“Commanding and beyond compare, there is a lushness to Simone’s voice that could best be described as transcendental… Lisa Simone is THE legacy.”
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life…
Following her tour-de-force performance at Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2024, Adelaide Festival Centre is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of Dame Lisa Simone, to reprise the iconic classics of her mother, Dr Nina Simone, as only she can for one night only at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Saturday 26 July, with tickets on sale now.
Lisa Simone’s voice and stage prowess has not only earned her worldwide recognition, but practically every accolade, including Grammy nominations starring roles on Broadway, and chart-topping albums.
Lisa premiered the Disney roles of Aida (Aida) and Nala (The Lion King) and won the “National Broadway Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical” for her leading role in Aida’s First National Tour. A member of the original Broadway cast of Rent, she subsequently headed its First National Tour in the role of Mimi Marquez and was nominated for both the Helen Hayes Award and Jefferson Award for her performance.
In 2008, Lisa topped the jazz charts with “Simone on Simone”, her big band tribute album to her mother, lovingly coined “an homage to the Great One who walked before me”. In 2000, she was nominated for a Grammy Award as a member of the acid jazz group, Liquid Soul; and in 2016, she executive-produced the Oscar nominated Netflix documentary about her mother’s life, “What Happened, Miss Simone?”.
Get ready to take an extraordinary musical journey with Lisa and her incredible band, when they tour the country in July, and experience how magnificently the legacy of Nina Simone lives on.
Expect to enjoy feel-good Nina Simone classics…
I Put a Spell on You
Feelin’ Good
Black Is the Colour
Mississippi Goddam
And more…
Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind concert event full of music, emotion, and pure artistic brilliance. An experience you’ve simply got to witness.
Tickets for Adelaide on sale now via www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au
Media Kit with bio and high-resolution imagery can be found here
2025 Tour Details:
State Theatre Sydney
Thursday 10 July 2025 | 7:30pm
Bookings: Ticketmaster
Ph: 136 100 or ticketmaster.com.au
Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall
Sunday 13 July 2025 | 4:00pm
Bookings: Arts Centre Box Office
Ph: 1300 182 183 or artscentremelbourne.com.au
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide
Saturday 26 July 2025 | 7:30pm
Bookings: Adelaide Festival Centre via Ticketek
Ph: 131 246 or adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au