What You’re Booking
Structured for Professional Schedules
The Cocktails Show™ is a structured interactive live music format designed to sit comfortably within established theatre and cruise entertainment schedules.
Programming Confidence
Controlled Audience Participation
Audience participation is guided and controlled, ensuring the performance feels spontaneous while remaining technically and musically assured.
Audience-Led, Not Improvised
Rather than following a fixed set list, the show unfolds through a series of audience choices made during the performance.
Those choices determine which songs are revealed and how medleys are formed, creating a sense of spontaneity and shared ownership, while always remaining musically balanced and confidently controlled.
Curated Structure, Not Novelty
It is not improvisation, and it is not a novelty format. The structure is carefully curated to ensure pacing, emotional flow, and audience satisfaction from start to finish.
Adaptable When Required
Where required, Editions can be curated to align with specific programming objectives, without compromising the integrity of the format.
Operational Clarity
The Cocktails Show is delivered as a self-contained piano/vocal performance with clearly defined running times and minimal technical requirements.
The interactive structure is guided throughout, ensuring audience participation remains controlled, musical and professionally paced.
Available in 45, 60 and 90-minute formats.
Clear technical rider supplied in advance.
Designed for straightforward changeovers and efficient resets.
Repeatable format with varied outcomes for returning audiences.
Programming Checklist
Does it work in a 900-seat theatre?
Can it reset quickly?
Is the technical requirement minimal?
Is it adaptable across venues?
Is it repeatable without feeling repeated?
Is the act straightforward to work with?
Is the performer reliable and professional?
How the Show is Built to Meet
Programming Requirements:
Scale: Suitable for larger houses (including 900 + seat theatres) and smaller spaces.
Reset: Efficient to reset and straightforward to run on a tight schedule.
Tech: Minimal, clearly specified technical needs with a rider supplied in advance.
Adaptability: Flexible across different venue layouts and programming contexts.
Repeat value: Editions and audience choice ensure it can return without repetition.
Working relationship: Clear advance communication and smooth on-the-day delivery.
Professionalism: Reliable, prepared and programme-aware throughout.
Formats Available
45 Minutes
A compact, high-impact version of the show, ideal for varied bills, late-evening slots or shared programming environments.
60 Minutes
A balanced headline format offering multiple audience-led reveals within a tightly structured performance arc.
90 Minutes
The full theatrical experience, allowing deeper narrative flow and expanded audience-built medleys.
Professional Standards
£10,000,000 Public Liability Insurance (through British Actors Equity)
DBS checked
Advance materials supplied as standard (technical rider, stage plan and running times)
Clear communication throughout advance and delivery
Technical rider and supporting materials
available on request.
Distinct Themed Editions
The Cocktails Show is available in multiple themed Editions, including Motown, Broadway & West End, Jazz & Swing, Soul & Blues and seasonal variations.
Editions & Repeat Programming
Consistent Structure Across Repertoire
Each Edition follows the same audience-led structure while presenting a distinct repertoire, allowing venues and cruise programmes to rebook the show without repeating content.
Built for Repeat Engagement
The interactive format ensures varied outcomes from performance to performance, offering genuine repeat value for returning audiences.
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
© 2026 Gary Bland / Garland Entertainment. All rights reserved.