Friday 21st February, 7.45pm

Christopher Hill: Cab Ride to Ronnies – Fringe Extra Barnstaple

Cab Ride to Ronnie’s

Christopher Hill

After originally creating a short solo piece at Falmouth University in 2024, I have developed and expanded the story to be shown to a wider audience.

The show centres on a London Cab Driver who reminisces about his first visit to the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in late 1980s. Through a combination of immersive storytelling, physicalised theatre and musicality, the audience join the protagonist on a journey through the streets of London, encountering a variety of personalities along the way!

Created as a love-letter to Jazz music, and the importance of pursuing your passion no matter what!

Review by Jo Fisher 01/07/2024

A cabbie with a love of Jazz; one night at one of London’s most prolific music spots; and a chance encounter. ‘Cab Ride to Ronnie’s’ is Christopher Hill’s first performance at Theatre FringeFest, fresh from finishing his acting degree, and it’s as slick and smooth as the music that inspired it.

We are transported to London, where a man raised on a council estate takes us with him to achieve his lifelong dream of watching live jazz at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. Music and fluid movement combines with monologue and even song to take us on a smokey, sultry journey, meeting a few intriguing characters along the way.

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