by Pam Gems Directed by Chris Gilbey-Smith Musical direction by Alastair Evans Main House

From the backstreets of Paris to worldwide fame, this play with music charts the adult life of Édith Gassion (known to all as “Piaf”, the sparrow), the celebrated French singer and entertainer whose constant companions were alcohol, drugs and heartache. Including such classic songs as La Vie en Rose, Mon Dieu and Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, the play vividly explores the glamour and squalor, the rise and fall of this complex, fragile and enigmatic performer – intimate, intense and indestructible, ready to make any sacrifice for her art – who continues to be remembered and revered for her exceptional voice and extraordinary troubled life.

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