Annie Lore

Actress, singer, designer and writer, Annie is the founder and director of the Excelsior Company, presenting live period entertainments and silent films. The Excelsior Electric Theatre, a movable nickelodeon and silent feature film theater, is gaining momentum as a favored show all over the Greater Bay Area and beyond. A long-time 3D photographer and stereoview collector, Annie offers screenings of stereoscopic slides either original or from antique stereoviews. At one time best known for her many years of performing English and Scottish balladry at numerous Bay Area Venues including the original Renaissance Faire, her album "The Grey Cocked Hat" has enjoyed popularity among a certain segment of folk music aficionados and is soon to be reissued in a remastered CD release. She has also gained a certain renown for her work in British Music Hall at the Dickens Christmas Fair and elsewhere, with comic songs of the 19th and early 20th century as well as her own original pieces in that style, such as "Don't Give Up the Ship, Cleo", and "The Good Fairy". Portrayals of celebrated women -- Lola Montez, Lillian Russell, Zsa Zsa Gabor-- are a specialty, and a passion.