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Beverley Knight to play rock’n’roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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Beverley Knight to play rock’n’roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe



The Olivier-winning star ‘excited and honoured’ to take the lead in the UK premiere of Marie and Rosetta, a 1940s-set two-hander from George BrantBeverley Knight is to play Sister Rosetta Tharpe in a drama about the gospel singer and guitarist who became known as “the godmother of rock’n’roll”.Written by US playwright George Brant (best known for the drone-pilot drama Grounded), Marie and Rosetta explores the personal and professional partnership between Tharpe and Marie Knight, with whom she toured and recorded. First staged off-Broadway in 2016, the play will have its UK premiere as a new co-production between the Rose theatre in Kingston, south-west London, and Chichester Festival theatre this summer. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/jan/14/beverly-knight-sister-rosetta-tharpe-rose-theatre-chichester-festival-george-brant

Author : Chris Wiegand

Publish date : 2025-01-14 06:00:00

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