Ian Elmslie is a cabaret performer who’s been around the block several times. He chronicled his life and career in his racy 2017 memoir, I Went To A Marvellous Party – fittingly named after a Noel Coward song.
He keeps the queer spirit of cabaret alive in his music. We caught up with him to discuss his latest projects.I titled the book “A Marvellous Party”, because that is how my life had felt up to that point.
Little did I know the party was only just getting started! Like all the best adventures, the new journey began with a beautiful accident.
In 2018, a passing visit to a Brighton record shop led to an invitation to present an evening of stories from the book, which I embellished with songs from the LGBT catalogue, The following year I.