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North of the Sunset - Thelonious  Monk and the Jazz Baroness archiveBorn into poverty in rural America and brought up in a cramped New York apartment, Thelonious Monk was a unique creative mind now regarded as one of the world's most influential jazz musicians - but he was beset by fluctuating mental and physical health, and fought an intolerant America that would take little notice of him until it was almost too late. Brought up in luxury in the English countryside, a member of the Rothschild banking dynasty by birth and a baroness by marriage, Pannonica "Nica" de Koenigswarter was an aristocrat of significant privilege. Yet after a gig in Paris in 1952, the two established a connection that was as unlikely as it was absolute. North of the Sunset charts an impossible relationship in a volatile age, and celebrates the life and music of one of the all-time jazz legends. An exclusive opportunity to experience an exciting new piece, still in development, that explores the life of one of jazz's most singular geniuses through the eyes of his most intimate companion, the English heiress Nica de Koenigswarter. A staged reading of the play is interwoven with the iconoclastic sounds of Monk's repertoire performed live on-stage.

Cast/Performers

Martin Speake and Band, Trevor Michael Georges, Ginny Holder, Imogen Stubbs

Creatives/Company

Author: David Walter Hall
Producer(s): Jonny Williams, Debbie Hicks, Ed Bugge, Nik Roessner
Director: Alexander Lass
Music: Thelonious Monk

North of the Sunset - Thelonious Monk and the Jazz Baroness

North of the Sunset - Thelonious Monk and the Jazz Baroness (Play) production archive for QTIX code T1227996571. Details of all North of the Sunset - Thelonious Monk and the Jazz Baroness archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S0327423222

Archive Listings

19 Nov 18The Cockpit
Inner London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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