NT Talks

The Astaires: Fred and Adele with Ava Astaire & Matthew Bourne


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Recorded in May 2012, this Platform event celebrates the Astaire siblings who transformed musical theatre on both sides of the Atlantic at the peak of the Jazz Age. Theatre historian Kathleen Riley, author of a book on the Astaires, talks about their partnership and its legacy with Fred’s daughter, Ava Astaire McKenzie, and choreographer Matthew Bourne.
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