Music: Chet Baker

PERFORMANCE SPACE: THE STUDIO

A collaboration with Ensign Toast Productions

Legendary jazz musician Chet Baker's subdued and cool stage presence made him the James Dean of music. His extraordinary talent with the trumpet and a spare and captivating vocal style onstage barely hid his offstage drug addiction and frequent brushes with the law. A life spiraling out of control ended one night in Amsterdam when he was found dead on the pavement outside his hotel. But did he fall from the window in a drug-induced haze or did he throw himself out when his talent could no longer save him? David Goldthorpe explores the haunting and unforgettable music that made Baker famous and the drugs and weaknesses that ultimately led him to that window in a show that defines the man behind the legend.

The production is aided onstage by a trio of live jazz musicians, and will appeal to jazz aficionados and lovers of a good dramatic story.

“…a simple yet classy show that might well mesmerise us with cool jazz if it did not also challenge us with flashes of fact that are hard to ignore.” John Smythe - Theatreview.co.nz

Performance dates: May 6 to May 10
Tues 6pm Wed-Sat 8pm Sunday 4pm

$25 full price $20 groups 10+ $20 members $15 all students

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