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In a candid portrait of life inside Downing Street, Gordon
Brown hilariously exposes the darkest secrets of being Prime
Minister, the stab-in-the-back plottings, the betrayals and
most importantly – the hair gel.
Love him or loathe him, Gordon Brown was our greatest
failure at being Prime Minister in 200 years. And in this searing
satire of the hidden arts of modern political leadership,
Gordon at last reveals what it takes to
knife your way to the top and
rule a nation. And how his
dream of power ran awry.
Starring
Ian Grieve
as
Gordon Brown in a brand
new one-man play by
acclaimed Emmy-
nominated Scots writer and
director
Kevin Toolis
.
The
Confessions of Gordon Brown
is a satire.
“Brown, a Macbeth crossed
with Lear,”
Daily Telegraph
19.00 Friday 30th May
Norie Miller Room, Perth Concert Hall
All tickets
£18.00
Second performance at
19:00 on Saturday 31st May
The Confessions of
Gordon Brown
Written and directed by
Kevin Toolis
With
Ian Grieve
A programme of words and
music scripted and
adapted from letters and
diaries by
Lucy Parham
chronicles the romantic life
of one the greatest and
most popular composers
for solo piano – Frédéric
Chopin. The narrative
follows his turbulent
relationship with the
controversial literary figure
George Sand, their time
together in Majorca, his
fragile health and his
ultimate demise in poverty in Paris at the age of 39.
The readings, by
Dame Harriet Walter
and
Henry Goodman
, are interspersed
with some of his most loved and poignant compositions. Lucy Parham first
came to public attention as the Piano Winner of the 1984 BBC
TV
Young
Musician of the Year.
“A passionate, humorous and deeply moving portrait of the relationship between
Chopin and Sand”
Music Web International 2010
“The Best Chopin of the Year”
The Times 2010
Nocturne –
The Romantic Life of Frédéric Chopin
With
Lucy Parham, Dame Harriet Walter
and
Henry Goodman
19.30 Friday 30th May
St John’s Kirk of Perth
All tickets
£18.50
BOOK ONLINE
perthfestival.co.uk
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www.gordonconfesses.com
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