Fascinating Aïda is a British comedy singing group and satirical cabaret act founded in March 1983.

[citation needed] Over the years they gained a growing fanbase and national popularity, earning three Olivier Award nominations for Best Entertainment, in 1995, 2000 and 2004.

Their 20th anniversary show, One Last Flutter, ran from 13 November to 6 December 2003 at the Comedy Theatre in London, when original member Marilyn Cutts joined the group for one last time.

[1] In 2007, Keane stated on the welcome page on the Fascinating Aïda official website that "Next year will be our 25th anniversary so we really want to do a new show to celebrate".

[7] The group wrote songs for radio and television programmes such as Stop The Week, After Hours, People Like Us and the breakfast broadcaster TV-am.

It was announced in early March 2008 that they would get together again for a short spell of concerts and possibly a brief tour to celebrate their 25th anniversary, and the show would include new songs.

"[12] On 6 April 2009, Fascinating Aïda released a new album followed by a DVD called "Silver Jubilee" in July 2010, filmed at the Theatre Royal, Windsor.

[17] Camille O'Sullivan is known for having in the past performed her own rendition of Fascinating Aïda's Look Mummy No Hands,[18] as is punk cabaret singer Amanda Palmer.

Patti LuPone has recorded Look Mummy No Hands and Shattered Illusions on her album Matters of the Heart, and sang them at her solo show in New York in 2000.

[54][55] Their 2009 show was reviewed by acclaimed film director Ken Russell in The Times, who said that watching them made him feel he had "died and gone to heaven", and that the trio were "impossibly good".