Gail Louw’s new play explores a mother and daughter relationship within the context of a woman who was universally adored but who was also narcissistic, irrational and outrageous.
Marlene Dietrich was one of the most famous movie stars of all time. She became a legend, an icon, without apparently every growing old. She was a byword for glamour and sex-appeal and her film career encompassed a hugely successful cabaret career in her later life. But in her final years she became reclusive and more and more dependent on her daughter, Maria.
‘Miss Dietrich Regrets’, staring Elizabeth Counsell and Moira Brooker, is a revealing and poignant new look at the ageing Marlene, alone in a Paris apartment, battling with her daughter to retain her independence to the very end.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes
Ticket Price: £16
"It's more than another showbiz expose, it's a subtle, sad story of ageing and arrogance..." - Broad Way World Reviews
Moira Brooker and Elizabeth Counsell