William Ludwig & Dean Austin: MARLENE

Actor, singer, soldier, lover, icon. Marlene Dietrich, Germany’s LGBTQ+ icon, left behind a legacy of fantastic songs and stories. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich acted on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in The Blue Angel in 1930 brought her international fame. She went on to become one of the highest-paid actresses of the era. Throughout the Second World War she was a high-profile frontline entertainer. Although she still made occasional films after the end of the Second World War, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as a cabaret performer. Marlene Dietrich died in Paris in 1992 as a recluse and enigma. Join “cabaret kings” William Ludwig and Dean Austin for an homage to the legendary Marlene – from her beginnings in the Berlin Cabarets and The Blue Angel to her last screen performance singing Just a Gigolo, we will try to look behind the beautiful mask and perform some of the songs that were written for her and that she made famous. Falling in love again , Boys in the Backroom and many more...