Marie – A Life of Marie Lloyd was performed at York Theatre Royal. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ I am not at all sure that my parents, whose birthdays stretched back almost into the Victorian era, would have approved of Marie Lloyd. They would have liked the songs but, respectable working class folk that […]
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Hymn to Love – Jermyn Street Theatre
Hymn to Love continues at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London until 18 August 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Edith Piaf was, and probably still is, the most famous French singer of our time. She was a popular figure all over the world and yet she came from very humble and tragic beginnings. […]
Piaf musical to be closing production in Jermyn Street Theatre’s new Reaction season
A musical tribute to the life of iconic Edith Piaf will be the final production in Jermyn Street Theatre’s packed spring/summer season. Devised by Annie Castledine, Elizabeth Mansfield and Steve Trafford, Hymn to Love will feature 13 of the French torch singer’s songs in new translations. A co-production with York Theatre Royal and Theatre by […]
