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Being Human Festival - Parisian Vaudeville | Newcastle University & Durham University

What was a night of music theatre like in nineteenth-century Paris? Join us as we explore the French vaudeville, a major landmark in theatre history and grandfather of the modern musical.

If you, too, love a show, come along and dive into the theatre world of nineteenth-century Paris, hear stories of the stage from theatre historians from Durham and Newcastle, and enjoy performances of vaudeville’s top hits by professional singers and the Tyne Youth Company theatre group.

Baritone - Oskar McCarthy

Presenters - Katherine Hambridge, Sophie Horrocks, Hannah Scott.