24 Aug 2008 - Linn Lorkin @ [field_event-raw] Nightingales, Devonport, Auckland

C H A N S O N -- A New Musical Play Inspired by Edith Piaf About the Show: NZ's favourite chanteuse, Linn Lorkin, began her romance with Paris as a French language student at Auckland University. Then with a scholarship from the French government she left for Paris to pursue her studies at the Sorbonne. But Linn's other love, music, captured her attention, and soon success as a piano player and singer stole her away from academia. CHANSON is an original musical play based on the true story of Linn's transformation from student to star performer of those gorgeous French chansons so loved by the Francophile in us all.With a script by Anna Rugis, Chanson features original songs by both Lorkin and Rugis, as well as many French language favourites. . . and some gorgeous gowns (plus Hershal in a top-hat !) Linn even does a turn as Piaf. Anna Rugis (songwriter/poet and ex-backup singer for Van Morrison, Cat Stevens and The Kinks) and Hershal Herscher join Linn in telling the story of growing up to be a musician. Their previous outing as a troupe was the national tour of "Linn Lorkin's Kiwiana" and it was during that tour that the idea for Chanson was born. The Paris romance is alive and well in New Zealand. What is it about the French language and the sound of an accordion that makes us melt into a smile? Parisian melodies, a comedic script and acres of gorgeous three-part harmony make Chanson a delightful theatrical experience.

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