Madame Galina Korsakova

From stints entertaining the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, a private performance for Her Majesty The Queen, the Olivier Award winning show C'est Barbican, two series on Channel 4, Ruby Wax Does The Business on the BBC, a Channel 4 pilot at the request of Janet Street-Porter...

Madame Galina wows audiences wherever she goes with her extraordinary dancing and acid tongue. She has performed sell out shows at the Edinburgh Festival and nearly every major arts festival in Europe and has recently entertained the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan giving her the title ‘New Forces Sweetheart'.

Press Quotes

"A rare and perfect synthesis of art and larkiness...waspish, retro-Noel Cowardish wit laced with Nancy Mitford...the audience howled with laughter, stamped and cheered".  The Times, July 2004.

 "A fond farewell to the spectacular Madame Galina, who held us in thrall every night this week...eccentric and entertaining...More! More!" Chistopher Matthew, Daily Mail TV Critic

"An excrutiatingly funny cod ballet masterclass".  Swedish Daily Journal

 "It doesn't come any better than this" Ruby Wax

 "Bonkers diva brilliance...his jokes are spot on and the dancing not nearly as bad as you might expect from a flat-footed lard arse...he is essential viewing"  Evening Standard July 2004                                                                      

"Madame Galina is sensational...brilliantly written and fantastically funny".  ***** The Stage

"Amazing...the body movements of Natalia Makarova, the body type of Johnny Vegas...Madame Galina is a unique and fabulous creation". **** The Scotsman

"With aplomb in everything she does, the autocratic chubette serves up cunning double ententes and multiple pirouettes while chivvying the audience into hilarious onstage participation...More bolshy than Bolshoi!"  The Herald

TV Credits

BFBS Forces TV.  January 2006

Boom Janet Street-Porter. Pilot  TalkBack ITV.  February 2006

Ruby Wax Does The Business, BBC3 September 2004

The Rough Guide To Choreography. Channel 4 July 2004

Madame Galina's Whirlwind Guide To Ballet Channel 4 July 2004

Arts East.  ITV1 Eastern Region.  Roland Rivron November 2003

Big Breakfast Edinburgh Special Channel 4 August 2001

Endless Features on a variety of shows 2001-2007

Newspapers and Radio

Midweek Radio 4 December 2006

Real Magazine, feature spread, October 2006

Full House Magazine, feature spread, July 2006

Mail On Sunday middle-page spread July 2006

Woman's Hour Radio 4 June 2006

Iraq Diary published in Wales On Sunday March 2006

The Times T2 Cover story January 2006

Loose Ends Radio 4 January 2006

Sunday Times Style Feature, May 2005

In The Radar.  Mail On Sunday November 2004

The Times T2 Libby Purves June 2003

Time Out Feature July 2002

Midweek Radio 4 November 2001

Time Out Feature July 2001

The Scotsman Feature August 2001