Cabaret Podcast - S02E06 - The Last Curlew

23/06/2016 33 min
Cabaret Podcast - S02E06 - The Last Curlew

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Episode Synopsis

Inspired by the seminal environmental novel by the Canadian naturalist Fred Bodsworth, The Last Curlew follows the 10,000 km migration of the critically endangered Eskimo Curlew. This timeless, powerful and heart-breaking story is told with music by Alexina Louie, Ralph Vaughan-Williams and R. Murray Schafer, and features harpist Lori Gemmell, TSO Violinist Etsuko Kimura and Dancer/Choreographer Julia Aplin, along with actors Jenny Young (Dearie) and Deborah Drakeford (Grandma).