ACT I
Tongue & Groove
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Simon David
ACCOMPANIST: Tim Jasper
I Want It That Way | Backstreet Boys
Arranged by Nathan Howe
Something's Coming/Tonight | West Side Story
Music by Leanard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Arranged by Ed Lojeski
Total Eclipse Of The Heart| Jim Steinman
Arranged by Ben Parry
What Have I Done To Deserve This? | Pet Shop Boys
Arranged by Simon David
Bellow Fellows
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Dom Stitchbury
Barbara Ann | Fred Fassert
Arranged by P Hunt
A Message To You Rudy | Dandy Livingstone/The Specials
Arranged by A Orbaum
Cobweb of Dreams | Joy Masefield and Leon Rosselson
Arranged by D Stichbury
Atomic | Debbie Harry, Jimmy Destri
Arranged by A Tabbush
Tracks of My Tears | Robinson, Moore & Tarpin
Arranged by A Tabbush
Ole laya loila | based on Traditional Sámi song
Daddy Sang Bass | Carl Perkins
Arranged by S Efthimiou, D Stichbury
INTERVAL
ACT II
Tongue & Groove
Children Will Listen | from Into The Woods
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Adaped by Mark Brymer
Crazy Little Thing Called Love | Freddie Mercury
Arranged by Kirby Shaw
Red Right Hand | Nick Cave
Theme song from Peaky Blinders
Arranged by Simon David
Rise Like A Pheonex | Conchita Wurst
Arranged by Simon David
Life Is A Mystery | Madonna
Arranged by Simon David
Lips Choir
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Jessie Maryon Davies
All arrangements by Jessie Maryon Davies
The running order may alter
Robyn Medley
Garage Medley
Running Up That Hill | Kate Bush
Sugababes
Self Esteem Medley
I Know A Place | Muna
Event Finale
Join the sing-along finale in a feel-good vocal session led by Bellow Fellows' Dominic Stitchbury.
Thank you to all the team at the Dulwich Festival
for their amazing work organising the Festival
and Gemma the Building Manager at St Barnabas.
Tongue & Groove would especially like to thank our friends and family for all their support throughout the year.
Musical Director: Simon David
Accompanist: Tim Jaspar
In 2017 three friends were sitting in a café in Crystal Palace looking for a new singing challenge. They could not find it so decided to create it themselves, and so Tongue & Groove was born.
The group brings together talented and dedicated amateur performers to sing, move, and most of all entertain. Tongue & Groove combines the best of non-audition community choirs, with a Musical Director from theatre and a strong focus on movement and performance.
We are all about engaging with the audience and putting on a good show T&G won the 2021 Community Choir Festival and performed live on BBC Radio London last Christmas. You can catch us at Nunhead Cemetry Open Day on 16th May, Brockley Max Festival on 6th June and Choirblast in Godalming on 12th June.
We are looking for singers for all parts and you are invited to an open rehearsal at The Palmerston on 12th May at 7:30pm
Musical Director: Dominic Stitchbury
Bellow Fellows are a friendly and welcoming community of singing men who are on a mission to get even more men singing. Based in Angel, Islington, their members come from all over London, representing different communities and walks of life. Some had not sung since they were a child before joining, whilst others have enjoyed choir singing as a regular activity throughout their lives. They sing a varied repertoire of songs, all taught by ear at a gentle pace and focus on creating a supportive and convivial atmosphere for all our members
Musical Director: Jessie Maryon Davies
Lips is a proudly trans-inclusive and intersectional feminist pop choir, taking up space and making noise since 2009. Lips' influences come from far and wide and they’re as likely to weave UK Garage classics into Bjork arrangements as they are to belt out no-holds-barred All Saints covers. With their powerful vocal performances, rowdy gigs, original arrangements and unique song choices, Lips has transformed the concept of ‘the choir’. Last year, Lips were proud to perform at the world premiere of REIGN by Errollyn Wallen at WOW15 at the Royal Albert Hall in an intergenerational choir of over 100 singers.
"A rare find. Such great singers with a wonderful musical sensibility." - Alison Goldfrapp
Alongside her role as musical director of Lips, Jessie Maryon Davies is keys player and arranger for Kate Nash (Glastonbury, Kentish Town Forum, Roundhouse) and recently orchestrated Nash’s set for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to perform at Mighty Hoopla Festival. She runs music education projects for organisations such as English National Opera, Wigmore Hall and City of London Sinfonia. She trains musicians to work in community settings at the Royal Academy of Music, where she was recently made an Associate, and is workshop leader in residence at Aurora Orchestra where she co-devises orchestral theatre for family audiences. Jessie is co-founder of award-winning charity Spark the Noise supporting girls, trans and non-binary youth to build confidence and self esteem through making music.
Jessie's recent composing commissions include music and lyrics for the live stage adaptation of Quentin Blake's Mrs Armitage on Wheels (Purcell Room, Southbank Centre) and live, improvised score for award winning show Elysium by Ghouls Aloud which recently sold out at the Gilded Balloon, Omnibus Theatre and Pleasance London, winning a Bestie award at Edinburgh Fringe 2025. Jessie is currently developing material for a solo musical comedy show.
For 2026 we have chosen to fundraise for the london charity
Free To Be Kids.
Please help as much as you can
Every young person deserves a childhood filled with love, joy and adventure, but sadly, for many the reality is the stark opposite. Poverty, trauma and other adversities overshadow experiences and change the way children think about the world and their place in it. Free To Be Kids therapeutic residentials, mentoring and youth leadership programmes use joy, adventure and the outdoors to provide intensive opportunities to restore what is missing, helping young people redefine themselves to better see their worth, talents and potential. And in turn to rebuild the foundations of positive mental health.
Free To Be Kids use the outdoors, adventure and psychologically informed youth work to transform the mental health of vulnerable young Londoners experiencing immense challenges; situations like parental addiction, neglect, abuse, poverty and homelessness, which result in emotional/behavioural difficulties at school or home.
Through their outdoor residential programmes, children who've never left their area of London before and whose school lives give them repeated messages of failure/low self worth, instead lead nightwalks through the woods (leadership, responsibility), work in to canoe down rivers (teamwork, problem solving), or climb a hill for the first time (broadened horizons, resilience) creating a vastly healthier psychological story about oneself.
