Phoenix Arts Club to host showtunes singalong after Greek Street Live closure
After the abrupt closure of The Room Where It Happens at Greek Street Live, The Phoenix Arts Club will host a newly reimagined late-night musical theatre singalong, Sing Out, Louise!, from 14 February 2026.
London’s live music and cabaret circuit has taken another hit. The sudden closure of The Room Where It Happens at Greek Street Live last week left pianists, hosts and musical theatre performers without work and without warning. It joins a growing list of vanished spaces across central London, from the Theatre Café and Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club to Nightjar Soho and Café de Paris, with Banana Cabaret also preparing to close.
Against that backdrop, The Phoenix Arts Club has moved quickly. From Saturday 14 February, the team behind Overtures Piano Bar and The Room Where It Happens will relaunch their showtunes singalong under a new name, Sing Out, Louise!, with a permanent base in Soho.
The late-night piano bar format remains intact. Expect musical theatre standards, impromptu solos and a roomful of industry regulars who know every lyric. The show will run Wednesday to Sunday evenings, initially at 10.30pm, shifting to 9pm as scheduling allows.
Colin Savage, creative director of The Phoenix Arts Club, describes the decision as practical rather than sentimental. London, he notes, is losing spaces that provide regular paid work for performers in cabaret, live music and musical theatre. The Phoenix, established in 1988 and one of the last independent venues in the West End, has long functioned as an informal clubhouse for the industry. Stepping in, he suggests, was a matter of continuity.
Producer Dave Cribb frames it more starkly. With venues closing at pace, he says, the risk is not simply the loss of one show but the erosion of a cultural ecosystem that has given London’s theatre district much of its character after dark.
For audiences, access is straightforward. Entry is £10 on the door, or via a £10 monthly membership. An annual option is also available for regulars. Tickets can be booked through The Phoenix Arts Club website.
In a city where independent performance spaces are shrinking, the survival of even one late-night piano bar feels significant. Soho, for now, still has somewhere to sing.
Tickets can be booked in advance at the following link:
https://phoenixartsclub.com/events/sing-out-louise-showtunes-singalong/
Elena Leo is the Culture & Lifestyle Editor of Ikon London Magazine.
