Almara Music Productions
e-mail almara@almara.co.uk

Almara Music Productions have represented, managed and promoted bands as well as comedians, singers and general entertainers for over 30 years in the varied field of Entertainment, Television, Cruises, Theatre, Cabaret, Pubs, Clubs and Summer Season work . Below are the names of just some of the acts previously represented by this office, and the venues they worked.
Chris Nicholl: Singer, Entertainer, Cruise Director, Princess Cruises 13 years
Trevor Bradford:Magician, Entertainer, Cruise Director, Princess Cruises 5 years
Simon Foster: Singer, Entertainer, Princess Cruises
Tracey Quinn: Singer Entertainer, Princess Cruises 3 years
David Payne: Lounge Pianist, Princess Cruises
Perry Grant: Vocal Lounge Pianist, Princess Cruises 2 years
Kevin Morrison:Lounge Pianist/Keyboards, Princess Cruises
The Troyka Balet: Folkloric Show St Petersburg, Princess Cruises 16 seasons
The Cossack Balet: Folkloric Show St Petersburg, Princess Cruises 2 seasons
Hatrick: 3 Piece Bulgarian Show Band, 2 male members, Keyboards/Clarinet/ Saxaphone. Drums. Female lead vocal/flute.
Band leader Svetlana Frateva. North Sea Ferries Princess Cruises
Images: Six Piece Band with 4 male members and 2 female Singers. Band leader John Jewel. Princess Cruises
Cassie Blake: Assistant Cruise Director on The Star Princess, Princess Cruises
Nicky Martyn: Comedian.Princess Cruises
Ricardo: Comedy, Magician, Close Up, Audience Participation. Princess Cruises
Stefan de Paul: Multilingual DJ. St Nicholas Sealink British Ferries, The Dana Regina Scandanavian Seaways, Manhattan Night Club Oslo Norway, Disco Palace Hotel Hans Egede Greenland, also worked as a Stage Production Manager on The Island Princess, The Pacific Princess and The Sky Princess for Princess Cruises.
Humphrey Bunn:Comedian. Zany Musical Entertainer TV appearance Bob Says Opportunity Knocks.
Danny Downing:Comedian. Haven Holidays, Butlins Hotels, North East Social and Working Mens Club Circuit.
John Archer: Comedy Magician Haven and Butlin Holiday Centres. Channel’s 4 and 5 writing for, and appearing with Tim Vine. Panelist on BBC 1’s “Give us a Clue”. Edinburgh Festival.
Charlie Hale:Comedian. Haven Holidays, North East social clubs,a regular comic on the BBC2 programme A-Force and he wrote one episode of the topical show called "Blouse And Skirt".
Ivor Richards:Comedian. Haven Holidays, Butlins Holiday Centres, Combined Services Entertainements. TV appearance
Bob says Opportunity Knocks.
John Cooke: Piano/Keyboards/Vocal Entertainer Warners HolidayParks.
Lorne Shields: Guitar/Vocal/Entertainer. Worked The Scotsman Night Club/Pub, Oslo Norway
Freddie Lloyd:Self Contained Keyboards/Vocalist, Scandinavian Hotel Circiuit, DFDS Ferries Greenhall Whitley Pub Circuit.
Frank White:Self Contained Keyboards/Vocalist, Greenhall Whitley Pub Circuit.
Ian Stuart:Keyboards/Vocalist/Sight reader. Accompaning visiting cabaret artistes, Butlins Grand Hotel Llandudno.
Lawrence St John: Lounge Pianist. The Scotia Prince, Portland Maine, Nova Scotia. Fundy Cruises.
Brian James aka Billy Shears: DJ. Private functions, Weddings, Coming of Age Celebrations, Hen nights Stag Nights.Pubs.
Noel Scotland: DJ. Private Functions, Weddings,Coming of Age Celebrations.
Heather Terry: Female Vocalist, The Dana Regina, Copenhagen to Oslo DFDS, The Scotia Prince Portland Maine Nova Scotia, Fundy Cruises, Casino Circuit Portugal. Production Christmas Show at the Holiday Inn Glasgow.
Tenile Tyson: Female Vocalist, North West / North East Workingmens Club Circuit.
Reeve Majors: Self Contained Female Vocalis,t Cumbria and North West social clubs. Greenhall Whitley pub circuit.
Shirley Shermont: Self Contained FemaleVocalist. Greenhall Whitley pub circuit.
Brooke Burgess: Female Vocalist. North West & North East & Scotland social clubs, Casino circuit Portugal,
The Dana Regina, Copenhagen to Oslo DFDS,Combined sercices Entertainements, The Seashore Warners Holiday Parks,
Haven Parks & Butlins Minehead.
Bernard Southern: Male Vocalist/Guitarist. Greenhall Whitley pub circuit.
Freeway: 4 piece cabaret & reading band. 3 male members, 1 girl. Band Leader Steve Carr Haven Parks
Free spirit: 3 Piece Cabaret & Reading band. 2 male members, 1 female. Band Leader Sue Lane, Haven Parks
Vernango: 3 Piece Cabaret & Reading band. 2 male members, 1 female. Band Leader Sara Vernango.
St Ives Holiday Village, Domaine Leisure.
Sovereign: 4 piece Cabaret & Reading Band Leader Dean Edwards: North Sea Ferries, DFDS Ferries, Haven Parks.
Mainstreet: Derek and Louise, Cabaret & Reading Band. Warner and Haven Parks.
Blizzard: 3 Piece Cabaret/Reading Band. Dave Foster, Nick Carter, Amanda Ryan. Golden Sands Haven Parks.
Scarlet Division aka Miles Ahead: Originally 4 piece band with Jamie Oliver on drums. Jamie left and became the famous chef we see on TV . The band continued as a 3 piece, with Lee on Keyboards, Louise on vocals, and Andy on guitar, and the drums on track. North Sea Ferries.
Impromptu: 5 piece Cabaret & Reading band. Impromptu was the launching pad for Lisa Scott Lee. Lisa worked one season with the band then left to join Steps. Gary Newbold the band leader reformed the line up. Haven Parks
The Biz; 7 piece Cabaret & Rreading Band. The Biz featured Adrain Rea on drums & Dek Vasey on bass, both of whom had worked with Chris Rea. The Seashore Warners Holiday Park.
Positive Attraction: 3 Piece Cabaret & Reading Band. 2 male + female keyboards player. Band Leader Albert Gregory.
Sealink British Ferries, Brittany Ferries, North Sea Ferries, & Haven Parks.
Rooster: 3 Piece Cabaret/Rock Band. Brittany Ferries
Rendevous: 3 Piece Cabaret Band. Brittany Ferries
Michelle Gosling: aka Michelle Female vocalist/ Piano/also hand held Roland Keytar. Blackpool 2seasons .
Azis: 5 Piece cabaret Band. Leader Patrick Peters. Cumbria & North West Social Clubs.
Adagio: 2 Piece Cabaret & Reading Band. Piano/keyboards. Female Vocals. Band leader Karen Carter. Worked Windermere Hotel 'Melrose' Hotel in Scotland, and Ilfracoome. Dean Carter joined the band on drums in Ilfracoome augmenting to a 3 piece.