Peaches

Peaches Christ Superstar With Peaches and Pianist Mathias Halvorsen Lyrics by Tim Rice Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber An unlikely scenario: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar performed by one woman accompanied by a single piano. Even more unlikely when that woman is Peaches, the iconic musician and performance artist who has made sexual frankness her calling card. Yet this is no irreverent mash-up, of either the score or the story it tells. Wholehearted in its reverence, it’s a performance that brings out Peaches’ extraordinary emotional and dramatic power as she sings each of the nine principal roles. Shedding her usual in-your-face antics and provocative props, Peaches reveals her formidable vocal talents in a show that will come as a revelation to anyone who has seen her live shows or her feature film Peaches Does Herself. Building on the work’s own brand of subtle subversiveness, Peaches’ tribute to a score she has loved since she was a teenager is a chance to see the star and the musical in an entirely new light. “All killer, no filler … what a woman, what a show.” - The Guardian ‘The purity of the endeavour, the total absence of irony, means the show frequently becomes mind-boggling — but it’s by playing it straight that Peaches challenges her audience most.’ - The Guardian