Melanie returned from her three very successful cruises on the QE2 and the QM2, in January and immediately went into rehearsals for her concerts at THE PIZZA ON THE PARK. The concerts were a great success and she received standing ovations on both nights. THE PIZZA ON THE PARK have already asked her back for a repeat performance !
   

• Melanie is currently in rehearsals for the new musical THE MISTRESS, in which she will perform the lead role of Emma Hamilton. There will be excerpts performed in a concert version of this new musical on February 22nd in the West-End. Please check out the following site for details: www.ladyemmahamilton.co.uk
   

• Melanie is planning to do some more concerts, both in the UK, Europe and the US, this year, exact dates and venues to be announced on this site.
   

• Melanie, together with her Musical Director Andy Rumble, plan to go into the studio next month to record some original material, to include the two very well received, beautiful new songs written by Andy for her: TIME RAN OUT FOR ME and LULLABY.

PIZZA ON THE PARK REVIEWS...

What can I say...you were BRILLIANT!! You have the knack of holding an audience not only with your voice but with your personality and thank you for the songs...especially TEN CENTS A DANCE and for singing a song no one seems to sing which is one of my favourites.. CAN'T GET STARTED WITH YOU. Rosemary Clooney would hang up her vocal chords if she heard how wonderfully you sang LOVE YOU DIDN'T DO RIGHT BY ME. And the Gershwin medley was fantastic...all the energy.. you deserved the ovation and your backing BAND was fabulous...loved the Sondhiem...Stephen would have loved it as well. Never heard LOSING MY MIND sung so well since Barbara Cook...

Mel, you amazed us! By any standards, you were stunningly, marvellously 
good. We loved the act, with its various mood and style changes. The concept was sound and the quartet a joy to listen to. It was a memorable evening that we feel lucky to have been part of. Hope it all keeps getting better and better for you - I'm sure it will.

Congratulations Melanie. I thought you gave a very warm and personable performance. Its always a pleasure to come and see you

" What an evening", I have been thinking about it all day at work. You were excellent, I loved every song. Andy Rumble has such skill, All of your support band were very good, especially dishy Martin!. 

What can I say - how many ways are there of saying that you were FANTASTIC!!! 

One of the GREAT successes (did this surprise you I wonder?) was Never
never, with the Italian bits: I thought it went really very well, and saw my neighbours getting right into it and having fun, and even singing along at times! By the way, the Italian went very impressively.
Best of all for me were the ballady pieces (I like Miss Otis sung sadly and sentimentally, but yes, it can swing also). All the songs I heard were top quality music and lyrics (as you know - you chose them), and there were even one or two I didn't know - so that was a pleasure. You have a great voice - quite a smoky sound when you are being reflective and not showing Miss Bassey who's boss!

How wonderful you were at the Pizza on the Park,,,,, 
Talented, Glamorous, Sexy, Slim, AND FUNNY.....this girl can tell a joke or two...... Wow !!!!! 

NEWS UPDATE: NOVEMBER, 2004

• Melanie is to perform two concerts at Pizza On The Park, London on January 24th and January 25th, 2005. Melanie will be accompanied by her musical director Andy Rumble. Tickets will go on sale at the beginning of December and are available by calling the box office on 020 7235 5273. The concerts start at 21:15. 
  
  Visit Pizza On The Park's website»

 

• Friday Night Is Music Night
  Together with Simon Bowman and the BBC Concert Orchestra, Melanie has recorded for broadcast on January 7th, 2005: Friday Night Is Music Night for BBC Radio 2. For further information visit the Radio 2 Website»

NEWS UPDATE: OCTOBER, 2004

• Melanie finished her 28 week tour of 'Crazy For You' at the end of August.

• She is currently working with her Musical Director, Andy Rumble, on her new one woman show, which she will perform on board the QE2 and the new QM2 over the Christmas period.

• She will perform only two shows per cruise, as the star spot, and will be performing on three seperate cruises (QE2/QM2/QE2) which take her through the Carribbean and into New York for New Year and then she will re-join the world cruise which will sail through the Panama Canal to Acapulco.

• This means of course no Pantomime this year for Melanie !

• She will return to the UK in the early part of January 2005 and at present there are no definate plans, but she has been approached for a couple of Musicals in the West-End and there is also a chance of her performing her one woman show here in the UK.

• TV still beckons. Melanie recently made a pilot for a new variety TV show with her Co-Star Tim Flavin.

• Check this space for a proposed concert date at PIZZA ON THE PARK.

---

The New Gershwin Musical
The quintessential, all singing, all dancing Broadway musical. A foot-stomping, tap dancing, glittering extravaganza...

STARRING
MELANIE STACE
DARREN BENNETT · CHRISTOPHER BEENY · SUE HODGE

REVIEWS

Reviews: The Stage
If the name Gershwin is not enough to put the proverbial on seats then this great new production will be the
clincher. It is full of life right from the start and has all the glamour and glirzy spectacle you might hope for from an American showbiz phenomenon.
The excellent direction of Chris Colby and the superb choreography of David Kort complement each other brilliantly.
Melanie Stace, a familiar face from BBC's Generation Game, proves that she is a very talented lady as she
tackles the role of theatre owner Polly Baker. Her version of Someone to Watch Over Me is worthy of any album of musical favourites.
Bobby Child is the hero who helps save the theatre and Darren Bennett is made for the part, being an excellent all-rounder. The casting of Sue Hodge, another familiar face as Mimi in `Allo, `Allo!, is quite brilliant. She is a natural comic star as well as showing that she can really dance.
There is also an excellent contribution by Christopher Beeny - we need more talent like him and Hodge back on the telly. All in all, the entire cast deserves applause.
Next year Chris Moreno's production will tour from February. 

~

"Melanie Stace, from The Generation Game, is gorgeous as the feisty Polly Baker, in an array of lovely costumes. Her powerful voice suits all her songs, including the solo numbers Someone To Watch Over Me and But Not For Me, and her dancing is excellent." - Newark Advertiser

~

"Co-presenter of The Generation Game, Melanie Stace, played the female lead. For those of you who only remember Melanie on the Gen Game, well you are in for a surprise, she is a fully trained singer, dancer and actress and I thought she did a great job as the fiery Miss Baker."

~

Crazy For Talented Mel
"Melanie Stace, of The Generation Game fame, embraces the role of Polly and, harnessing her tremendous singing and
dancing skills, wins over both her audience and leading man Bobby, played by the talented Darren Bennett."

~

"Former Generation Game hostess Melanie Stace proves she is much more than just a great pair of legs as the lovelorn cowgirl Polly.
Her performances of the standards Embraceable You and Someone to Watch Over Me show off a fine and powerful voice." - Eastern Daily Press

~

"The Generation Game's Melanie Stace and Darren Bennett make an attractive leading couple as Polly Baker and Bobby Child, both strong of voice and have a whale of a time" - Eastern Evening News

~

"Melanie Stace makes a stunning Polly - whether feisty or elegant, she is really sure of her musical ground. She years sweetly in Someone To Watch Over Me and But Not For Me yet pumps up the volume to leave us in no doubt about her vocal ability." - Croydon Advertiser

~

"Melanie Stace has a strong stage presence and is a powerful singer." 
- Telegraph & Argus

~

"The feisty Polly was attractively played by Melanie Stace whose vocal strength shone in such numbers as Someone To Watch Over Me." 

Web work by Steven Warner and Tim Hutton
 © www.melaniestace.net 2001 - 2009