Cirencester Cohousing

Ronnie Scott’s comes to Ciren

A couple of weeks ago we went to a live music event organised by the Barn Theatre that was billed as the ‘Boogie Woogie’ sensation playing Ronnie Scott’s in London and the Birdland Jazz Club in New York. A pianist called Tom Seals sang, played and told stories of the famed and famous at Ingleside House while the audience tucked into a fabulous range of dishes prepared by the Theatro restaurant. When I lived in London I used to be a regular at Ronnie Scott’s in Soho, relishing the performances by the big names playing right in front of me. In the late 80s you could eat in a small part of the auditorium only (and there were tickets at the door!) but as time went by Ronnie’s became a venue where you couldn’t get a ticket without also booking dinner – often sitting at small tables with hardly enough room for your plate and wine glass. The Ciren event had all the charm of an intimate jazz club and as the music played and the glasses clinked it felt as though I was back at Ronnie Scott’s – enjoying a good show in more comfort and at a fraction of Ronnie’s prices. There was a lot of Jools Holland and Elton John that evening and perhaps not quite enough of the ‘boogie woogie’ that Tom Seals promised but we had a fantastic night and very much hope that Ronnie’s will come to Ciren again soon.