Post by Steve on May 7, 2018 9:26:29 GMT
Cabaret Style show, featuring songs banned by the Nazis.
Sounds like a night in Kander and Ebb's Cabaret, just before the Nazis break in and force everyone to sing "Tomorrow belongs to me," in which Le Gateau Chocolat is "The Emcee."
Well, to be fair, Le Gateau Chocolat is just listed as a "performer," but a performer so big in a space so small, as The Gate, makes this sound special.
Music includes stuff from Brecht and Weill; it's a collaboration with ENO, so you've got opera singers, Katie Bray and Peter Braithwaite; Lucy McCormick is a "performer" (she was electric recently in "Collective Rage" at Southwark Playhouse, where her entire identity felt like it was at stake and imploding); Phil Cornwell is musical director (he did the Arcola's Carousel beautifully), and this show caps new Artistic Director Ellen McDougall's first season.
Currently, about a third of dates are sold out, and I bring the show up now because press night is May 14th, I don't think any tickets will be left May 15th, and I'd like as many Theatreboard folks to see this as fancy it.
I can't vouch for the show, as I haven't seen it, but the ingredients feel right for a memorable night.
Sounds like a night in Kander and Ebb's Cabaret, just before the Nazis break in and force everyone to sing "Tomorrow belongs to me," in which Le Gateau Chocolat is "The Emcee."
Well, to be fair, Le Gateau Chocolat is just listed as a "performer," but a performer so big in a space so small, as The Gate, makes this sound special.
Music includes stuff from Brecht and Weill; it's a collaboration with ENO, so you've got opera singers, Katie Bray and Peter Braithwaite; Lucy McCormick is a "performer" (she was electric recently in "Collective Rage" at Southwark Playhouse, where her entire identity felt like it was at stake and imploding); Phil Cornwell is musical director (he did the Arcola's Carousel beautifully), and this show caps new Artistic Director Ellen McDougall's first season.
Currently, about a third of dates are sold out, and I bring the show up now because press night is May 14th, I don't think any tickets will be left May 15th, and I'd like as many Theatreboard folks to see this as fancy it.
I can't vouch for the show, as I haven't seen it, but the ingredients feel right for a memorable night.
