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Fearful fantasies: Thousand Furs and The Doll Behind the Curtain at Tête à Tête

By Charlotte Valori, 10 August 2015
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Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall One, London on 6 August 2015
Programme
Tafreshipour, The Doll Behind the Curtain
Betteridge, Thousand Furs
Performers
Tête à Tête
William Petter, Conductor
Rachel Szmukler, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Rhys Bowden, Mehrdad
Maya Sapone, Bita
Melanie Lodge, Mother
Thomas Humphreys, Father
Lily Scott, Giselle
Steven East, Tombeau
Kate Smith, Maria
Oliver Hunt, King
Rebecca Lea, Queen
Roderick Morris, Prince
Rebecca Anderson, Cook
Jonathan Ainscough, Announcer
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Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.