Lisa Simone - A Daughter's Tribute to Nina Simone
Start Date Saturday
July
26
Start Time 7.30pm
End Date Tuesday
November
30
End Time
Her Majesty's Theatre
Lisa Simone A Daughter's Tribute
Following her tour-de-force performance at Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2024, Adelaide Festival Centre is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of Dame Lisa Simone, to reprise the iconic classics of her mother, Dr Nina Simone, as only she can for one night only at Her Majesty's Theatre, Saturday 26 July, with tickets on sale now.
Lisa Simone's voice and stage prowess has not only earned her worldwide recognition, but practically every accolade, including Grammy nominations starring roles on Broadway, and chart-topping albums.
Lisa premiered the Disney roles of Aida (Aida) and Nala (The Lion King) and won the “National Broadway Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical” for her leading role in Aida's First National Tour. A member of the original Broadway cast of Rent, she subsequently headed its First National Tour in the role of Mimi Marquez and was nominated for both the Helen Hayes Award and Jefferson Award for her performance.
In 2008, Lisa topped the jazz charts with “Simone on Simone”, her big band tribute album to her mother, lovingly coined “an homage to the Great One who walked before me”. In 2000, she was nominated for a Grammy Award as a member of the acid jazz group, Liquid Soul; and in 2016, she executive-produced the Oscar nominated Netflix documentary about her mother's life, “What Happened, Miss Simone?”.
