Hackney Empire

Cross Road Blues

16 July 2009

Venue: Main House

Price(s): £14.50, Concs £2 off, Friends £3 off, CAN £2.50 off

Brutal, poetic and ultimately devastating, Cross Road Blues recreates one of the most compelling myths in American music: Robert Johnson’s alleged pact with the devil, hatched out at a crossroads one dark Mississippi midnight.

Previously performed as a fringe two-hander, receiving five-star reviews and sell out crowds, the play has now been reinvented on a Wagnerian scale. The addition of an expansive choral score, performed by a twenty-voice choir accompanied by a six-piece acoustic blues ensemble, promises to make this a unique and truly frightening piece of theatre.  

Around Town

http://www.charlottestblues.com/
Keep your ticket for a free mint julep cocktail at Charlotte St Blues bar on Friday 17th July

http://www.eelpieclub.com/