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14-23 November 2025

Nutcracker Nights: Allexa Nava

Nutcracker Nights: Allexa Nava

Thu 16 November 2023

Stage time / 8:45pm

Celebrating the Jazz Clubs

Location

Tuff Nutt Jazz Club,
Southbank Centre, (Level 1, Royal Festival Hall)

Make a night of it at The Tuff Nutt Jazz Club. Enjoy an exclusive live jazz show with dancing and cocktails, taking place at London’s hottest new pop-up club.

Admission for ‘Nutcracker Nights’ is included in tickets purchased for selected performances of Nutcracker and there are also a limited number of standalone tickets available for £20.

‘Nutcracker Nights’ is a series of live sessions from London’s leading jazz and music artists. The line up features the brightest emerging jazz artists from Tomorrow’s Warriors and seasoned professionals Ben Brown, Marcio Philomena, Amy Gadiaga and more!

Allexa Nava is a jazz saxophonist, flautist, and composer, originally from Peru. She was mentored at Tomorrow’s Warriors by Gary Crosby, Ben Burrell, and Denys Baptiste and performed regularly with Tomorrow’s Warriors Frontline as well with her own band.

Allexa is a member of all-female Latin jazz group Colectiva, performing with them at SXSW in Austin, Texas, and across Europe.

Recorded during lockdown with fellow Warrior musicians, she released her first single Good Job Philip! in 2020. Her latest single Wait! Sees her new ensemble explore the mix between jazz and funk.

‘Nutcracker Nights’ Artists and Dates

Friday 10 November: Ben Brown

Saturday 11 November: Marcio Philomena

Thursday 16 November: Allexa Nava

Friday 17 November: Donovan Haffner

Saturday 18 November: Amy Gadiaga

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