Angie Bowie (March 5, 1977) Angie Bowie at the Webbington – Melody Maker Feature

Publication: Melody Maker

Date: March 5, 1977

Writer: Allan Jones

A vivid, theatrical Melody Maker feature capturing Angie Bowie’s cabaret performance at the Webbington Hotel and Country Club — a surreal, decadent, and knowingly outrageous night in Somerset’s most unlikely entertainment palace.

The article paints the Webbington as a neon-lit Bavarian fantasy “Nitespot of the West,” and Angie as its most flamboyant visiting star. Blending glamour, parody, and provocation, Angie’s show with the Soul House Company turns an eccentric provincial venue into a stage for performance art. The piece is equal parts travelogue, satire, and review — capturing Angie at her most theatrical during a period when she was carving out her own identity beyond the shadow of her famous husband.