| Liza Pulman | |
| Birth Place: | Westminster, London, England |
| Occupation: | Actress, Singer, Musician |
| Spouse: | Steve Hutt |
| Father: | Jack Pulman |
| Mother: | Barbara Young |
| Website: | http://www.lizapulman.com/ |
| Awards: | Nominated for 2005 & 2010 Drama Desk Award with Fascinating Aïda |
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.
Born in 1969 in Westminster, Pulman is the daughter of the actress Barbara Young and the screenwriter Jack Pulman.[1] 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.[2]
Pulman married firstly the Irish-born actor David Ganly and secondly Steve Hutt, the manager of Fascinating Aïda.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5] [6]
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.
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.