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Past Seasons
Highlights of previous seasons at English Cabaret
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SONGS OF THE PEOPLE
In the wake of extraordinary recent events, English Cabaret, which is comprised of members of the family of David Maxwell Fyfe, British artisan of the ECHR, have extended their summer vigil for justice, humanity and human rights into The Songs of the People, inviting others to sing along.
A favourite quotation of David's was by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun - 'Let me write the songs of the people and I care not who makes their laws.' In that spirit, as the government has already restricted freedom of association to protest, they will sing and invite others to sing too.
Find out where you can join the singing on Instagram @officialthint and X @OfficialTHINT.
OUR SEASON AT C
English Cabaret produced an exciting programme of shows at this summer's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. From left to right song cycle Dreams of Peace & Freedom, Lily Casson's I Heart Musicals, Sue Casson's Two Tigers,The Eazy Club, Festival Music Nights and tragi-comedy satire
Shakespeare Up Late : A Right Royal Visit.
All the shows were hosted by C Venues, whose artistic director Hartley Kemp was joined for the season by our own Robert Blackmore as associate producer.
MAGNA CARTA PROGRESS 2 | FORGOTTEN
During the darkest weeks of the year, English Cabaret set off to perform Sue Casson’s dramatic song cycle, Dreams of Peace & Freedom, to shine the light of the past on our fractured present.
As the government prepared a slate of legislation to restrict our fundamental rights and freedoms, a new generation of the family of David Maxwell Fyfe, British artisan of the ECHR, sang their beautiful protest at attempts to interfere with its protection and to diminish our humanity.
THE SOLDIER
sung by Lily Casson in Creich graveyard
The European Convention on Human Rights was signed in Rome on 4th November 1950.
To mark the day a special music video was released. It features
Sue Casson's musical setting of Rupert Brooke's poem which was quoted by David Maxwell Fyfe in his only speech at the Nuremberg Trials. The sequence was filmed for The Human's in the Telling, in the graveyard of Fyfe's ancestors in Scotland.
LAST CALL FOR NEFERTITI
Centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun
As the anniversary of the most famous Egyptian discovery of all time made news in early November 2022, archaeologists marked the event with speculation about a further discovery - Queen Nefertiti.
Following a successful run as part of the Sydney Global Fringe,
English Cabaret made Tom Blackmore's film available to stream
on-demand at C the Arts, whilst the re-released title song provided
THE soundtrack to emerging stories.
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