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THEATRE
C’est La Vie
Venue: Kalk Bay Theatre, 52 Main Rd, Kalk Bay. Tel: 073
220 5430
Time: Wed - Sat at 8:30pm
Price: R150 (includes dinner)
Performances: 28 Apr - 15 May 2010
Genre: Cabaret
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Multi-talented actress, singer and musician Michèle Maxwell
brings her special blend of panache, musical energy and acting skills to
the Kalk Bay Theatre this month.
Michèle has enjoyed an illustrious international and local
career on stage, television, in musicals and as a singer, and is
well-known for her roles in T.V. programmes such as Scandal!, Isidingo and
Fishy Feshions. She says, “C’est La Vie is a collection of my stories and
observations on life, love and reaching a place of self-acceptance where
one can say, “That’s Life!”, expressed through a wealth of French songs
and jazz standards.”
She sings in French and English from the repertoires of
Edith Piaf, Nina Simone, Shirley Horn, Jacques Brel, Charles Trenet, and
Dave Brubeck, amongst others.
“I also throw in some blues, latin and swing to move the
pace along,” she adds. “I have performed this show at various venues in
Gauteng and it is wonderful to have the opportunity to be back at the Kalk
Bay Theatre to bring it to Cape Town audiences.”
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Michèle was a founder member of The Space, The Baxter and
The Market Theatre companies and has performed in numerous leading roles
in productions such as The Cherry Orchard, Cowboy Mouth, Family Secrets
and in the landmark production of Death Of A Salesman with the late Bill
Flynn. Most recently, she was in a two hander with Mwenya Kabwe in Nigel
Vermaas’ Do You Know Billie Holiday at last year’s Grahamstown festival.
As a theatre musician she has been Musical Director /
Pianist on Side by Side by Sondheim, Marat Sade and African Odyssey among
others, and taken lead roles in musicals such as Guys ‘n Dolls, Mame,
Oklahoma, Nunsense and Annie. Michèle has performed extensively as a piano
bar singer in many countries and has also performed in various cabaret
shows such as 20th Century Blues with Dave Ledbetter, Dave Ridgway and
Kesivan Naidoo; Tribute to Nina Simone with Thembi Mtshali-Jones and
Jacques Brel with Graham Clarke.
International credits include appearing in the co-created
South African show, Boogie Woogie! which played at the Edinburgh Festival
and toured, including a transfer to the West End. She was also in Poppie
Nongena at The Riverside Studios and Donmar Warehouse which toured to
Australia, Canada and the U.S.A. A vocalist for many jazz ensembles, she
became a regular on the piano bar circuit all over Europe and was invited
to be the solo act between the Big Bands at the IMATRA JAZZ FEST (on the
borders of Russia and Finland) sharing the stage with Georgie Fame and Mel
Lewis.
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