Created and presented by Gary Bland, the show is designed for theatres, cruise ship entertainment programmes and curated live events.
It brings together timeless repertoire, storytelling and real-time audience choice to create an elegant evening or afternoon of shared live performance.
Each show follows a carefully designed structure. The running order unfolds through audience decisions made during the performance, with every song revealed in the moment and experienced together as the pianist plays or the singer sings.
The spontaneity is genuine, but never chaotic. Beneath the surface lies experience, craft and careful curation, ensuring the evening retains balance, pace and emotional flow.
At its heart, the show is about connection:
A room leaning forward together,
The quiet anticipation before the first note,
The shared recognition as a familiar song begins.
No two performances are identical, yet each one feels complete.
The Live Experience
Cocktails provide the framework of the show, a playful system of ingredient names that the audience selects from to shape the order and atmosphere of the evening.
The names are inspired by genuine drinks, along with a small number created specifically for the production. They function as creative signposts rather than literal beverages.
Guests are welcome to enjoy a drink from the bar — alcoholic or alcohol-free — but the focus is always the performance itself.
It’s Not About Drinking
The Cocktails Show™ is an interactive live performance where the audience chooses the songs in real time. The format combines audience participation with a carefully structured performance designed for professional venues.
An interactive music show is a live performance in which the audience plays an active role in shaping elements of the evening. This may include influencing the running order of songs, selecting themes, or contributing to moments within the performance itself.
Unlike traditional concerts where the programme is fixed in advance, interactive music shows allow the direction of the performance to evolve in response to audience choices while the performer maintains the overall structure and pacing of the show.
This balance between audience participation and carefully designed structure creates an experience that feels spontaneous while remaining cohesive and theatrically satisfying.
The Cocktails Show
The Cocktails Show is a structured interactive music format created and presented by Gary Bland. In the show, audience members select ingredients from a cocktail-style menu. Each selection reveals a hidden number linked to a song, allowing the audience to influence the running order of the music during the performance.
Because the selections change from performance to performance, each evening unfolds differently while the underlying structure ensures the show remains musically balanced and professionally paced.
What Is an Interactive Music Show?
Customer reviews
Genius! What a laugh and great voice. The pianist was having great banter with Gary, and I think nearly everyone sang along to most of the songs.
It is an evening that I will tell my friends about for a long time, and I will definitely be going to another one.
Brian Moten
The show was brilliant! We had no idea what to expect, but we are so pleased we went. Such a great idea and Gary was very funny. We can't wait until the show comes back here.
Clarice Turner
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Contacts
info@thecocktailsshow.com
+44 (0) 1842 73 11 85
The Cocktails Show™
An interactive live entertainment format where the audience builds the show.
Created and presented by Gary Bland
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