Bijou - A Cabaret of Secrets and Seduction single work   musical theatre   - 100 minutes with interval
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Bijou - A Cabaret of Secrets and Seduction
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'In a Parisian cafe bar in 1932, we meet Bijou draped in her tattered finery. Over many glasses of wine, she reads palms, tells and sells saucy stories, sings snatches of song and relives the adventures of her long-lost youth. But tonight she starts to unravel. Past, present, truth and lies collide in a bizarre confusion of tragi-comedy, cabaret and bawdy revelations. The bar pianist plays Satie, Weill, Hollander, Bruant and more, triggering memories of Bijou's haphazard past. It's a Cabaret of ribald tales, French and German songs and the unravelling of a life story...truth or fantasy?' (Source ABC Canberra website)

Production Details

  • Performed : 29 August to 08 September 2013 : The Street Theatre, Canberra

    Chrissie Shaw is Bijou

    Alan Hicks is the pianist

    Direction by Susan Pilbeam

    Design by Imogen Keen and Victoria Worley

    Lighting Design by Gillian Schwab

    Choreography by Liz Lea

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Dark Tale of High Life and Tragedy a Cabaret Gem Alanna Maclean , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 August 2013; (p. 20)

— Review of Bijou - A Cabaret of Secrets and Seduction Chrissie Shaw , 2013 single work musical theatre
Dark Tale of High Life and Tragedy a Cabaret Gem Alanna Maclean , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 August 2013; (p. 20)

— Review of Bijou - A Cabaret of Secrets and Seduction Chrissie Shaw , 2013 single work musical theatre
Last amended 31 Aug 2013 13:32:56
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  • Paris,
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    France,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1932
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