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Fast Woman tells the extraordinary life story of Helle Nice - a fast woman in every sense: in life, in love and in motor-racing. Roaring through the 1920's she danced her way to notoriety at the Casino de Paris, posed nude for Parisian photographers and risked her life many times in adventures as diverse as skiing, high wire acts, mountaineering and speed record attempts. Her skill and courage brought her success; her brazen media-savvy brought her enemies - one in particular. In him she met her match. Theatre by the Lake is delighted to welcome back HRT to present the extraordinary life of Hellé Nice, artists’ model, dancer and champion racing driver. From the dreariness of peasant France to the demimonde of ’20s Paris to the death defying racing circuits of Europe and America, she was the media darling, a practiced self-publicist. Her world crashed with an accusation of ‘Nazi collaborator’. A jealous tale or a kernel of truth? Based on the true story of Hellé Nice, Reine de Vitesse.

Creatives/Company

Author: Stewart Howson
Company: HRT