The inspirational show that keeps on giving
The inspirational show that keeps on giving
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Joan Sutherland Theatre, December 12
★★★★
They dance through verse after verse, putting flesh on the despairing bones of his songs. Nancy, Suzanne and the rest could form an Old Testament litany of Leonard Cohen's loves. But they were never notches on a gun, rock'n'roll style. Each was adored for who she was; the warmth and light she brought to his life; a smile amid the futility, and the sensual corollary of his other obsession, theology.
Abby Dobson, Here with Yaron Hallis, made each word of Famous Blue Raincoat give up a little drop of blood.