Christine Bovill: Piaf to Pop
Christine Bovill's PIAF TO POP offers a sexy and delicious celebration of the Golden Age of French song and how it evolved during the Swinging Sixties!
About Christine Bovill: Piaf to Pop
| 28th February 2025 | |
| 7.30pm | |
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The Byre Theatre St Andrews University of St Andrews Abbey Street , St Andrews KY16 9LA |
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| £20 | |
| Visit the event website here | |
Christine Bovill’s award-winning shows Piaf and Paris established her reputation as one of Europe’s finest interpreters of French song. In her new show- complete sell out at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022-she travels into the 60s and the Americanisation of French music: le yé-yé.
A time of great cultural change in France, would the high art of chanson survive…? This new show offers a sexy and delicious celebration of the Golden Age of French song and how it evolved during the Swinging Sixties. Singing in both French and English she honours many stars including Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Serge Gainsbourg and Francoise Hardy, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra and the Everly Brothers…
Running time: 1h 50m
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