We are delighted to present the world premiere of Judith Paris' latest play, starring herself as the redoubtable Madame
Tussaud.  Learn and marvel!

(In the meantime Second Skin Theatre's edgy double bill, Stay With Me Till Dawn/Knuckleball is making our audiences
sit up - quality drama, beautifully executed and not for the faint hearted.)
WAXING LYRICAL
THE STORY OF MADAME TUSSAUD

Written and performed by Judith Paris
Directed by Ninon Jerome

Lighting by Sally Ferguson
Costume by Nina Morley
Sound design by Clive Derbyshire

This new one-woman play explores the life of a most remarkable woman. Marie Tussaud escaped the guillotine and survived the
horrors of the French revolution. She toured the towns of Britain for thirty three hard years with her travelling wax cabinet, fighting off
competition against a background of fire, riot, shipwreck and betrayal. She personified persistence, fortitude, dedication and self belief.
Why does everyone know of her Exhibition but no one know her story?

Judith Paris is a one-time member of both the National Theatre and the RSC, playing roles as diverse as Dottie in Jumpers with
Michael Hordern, Valeria in Coriolanus with Ian Mackellen, Celia in As You Like It with Charles Dance, Hecuba with Vanessa Redgrave.
She has often peformed in the West End and made her Broadway debut in Medea with Diana Rigg. She has appeared in many TV
roles, was the first female alien star in Dr Who, and made eight TV and feature films with Ken Russell .

WAXING LYRICAL follows four other shows Judith Paris has produced at The Rosemary Branch, Weill and Lenya, La Goulue of
The Moulin Rouge,  When Florence Met Isadora and Jacques Brel-the Rage to Live.  

Ninon Jerome is the Associate Director of the New End Theatre. Her directing credits include: Tennessee Williams Triple Bill starring
Susannah York, Prophecy, Whatever Happened to the Cotton Dress Girl?, Lotte’s Journey, Wake up and Smell the Coffee starring
Helen Lederer, Freud starring Richard Dreyfus and G&I starring Anita Harris all at the New End Theatre, Bonfires and Vanities in Italy
for the British Council, Gangster No 1, Edward II and Beat of a Different Burden all at the King’s Head Theatre, An Evening For Quentin
Crisp at the Drill Hall, Cold Comfort Farm, Billy Liar, Road and Blood Brothers at the Birmingham Old Rep, The End of the Beginning,
Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet at the Orange Tree Theatre and Bouncers at the New Vic, Bristol.


Tuesday 9th–Sunday 14th February
tues-sat 7.30pm. sun. 3.00pm
Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions)

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