"You make a deal with yourself one minute, you totally repudiate it the next."
Sunderland Empire
"You make a deal with yourself one minute, you totally repudiate it the next."
As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a decent, intelligent, music-loving German professor, finds himself swept along in a movement that crescendos towards an unthinkable finale. Good is a warning for our times.
The drag icon is constantly reinventing herself, and it's our privilege to watch her do it.- NYLON
'Smoke & Mirrors' is a spellbinding tour de force."- Forbes
Olivier Award-winning director Dominic Cooke reimagines one of Britain’s most powerful, political plays with David Tennant returning to the West End, for 10 weeks only.
[An] inventive, surprisingly openhearted show…Expressionist performance-art illustration.- The New York Times
The intensely personal [Smoke & Mirrors] shows what a top-of-her-game queen Velour really is, both as an artist and as a storyteller.- Paper Magazine
A blend of music, magic tricks and runway-worthy looks.- V Magazine
Velour has pulled out all the stops.- San Antonio Current
Sunderland Empire
Vesta Tilley laid the foundation stone of what is now the Sunderland Empire on 29 September 1906 and took to the stage on 1 July 1907 to officially declare the theatre open. Masterminded by two of the contemporary heads of British theatre, Edward Moss and Oswald Stoll, the Sunderland Empire Theatre has undergone many changes since it opened but remains the North East’s premier entertainment venue.
Sunderland Empire
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