"I don't know what people expect when they come to see us but I think we are somewhere between Sex and the City and three-part harmony act!"
Long after the girls announced they were no longer going to perform together, the fabulous Fascinating Aida are back with a new album Silver Jubilee, celebrating 25 years of their singular brand of rollicking satirical cabaret.
Always topical, always on the ball, the girls - founder member Dillie Keane, the almost as long-serving Adele Anderson and relative newcomer Liza Pulman - specialise in taking a "pop" at the British establishment, in a most genteel and ladylike (and regularly smutty) way of course, and this album encapsulates their style brilliantly.
Nothing is sacred here - not Tesco, nor Gordon Brown, nor, hilariously, the Health & Safety Executive... The collection opens with a number that takes the piss out of shallow fame-seekers like WAGs, Lily Allen and Paris Hilton, and I almost fell off my chair at their hysterical ditty all about dogging!
Their Bulgarian song cycles(!) are brilliant and very clever, and although there are some poignant and melancholy moments this is a superbly crafted and hilarious album.
Recorded live at the Jermyn Street Theatre in January 2009, listening to the CD just makes me regret not having booked tickets.. I recommend it to everyone - the album is available from Dress Circle as ever.
Despite the fact there are no videos of this particular show, here are some snippets of the fabulous Fascinating Aida for your delectation:
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