Simon Russell Beale Curates Evening Inspired by Ravel at The Bridge Theatre

On Monday 20 November 2017 at 8pm Simon Russell Beale, actor, author and music historian, will curate the first of a series of evenings inspired by classic works of chamber music.

The first takes audiences on a journey to the Paris that gave birth to Ravel's String Quartet in F, a city witnessing the dawn of the new industrial age and inspiration to a composer obsessed with factories, machines and mathematical precision.

Russell Beale and others will read passages from Proust as well as poetry by the likes of Wordsworth, Auden and Larkin to paint a rich canvas against which the prize-winning Navarra Quartet will perform Ravel's exquisite early work.

The cast taking part in the evening includes Adjoa Andoh, Simon Russell Beale and Penelope Wilton.

Future evenings will be inspired by works including Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8, Mendelssohn's Octet and Dvorák's American Quartet.

The performance is set for The Bridge Theatre, One Tower Bridge, London SE1 2SD. Tickets are £20 and £25. Box Office: 0843 208 1846 or boxoffice@bridgetheatre.co.uk. Access: 0333 320 0051 or access@bridgetheatre.co.uk.

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