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PREVIEW: Miss Hope Springs – ‘Now it’s Christmas Time’

Miss Hope Springs, the towering blonde floor-to-ceiling sequined creation of composer, lyricist, pianist and comic actor Ty Jeffries, returns for a glitzy festive show, Now It’s Christmas Time, at the Nightingale Room (above the Grand Central) in Brighton on Wednesday, December 14 from 8pm.

Miss Hope Springs, the towering blonde floor-to-ceiling sequinned creation of composer, lyricist, pianist and comic actor Ty Jeffries, returns for a glitzy festive show, Now It’s Christmas Time, at the Nightingale Room (above the Grand Central) in Brighton on Wednesday, December 14 from 8pm.

Accompanied by a Hot Jazz Combo on throbbing double bass and sizzling percussion, you’ll hear Hope’s blend of finger-snapping pop, romantic rhumbas and sassy bossa novas as she performs her original self penned seasonal songs, such as Santa is a Woman, Christmas Calypso and Paper Snow, interspersed with scandalous showbiz revelations, all served with a frosting of vintage Vegas glitz and a healthy side-order of festive schmaltz.

Event: MISS HOPE SPRINGS – Now It’s Christmas Time.

When: Wednesday, December 14.

Where: The Nightingale Room (above the Grand Central), 29-30 Surrey Street, Brighton, BN1 3PA

Time: 8pm

Cost: £20

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PREVIEW: Miss Hope Springs – ‘Now it’s Christmas Time’

Miss Hope Springs, the towering blonde floor-to-ceiling sequinned creation of composer, lyricist, pianist and comic actor Ty Jeffries, returns for a glitzy festive show, Now It’s Christmas Time, at the Nightingale Room (above the Grand Central) in Brighton on Wednesday, December 14 from 8pm.

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Miss Hope Springs, the towering blonde floor-to-ceiling sequinned creation of composer, lyricist, pianist and comic actor Ty Jeffries, returns for a glitzy festive show, Now It’s Christmas Time, at the Nightingale Room (above the Grand Central) in Brighton on Wednesday, December 14 from 8pm.

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