SIMPLY — David Bowie · Director's Cut

One voice. One piano. Fifty-five seats.

The room’s own Bowie evening, returned and expanded — the deep cut. Bowie hid behind personae his whole career; strip the arrangements away and the songwriting steps forward, stranger, plainer, more human.

The catalogue. A shape-shifter across five decades — Hunky Dory (1971), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust (1972), Low and “Heroes” (1977), Blackstar (2016). “Life on Mars?” “Space Oddity.” “Ashes to Ashes.” “Heroes.” “Where Are We Now?”

Oliver and Chad’s Bowie album The Seat With The Clearest View (Lateralize Records) began as a reimagining of that catalogue. This is its Director’s Cut — the expanded, definitive take, brought back to Circle & Star whole. Voice and piano, no band, no spectacle. Pure song and voice. Stripped back.

The evening, both halves — like a record:

★ First set · Side A — reinterpreted entire: voice and piano, lights low, received in company.
★ Interval — a breath.
★ Second set · Side B — the songbook, whole.
★ After — stay, talk, connect. The evening doesn’t end at the door.

Oliver Darley & Chad Lelong

Oliver Darley — former NME Male Vocalist of the Year, a burnished baritone and West End lead, who has shared stages with Ray Charles, BB King, Tom Jones and Jamie Cullum. Chad Lelong — pianist, composer and producer, founder of Trellick Records; their Bowie album The Seat With The Clearest View was released on Lateralize Records.

SIMPLY — four Friday songbooks at Circle & Star: George Michael (25 Sep) · Queen (30 Oct) · David Bowie, Director’s Cut (27 Nov) · Scott Walker (29 Jan 2027). Book any night, or take the four-night season pass — £90.

📅 Friday 27 November 2026 · Doors 7:00pm · Show 7:30pm
📍 28 Heath Street, Hampstead NW3 · Hampstead Station, Northern Line
🎟 £25 · 55 seats

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