Sing Brel (1979)
Original Music & Lyrics by Jacques Brel with Gerard Jouannest English Lyrics by Eric Blau with Mort Schuman
Production devised by Bruce Murray
Music arranged and directed by Lynn Jenner
Performances: Sat 26th& Sun 27th May 1979, Prompt Corner
Contents
Introduction
A production featuring 24 songs 23 sung by the cast and one recording played of Jacques Brel (Ne Me Quitte Pas) with accompanying projections.
Cast
- Singer 1 - Ginny Jones
- Singer 2 - Sally Lill
- Singer 3 - Ann Mattey
- Singer 4 - Bruce Murray
Crew
- Stage Manager - Jenny Turner
- Assisted by - Mark Whitwell
- Visuals Designed by - Geoff Goode
- Lighting Design - Peter Boon
- Assisted by - Ann King
- Sound Engineered by - Brian Fretwell
- Photographs and Projections by - Geoff Goode
- Assisted by - Trudi Ainley
- Costumes - Jeanette Hoile
Reviews
...Last weekend the Prompt Corner paid him (Jacques Brel) tribute in a non-stop celebration lasting almost 90 minutes and summing up the man and his life.
There were four performers: Bruce Murray, Ann Mattey, Sally Lill and Ginny Jones. One male and three females sounds like an imbalance, but the power and intesity of the male in question soon silenced and doubts we may have had on that score. Intimations of approaching death were searingly presented by Ann Mattey and Ginny Jones.......Bruce Murray spat out the concentrated bitter irony of "Next".
Of all the two dozen songs, my own favourite was the humourous "Timid Freda" as conveyed by Sally Lill, came over with almost Mephistophelian mockery. Near the end Ann Mattey magnificently realised the horror of "Carousel". One more feather in Prompt Corner's cap
Don Madgwick, reprinted in extract form, in Scene from The Croydon Advertiser by permission.
Gallery
- Production photos
Sally Lill Timid Freda
Bruce Murray The Port of Amsterdam
Photos: Brian Fretwell
Reminiscences and Anecdotes
I'm sure this show was presented 4 times over the 2 eveings, but can find no written record of this. It was repeated over with a slightly different cast in 1980 the the Bell Theatre and this version played 4 evenings in the Studio Theatre of The Questors Theatre, Ealing.
See Also
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