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Trader’s World at Riverside Studios

Thursday 7 September 2023, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

- £20

TRADER’S WORLD – a joyful birthday tribute to stage, film and tv actor, writer, director, translator, raconteur, acrobat and Flamenco dancer, Trader Faulkner, who died in 2021- performed by his friends from the worlds of music and theatre.

Tickets £20 / concessions £15
So glad I didn’t miss it! An all- star line-up from 7 Star Arts celebrating the special genius of the late Trader Faulkner with an ace evening of music, dance & drama – from Gershwin & Vivien Leigh to Shakespeare & Noel Coward with a fabulous touch of Flamenco – they did Trader proud!

Gyles Brandreth on Twitter, 2021

In his long, colourful, extraordinary career, Trader Faulkner worked with the greats of twentieth century theatre, including Peter Finch, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Anthony Quayle and Paul Scofield, many of whom became life-long, close friends, and had encounters with a broad array of characters including Pablo Picasso, Marlene Dietrich, Hattie Jacques, Noel Coward, Martin Amis and Christine Keeler

Propelled by enchanting stories from his biography “Inside Trader”, read by his friend actor and writer Bill Roberts, we ‘put a girdle round about the earth’ in 90 minutes – from Australia to London to New York, to France and Andalusia, illustrated with the music of Debussy, Fauré, Gershwin, De Falla, Albéniz, Piazzolla… and the poetry of Shakespeare, Lorca, Coward…

Performed by a starry international cast, including

Anthony Hewitt piano

Elena Lorenzi singer

Emma Arizza violin

Sofia Kirwan-Baez singer

Stefano Marzanni piano

Susan Porrett actor

Viv McLean piano

William Roberts actor

 


RonaldTraderFaulkner (7 September 1927 – 14 April 2021) was an Australian actor, raconteur and flamenco dancer, best known for his work in the UK on the stage and television. A colleague and friend to stars like Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, he was also a great supporter of and friend to 7 Star Arts, appearing in many of our shows, including our sell-out Cocktails With Vivien.

Trader Faulkner

 

 

Organiser

7 Star Arts
Phone
07889 399862

Venue

OSO Arts Centre
49 Station Road
Barnes, London SW13 0LF
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Phone
020 8876 9885
View Venue Website

Organiser

7 Star Arts
Phone
07889 399862

Venue

OSO Arts Centre
49 Station Road
Barnes, London SW13 0LF
+ Google Map
Phone
020 8876 9885
View Venue Website