Liza Pulman

Liza Kate Pulman (born 1969) is a British singer and actress. She is one third of the satirical comedy trio Fascinating Aïda which received Drama Desk Award nominations in 2005 and 2010.

Biography

Early life Born in 1969 in Westminster, Pulman is the daughter of the actress Barbara Young and the screenwriter Jack Pulman. She has an older sister, Cory, and when they were teenagers they sang together as "the Pulman Sisters", singing numbers from the Roaring Twenties through to the 1940s in the foyers of the Royal Festival Hall and the National Theatre. Pulman then trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for six years and was taken on as a junior principal with the Glyndebourne Chorus.

Personal life Pulman married firstly the Irish-born actor David Ganly and secondly Steve Hutt, the manager of Fascinating Aïda. She lives in Cornwall with her husband.

Pulman was on the London Underground train which was bombed in the 7 July 2005 London bombings; her mobile phone footage of the experience was broadcast on international television, and her article was published in the G2 section of The Guardian.

Career Pulman appeared in The Gondoliers and The Coffee House at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Her acting credits include her portrayal of Violet in the London Palladium's production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and she starred opposite Phillip Schofield and Russ Abbot in the British national tour of Doctor Dolittle.

She has also played Cathy in Wuthering Heights (European tour), Eurydice in the world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle's The Second Mrs. Kong (Glyndebourne Festival Opera), and leading roles with Music Theatre London, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Her many cabaret performances include Listen Up! with composer and lyricist Jason Carr. She appeared in Dick Whittington at the Watford Palace Theatre from November 2008 to January 2009.

In 2016, Pulman toured with her solo show 'Liza Pulman Sings Hollywood'. In 2017 she created the solo show "Liza Pulman Sings Streisand" which she continued to tour in 2018. This played to sell-out houses and had 5-Star reviews at numerous theatres, including London's Cadogan Hall, Wilton's Music Hall, Andrew Lloyd-Webber's The Other Palace, and a run at the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue. In 2021 Pulman's new show "The Heart of It" had to be postponed until April 2022, when it opened at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, together with the release of her new album recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios, produced by Chris Porter. In 2021 and 2022 she again toured with Fascinating Aida around the British Isles.

Fascinating Aïda Pulman joined Fascinating Aïda in 2004 and has sung in their albums, including Absolutely Fascinating, and in the DVD Silver Jubilee. As a member of Fascinating Aïda, she received a Drama Desk Award nomination in 2005 for the group's performances in New York. In 2015, she was touring England with Charm Offensive Fascinating Aïda, soon after the group had completed a new CD and DVD called Cheap Flights. In August 2016 it had a run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe called 'Back in the Saddle' and released a DVD and CD.

Credits

2022 "Liza Pulman The Heart of It," Riverside Studios, Joseph Atkins 2021–2022 Fascinating Aïda, Brand New Show, UK Tour, Paul Foster 2017–2018 "Liza Pulman Sings Streisand" 2016, Fascinating Aïda, "Back in the Saddle", Fringe 2016, "Liza Pulman Sings Hollywood" 2013, Fascinating Aïda, Charm Offensive, UK tour, Pip Broughton 2013, Stage, Amanda, Sleeping Arrangements, Landor Theatre, Rob McWhir 2011, Stage, Lead, Let's Misbehave, Salisbury Playhouse, Simon Green 2011, Stage, Margaret, Molly Wobbly's Tit Factory, Lyric, Belfast, Paul Boyd 2011, Stage, Company, Mean Time (Workshop), Menier Chocolate Factory, Jonathan Butterell 2011, Stage, Fairy Godmother, Pericles, Regents Park Open Air Theatre, Natalie Abrahami 2010, Fascinating Aïda, Pearls before Wine, UK tour, Frank Thompson 2009, Fascinating Aïda, Absolutely Miraculous, UK tour, Frank Thompson 2008, Fairy Bowbells, Dick Whittington, Watford Palace Theatre, Joyce Branagh 2008, Fascinating Aïda, UK tour, Frank Thompson 2008, The Black & White Ball, King's Head Theatre, Matthew White 2007, The Mother, Take Flight, Menier Chocolate Factory, Sam Buntrock 2007, Mrs Lindburgh, Take Flight, Menier Chocolate Factory, Sam Buntrock 2007, Mrs Darling, Peter Pan, QDOS/Bristol Hippodrome 2006, Little Red Riding Hood, Into the Woods, Derby Playhouse, Karen Louise Hebbdon 2006, Midsomer Murders, TV series, episode "Dance With the Dead", as a 1940s crooner. 2006, Fascinating Aïda, Absolutely Fabulous, Theater Row, 42nd Street, New York, Simon Green 2005, Fanny in Fanny (Sadler's Wells, Lost Musicals Season) Violet in the original cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium) 2003, Tessa in The Gondoliers Chichester Festival Theatre Nephew's Wife in A Christmas Carol (Chichester Festival Theatre) Emma Fairfax in Doctor Dolittle opposite Phillip Schofield (UK tour) Mrs Darling in Peter Pan (Swindon) Goldilocks in Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book (Soho Theatre) Lady Nelson in Nelson The Musical (Soho Theatre) Maid Marian in Robin Hood (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton) 2003, Vittoria in The Coffee House (Minerva, Chichester) Tatyana in Eugene Onegin Adele in Die Fledermaus (Lyric Hammersmith/Tour) Cathy in Wuthering Heights (European Tour) 1998, Brenda Blossom in Hollywood Pinafore (Barbican Cinema 1) Belinda in Otherwise Engaged (Perth Rep) Yum-Yum in The Mikado (Carla Rosa, Richmond Theatre, Tour) Gabrielle in La Vie Parisienne (D'Oyly Carte)