Simply The Best - The Tina Turner Story
30.May - 1. June 2024
Awarded "Best Musical Tribute Show" at the Real Awards in Las Vegas 2020!
We are delighted to welcome you to a unique experience 30 May - 1 June! Coco Fletcher comes to Lærdal in the role of Tina Turner! Not only that, she is joined on stage by Vasti Jackson as Ike Turner!
Della Miles as Jesse Smith, Meimouna Coffi as Vendetta Fields, Sharlie Pryce as Robby Montgomery, all the girls from "The Ikettes", as well as MikuGraham - backing vocals!
The show takes the audience on a journey through five decades of the rock icon's musical history and their greatest hits from one of the most important artists of our time. "Simply The Best" depicts Tina Turner's content-rich life during two hours packed with live music and impressive scenes. From her first successes, difficult times with a drug addict and violent husband, let down by a great love and finally - after the separation when Tina got her new start and a popularity that skyrocketed in the 80s.
"Tina Turner Story" is a tribute to the exceptional artist who has shaped half a century of rock history.
With over 180 million records sold, countless number 1 hits and placements including "Simply The Best", "Private danser" and "We dont need another hero". Inspired by this unique artist, Dorothea "Coco" Fletcher (USA) manages to imitate the world star perfectly and is considered one of the best in the double role all over the world.
With a unique voice and an energetic performance, she brings the rock diva back on stage and takes the audience by storm!
A small taste of Simply The Best!
Not just anyone can play the roles of Tina & Ike Turner and The Ikettes with band.
Below the hallmap you can read about the artists:
Coco (Dorothea) Fletcher as Tina Turner
When Coco grew up in Alabama/USA listening to the songs of the great jazz and blues singers, she decided early on to devote herself entirely to music.
After many club performances, she celebrated her first successes in Las Vegas: there she appeared with soul greats such as The Platters, Bobby Womack and Milie Jackson and sang in the shows "Legends in Concert" and "American Superstars".
Thus began the European adventure.
Since 1997, she has been part of the cast in the internationally famous doubles show "Stars in Concert" at the Estrel Hotel Berlin.
One of the highlights of his career was a duet with Jermaine Jackson (Jackson Five).
In 1999 she got the lead role in "Elements" and in "Jingle Bells" at the Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin.
We guarantee a terrific professional show with Coco in the lead!
Vasti Jackson as "Ike Turner" and on the guitar:
In more than 43 years as a professional musician, Vasti Jackson has been a force in the music world!
He is a skilled performer, songwriter, arranger and producer. Since he started as a musician in churches and dance bars in McComb, Mississippi, he has played at festivals, concerts and theater around the world.
He has worked with a. BB King, The Grammys, Harry Connick, Jr., Martin Scorsese, Wynton Marsalis, Dr. John and Cassandra Wilson and was inducted into the Mississippi Musician Hall of Fame in 2012.
In 2015 he received the Albert King Lifetime Guitar Award.
Vasti Jackson has played on Dan Akroyd's House of Blues Radio Hour, performed, written, produced and recorded music for HBO, VH1, Mississippi Educational Television and the BBC.
Vasti Jackson moves effortlessly between blues, soul, jazz, funk, gospel and pop.
The choir ladies "The Ikettes"
Della Miles as Jesse Smith in "The Ikettes"
The American discovered her passion for music as a child. Miles gained musical experience very early in various gospel choirs and in her parents' live club in Houston/Texas.
Passion became a calling and before starting her own career, she worked with greats such as Stevie Wonder, Marla Gledd, Joshua Kadison and Whitney Houston, with whom she toured the world for 4 years.
In Michael Jackson's "Sisterella", Miles shone in the main role "Ella" as a musical shoe dancer.
Marius Müller-Westernhagen became aware of Berliner by choice when he saw one of the live performances.
He hired her on his tours.
Together with Müller-Westernhagen, she produced her current album "Simple Days", which after her debut "Follow Me (The D-Tour)" was yet another proof of her quality as a musician and songwriter. Miles inspires the audience with his own pieces, some pop, some ballads and rock songs.
Sharlie Pryce as Robbie Montgomery in "The Ikettes"
Sharlie was born in London, and studied dance, singing and shoe dancing in Gothenburg and London. Her biggest and best-known engagements include "Cats" at the Hamburg Operettenhaus and "Porgy & Bess" at the Theater des Westens Berlin. For several years she has been a member of the ensemble "Stars In Concert", where in addition to her work as background singer in "ELVIS - The Musical", "Stars In Concert" production and "A tribute to Boney M". Pryce is also an active author and wrote the novel "Salomé" together with Jade Valor. She is currently working on her first book in the series "Shudan Rising".
Miku Graham as Vendetta Fields in "The Ikettes" and Backing Vocal
The Canadian Miku Graham is very versatile: She sings, writes and arranges songs and shows. With the musical Mamma Mia! she toured North America for three years before playing the lead role in the Canadian TV series "Instant Star" for three seasons. She also appeared on stage with international superstars such as Annie Lennox and Angelique Kidjo. She has regularly sung background vocals for record producer Bob Ezrin (including Pink Floyd) and the Canadian band The Arkells.
