Truly DiVine sings Doris Day

Lou van Laake/ Truly DiVine – vocals
Eamonn Moran – guitar
Niall Hughes – Double Bass
Brendan Doyle - Saxophone

Truly DiVine and Her Handsome Trio bring you Doris Day: A Date with the Girl Next Door for an evening of songs and stories. 

Join singer, actress and entertainer Truly DiVine for an intimate evening filled with the songs and stories of Doris Day’s life, dressed in petticoats and candy smiles. Accompanied by the finest Irish jazz gentlemen, guided by guitarist Eamonn Moran, Truly will bring Doris back to life. You are welcome to dress up, sing along and be transported back into sweet glamour. But, beware: Doris may not be the “la-dee-da happy gal” you thought you knew…

Truly DiVine has been gracing big and small musical stages since her arrival in Ireland from the Netherlands in 2004. Beginning in the Dublin jazz scene, she spread her wings in 2009 to the burlesque and cabaret stage, where she earned her new name and lived up to it. With sassy, comic, theatrical and moving performances of her favourite vintage songs from the 20s to 50s, Truly has made herself one of the leading voices of this sassy classy scene.

A main act from these early days is still going strong now: The Bugle Babes, a 1940’s three-part-harmony group clad in vintage dresses and seamed stockings. They are still touring the country, adding style and grace to any occasion with their smooth harmonies.
Truly created this Doris Day show in 2014, at a time when she also ran a show around Marlene Dietrich and other strong female Hollywood stars. Intrigued by these strong independent women, Truly delighted in telling their stories through songs, keeping their spirit and strength alive.
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★★★ “Dutch-born, Dublin-resident Burlesque artist Truly Divine (we have a hunch that’s not her real name) has emerged over the past five years as one of the more convincing of the rash of Irish singers channelling Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, et al. Divine’s live shows celebrate the frothier end of that tradition (think Blossom Dearie meets Doris Day), mixing flirty theatricality and an authentic sense of period with precise vocals and an attention to the musical details of the songs, ably abetted by pianist Josh Johnston. This 14-song selection from those shows, including lesser-heard standards like Down with Love and This Girls in Love with You, won’t change the world, but is nonetheless a poised and smile-inducing survey of an abidingly popular form.” – Cormac Larkin, The Ticket in The Irish Times, 2016

Presented by the Truly DiVine and Her Handsome Trio