The Girl I Left Behind Me
Saturday 15 May 2010, 7.45pm
Show Details
Directed by Neil Bartlett
Performed by Jessica Walker and James Holmes
A supremely well-sung and cool contemporary look at one of the most intriguing questions of musical theatre, ‘Just what is it that makes a woman in trousers so appealing?’
Mezzo-soprano, Jessica Walker, and theatre director, Neil Bartlett, conjure up an entire world, from the swaggering cross-dressers of the Victorian Music Hall, to the ambiguous boy-heroes of Mozart and Strauss. A provocative, flirtatious and deliciously personal guide to the forgotten chapter of female performance.
Devised by Neil Bartlett and Jessica Walker
Commissioned and Produced by Opera North Projects
Box Office: 0844 848 2727
Seating for this event is unreserved. If you require reserved seating please contact the box office to make arrangements.
Tour Dates
Purcell Room, London's South Bank, 18 May
Brighton Theatre Royal, 22 May
Sage Gateshead, 3 June
Aldeburgh Pumphouse, 25 & 26 June
Podcasts
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Listen to an excerpt of Johnsburg Illinois
(Lasts approximately 30 secs)
Members of Opera North Project's Mercy and Grand band - Jessica Walker, voice; Jim Holmes, piano; Gavin Bryars, bass. From "Mercy and Grand": GB Records BCGBCD18 (release date October 25 2010)
