Sings we've done

1532 is Bristol Grammar School's fabulous theatre space. It opened in September 2016, providing state-of-the-art facilities for music, dance and drama for Bristol Grammar School and Bristol as a whole. (Since you asked, 1532 is the year BGS was established.) Kettle of Fish love inviting special guests to join us in our shows, and this stage allows us to expand our show even more than usual. Stretching the boundaries of a cappella, our 1532 shows often include instrumentalists and video projections.

Small but perfectly formed. But enough about Neil. The Alma Tavern Theatre is an intimate space with seating for 50. It's the sort of place where the Fish have to play for two nights to fit everyone in, and even then, the box office tends to run a waiting list. We love the intimate nature of the Alma, where our shows have included the "Kettle Of Fish World Tour" and "Up Close and Personal"

St Michael and All Angels Church (now the Horfield Baptist Church) in Gloucester Road, Bishopston, was the venue for our last performance before the world was struck by a global pandemic. Our lovely friends, the Gasmen, opened the show, and Dave arranged a couple of songs especially for the occasion, for us all to sing together.

We are proud to be associated with the North Bristol Artists. For the last few years we have had the pleasure of singing at several venues during their annual Arts Trail. We've loved singing in Maite's kitchen, at St Bart's Church Hall when it was in St Andrews Park, at St Michael and All Angels, at Horfield Baptist Church and at Room 212. Thanks, North Bristol Artists, for letting us sing. We hope we didn't distract the customers from buying art.

They were standing in the aisles, and clambering over the seats in their excitement. It's not our first time singing in a kitchen, of course, but certainly the first time we've had an appreciative lion in the audience.

We've done four and a half shows at The Folk House. It's a great place to sing in, and the Folk there are so welcoming. And we get a proper stage and lights and everything. It's usually a sellout, which is nice. And each show features a slightly different twist. In "We Are Family", several of the Fish Offspring were featured soloists, and other guests have included Ali Orbaum, Elaine Wilson, Kerry Elkins, Jess Broderick, Dee Jarlett, Laura Pearson singing songs arranged specially for them by Dave.

This is one of the most beautiful places in Bristol to sing. We've done it a couple of times now but never as a six piece. Guess whose missing from the picture.

This has to be the nicest theatre we've ever sung in. It was all like proper theatre, with wings to wait in and lights and an introducing man end everything. It's a shame we only had ten minutes on stage, but they were probably the best ten minutes we've performed, and we still managed to fit 4 songs in.

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If the nice people from Bristol Old Vic should ever feel like asking us to come and sing there again, we'd love to, thank you very much for asking.

Yes, we've played the Bristol Beacon. Hasn't everybody? Great atmosphere, great crowd. Part of the Festival of Song, 2013. Admittedly only in the foyer, but we'd be happy to return to The Lantern or the Beacon Hall any time.

Ever ones for excitement and adventure, we first ventured south of the river in 2017 and played the Southbank Club in Bedminster. A slightly more intimate a venue than the Folk House, we've played there several times to a packed houses, including many a KoF virgin. Always a pleasure.

If you haven't discovered the Zion Cafe in Bishopsworth, take it from Kettle of Fish - it's worth a visit. We played a "secret" gig on Beer Tasting Night. It obviously wasn't a secret to anyone who was there tasting beer. They couldn't really ignore six blokes singing at them for 90 minutes. but we didn't tell our loyal fans about it because we were testing out our new set for the Folk House. We figure that if we can get a room full of people we don't know singing along and forcing us to do an unplanned encore, then we're ready for anything!

Not so much a gig, more a jolly Saturday morning chat with Laura Rawlings. Neil and Dave spoke most eruditely and entertainingly, and we sang a couple of songs in the hope of enticing the listeners down to the Folk House. A show of hands that evening revealed not a single audience member had heard the interview. The power of radio!