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English Cabaret Hour
'sophisticated cabaret lets its hair down
A triumph'
Musical Talk
A seasonal and satirical smorgasbord
of musical cabaret
Songs sung in evenings of cabaret have been an inspiration for the theatre shows produced by the English Cabaret team for over 25 years. At their heart has always been an intimate setting to experiment with ideas, test new material and play music with a 'favoured few' chosen friends. In recent years we have called this 'English Cabaret Hour'.
Inspirational quotations from his speeches, autobiography and previously unpublished letters are woven with Sue Casson’s ethereal musical settings of poetry he found inspiring.
'Albion Forlorn is a production which has a lot to say about today's society'
Broadway Baby
English Cabaret Hour
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Sue Casson &
The Brannick Academy
Inspirational quotations from his speeches, autobiography and previously unpublished letters are woven with Sue Casson’s ethereal musical settings of poetry he found inspiring.
Casson stepped away from the piano to team up with jazz whizz John Jansson for Ivory Images and later rejoined exuberant multi-instrumentalist Chris Brannick for Cabarets in the Castle, seasons at Don't Tell Mama in New York and two CDs - Elegantly Wasted and Tutankhamun All Wrapped Up.
Inspirational quotations from his speeches, autobiography and previously unpublished letters are woven with Sue Casson’s ethereal musical settings of poetry he found inspiring.
'Perfection or something close to it'
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Requiem | Albion Forlorn
Inspirational quotations from his speeches, autobiography and previously unpublished letters are woven with Sue Casson’s ethereal musical settings of poetry he found inspiring.
On the way a collaboration with award-winning Guardian satirical poet Simon Rae led to Edinburgh and London Fringe runs of the 'fabulous' revue Requiem and later, Albion Forlorn.
‘a fine tribute to an idealistic and important figure'
ThreeWeeks
English Cabaret Hour
Inspirational quotations from his speeches, autobiography and previously unpublished letters are woven with Sue Casson’s ethereal musical settings of poetry he found inspiring.
Since then, there has been cabaret on the Battersea Barge in London, and regular seasons of English Cabaret Hour which spawned alter-egos Clarence Posit (Robert), and Lily's English Singing Baking which continued online, as well as solo shows for her and Casson on the Edinburgh Fringe.
'Albion Forlorn is a production which has a lot to say about today's society'
Broadway Baby
The story so far
Dornoch Cathedral
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Wenseday 4th October
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Liverpool Museum
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Thursday 14th October
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Launch of Kilmuir Papers
10 DECEMBER 2013
Choral settings of Rupert Brooke's War Sonnets sung by a specially assembled Freedom Choir with readings from Maxwell Fyfe's papers performed at St Matthews Westminster.
Liverpool Museum
16:00
Thursday 14th October
Dornoch Cathedral
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Dornoch Cathedral
13:00
Wenseday 4th October
Liverpool Museum
16:00
Thursday 14th October
Dornoch Cathedral
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Dornoch Cathedral
13:00
Wenseday 4th October
Liverpool Museum
16:00
Thursday 14th October
Dornoch Cathedral
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Next Perfomances
Premier Cru
Inspirational quotations from his speeches, autobiography and previously unpublished letters are woven with Sue Casson’s ethereal musical settings of poetry he found inspiring.
It all began with jazz trio Premier Cru's Sunday Speakeasy in Battersea, which grew to After Midnight at the Edinburgh Fringe, to Radio 2's Round Midnight, and on to NightRide.
Inspirational quotations from his speeches, autobiography and previously unpublished letters are woven with Sue Casson’s ethereal musical settings of poetry he found inspiring.
'Casson has a great rapport with the audience and a gorgeous voice'
Broadway Baby
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