Nara Taylor

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About me

Additional skills:
MC, host and compere.
Price range:
starting from £150
Full details of act:
Nara Taylor is a trained singer and compere based in London.

Nara is a self-contained singer with twelve years professional experience and a degree in Music from The University of Surrey.

You can expect songs by the Rat Pack and from The American Songbook, along with jazz and soul numbers, and some more modern classics such as Amy Winehouse and Postmodern Jukebox, disco and funk, as well as Disney numbers.

Nara is sure to appeal to a wide range of ages, and is bound to get people on their feet and dancing. As well as this, Nara embodies vintage glamour and provides a costume to match your colour scheme, a vintage microphone with silver stand, and her own PA system.
Although Nara is London-based, she is happy to travel throughout the UK. Please get in touch to enquire about booking her for your event.


Singer:
I've been a professional performer for the past ten years, with a really wide range of experience. I began my career as an 'explainer' in The Science Museum, which involved me blowing things up on stage for family audiences in shows up to forty minutes long, and I have gone on to work as a presenter and workshop leader in many London museums. During this time I studied Music at The University of Surrey and gained a 2.1 with a 1.1 in performance.

Since then I began to work as a cabaret singer and compere, and this has taken me around the world, including a three month residency in Dubai. I am still currently working in cabaret events and hosting shows is a real passion of mine. My cabaret hosting experience has lead me to many different presenting jobs, from hosting quizzes to mud wrestling events, and even devising my own cabaret show for children which I took on tour with The Chocolate Festival.

For the past seven years I have worked as a vintage singer for private events, parties and corporate events, as well as performing in care homes around the country.

I've also had lots of acting experience, originally having some acting training as part of my operatic training. I worked for The London Bridge Experience, as such varied characters as Boudicca, The Keeper of the Heads, and a Victorian Landlady. Since then I have been cast as many different characters in immersive events, including as a tavern wench at The Game of Thrones DVD launch in London, where I sang to George RR Martin himself.
Additional skills:
Singing, (Classical, jazz, Musical Theatre, Cabaret), compere host and MC, trained celebrant, character actor.

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Skills

Languages Spoken	German
Dance Styles	Jazz
Vocal Types	Alto, Mezzo Soprano
Singing Styles	Cabaret, Funk, Jazz/Blues, Legit/Classical, Musical Theatre, Opera, Soul