Marlene - T2099744249Marlene Dietrich, Germany's LGBTQ+ icon, left behind a legacy of fantastic songs and stories. Join "cabaret kings" William Ludwig and Dean Austin for an homage to the legendary Marlene - from her beginnings in the Berlin Cabarets to her last screen performance singing Just a Gigolo, we will perform some of the songs that were written for her and that she made famous. | |
18 Nov 21 | Above the Stag Theatre, Inner London :: V0909222884 listing details L48871640 |
Songs of Resistance - T2692020151919: The Weimar Republic is born from chaos and resistance and built on the edge of a volcano. 2019: ...the edge of a volcano. RESISTANCE: The refusal to accept or comply with something. 'Cabaret kings' William Ludwig and Dean Austin return with a brand-new cabaret, exploring the ideas of resisting and protesting - through the songs of the Weimar Cabaret, Kurt Weill, Nena, Gloria Gaynor and many others. "No other artist performs the European repertoire with such knowledge and intensity." Ruth Leon. | |
12 Sep 19 | The Pheasantry, Outer London :: V1563339560 listing details L01060068202 |
Marlene - T734247349William Ludwig's credits include West End, international tours, film, TV and a lead in BAFTA-winning short film Dancing in the Ashes. William's concert and cabaret projects have taken him to prestigious venues throughout Europe, including the Gewandhaus and Munich Philharmonie. Together with Dean Austin he toured Germany with Youkali, an acclaimed evening of the songs of Kurt Weill. Ports Of Call, an evening of French and German chanson, took him to the Grec Festival in Barcelona and a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Festival. William also appeared together with Broadway singer Anne Kerry Ford at New York's Cafe Sabarsky. He has recorded German cabaret songs with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra. Musical Director Dean Austin has worked in the West End, national & international tours and TV, working with composers in the UK and abroad. Productions include The Mikado and Jacques Brel is Alive & Well & Living in Paris (Charing Cross Theatre), Dessa Rose (Trafalgar Studios), for which he was nominated for Best Musical Direction in the 2014 Broadway World Awards; Zorro (Garrick Theatre), Side by Side by Sondheim and Taboo (The Venue), and national tours of Spamalot and Taboo. Also Piaf and Little Shop of Horrors (Theatre Royal York). | |
26 Sep 18 to 27 Sep 18 | The Pheasantry, Outer London :: V1563339560 listing details L0504723985 |