Soul and struggle, from Billie Holliday to Beyonce
Moving songs by the great female vocalists – Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Whitney Houston, Beyoncé and more – will cut through to your core in the capable hands and vocal chords of Australia’s power ballad princess, Prinnie Stevens (The Voice; The Bodyguard; Thriller Live).
Hear their songs and stories of struggle and pain as the joyous, celebratory beauty of the music endures.
Featuring renditions of Etta James’s It’s a Man’s World and At Last, Whitney Houston’s Saving All My Love, Toni Braxton’s Un-break My Heart, Nina Simone’s Strange Fruit, Christine Anu’s My Island Home, Beyoncé’s Listen and many more, Lady Sings the Blues is a powerful homage to some of the greatest women in music across the last 100 years. Settle in for an evening of soul, struggle and a journey through the classics.
“Sultry, smoky and sentimental, Lady Sings the Blues is a chill-inducing masterclass in modern cabaret”
- The Advertiser