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A 1940's Musical romance

When
Friday February 14, 2020 at 19:30
Where
1901 Arts Club, London
Tickets
£48; includes welcome drink, interval canapes
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  1. I can give you the starlight, from The Dancing Years - Ivor Novello
  2. We'll gather lilacs, from Perchance to Dream - Ivor Novello
  3. Gay's the Word - Ivor Novello
  4. The violin begins to play - Ivor Novello
  5. And her mother came too, from A to Z - Ivor Novello and Dion Titheradge

We take you back to the year 1948, and one man’s attempt to relieve the gloom and austerity of the post-war years. Ivor Novello had been the darling of Drury Lane ever since 1935, when his new musical extravaganza Glamorous Night ushered in an era of lavish spectaculars – Noel Coward’s Operette, Vivian Ellis’s The Fleet’s lit up and Ivor’s own Careless Rapture and The Dancing Years.

Now Ivor is putting the finishing touches to a new work – King’s Rhapsody – set, like so many of his shows, in a mythical middle-European kingdom. With him in his studio above the Strand Theatre in Aldwych is The Golden Age Singer, who plays the love interest opposite Ivor on stage – and who secretly yearns to perform the same role in real life. Together, they look back over his previous successes, and embark on a journey of reminiscence and romance – for Ivor’s songs and shows tell the story of love, from its first awakening to its dying embers.

This afternoon’s / evening’s show will include many classic Novello numbers, such as I can give you the starlight, We’ll gather lilacs and The violin began to play, not forgetting the comedy of And her mother came too and An Englishman in love.“Some of the tunes you may know; to others you will be strangers; but I’m hoping that the old favourites will meet their old friends, and that perhaps the less familiar will gain new ones.” - Ivor Novello

We look forward to seeing you on Friday 14 February!

photo credit: Angus McBean Photograph. © Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University.


Venue
1901 Arts Club
7 Exton Street
London
London
SE1 8UE
England
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