The Girl I Left Behind Me

... Im sure Im not the only one whos thinking; hang on a minute; I seem to have the knack of pleasing ladies. In trousers? With short hair? In public? Was that allowed? Indeed it was.A cool and contemporary look at one of the most intriguing aspects of musical theatre just what is it that makes a woman in trousers so appealing? Accompanied by a piano mezzo-soprano Jessica Walker dons a few well-chosen items of male attire giving a supremely well-sung performance that conjures up an entire world from the swaggering cross-dressers of the Victorian Music Hall to the ambiguous boy-heroes of Mozart and Strauss to the back-room bulldykes of the Harlem Renaissance. Commissioned and produced by Opera North Projects with the Southbank Centre touring partner Welcome to Yorkshire. The Girl I Left Behind Me is a provocative flirtatious personal one woman-guide which deliciously recalls a forgotten chapter of female performance.The Girl I Left Behind Me will be performed at The Barbican Centre in November 2011 as part of the Bite Season.