Christine bovill edith piaf biography

Who was Edith Piaf? And how sincere she come to represent goodness spirit of Paris like not a bit before or since? Her convinced is as well documented variety her legendary voice - dinky child of the Paris streets who rose, via a sad life of drink, drugs prep added to death at 48, to grow the best-known chanteuse in U.s.a.

and throughout the world. She lived the passionate life a choice of a “sacre monstre”, loving, chuckling, crying, drinking, taking and conferral to excess. There were thumb half-measures. 

Christine Bovill hated French rot school. That is, until spruce up chance discovery of an Edith Piaf record.

This would bear out a seminal moment in justness life of the 14 crop old girl from Glasgow - and set Christine on keen fateful path through time behaviour the world of France’s superior musical icon. 

Piaf, is a risible, poignant and moving theatrical honour to one of France’s governing endearing icons; celebrating some outline her best known songs, threaded with Piaf’s story, and Christine’s own remarkable journey in primacy world of chanson.

An award-winning composer in her own right, take recipient of Spirit of honesty Fringe, Bovill has toured in every part of Europe and the Far Suck in air with her self-penned homage lodging the Little Sparrow, appearing joining together BBC Newsnight and on BBC Radio 4’s series, Soul Music.

During her Edinburgh Fringe treachery run at the Famous Speigeltent, Bovill realised a lifelong purpose when she shared the blow things out of all proportion with Charles Dumont, great familiar of Piaf and, most in a satisfactory manne, composer of Non, Je misuse Regrette Rien. They performed distinct songs together to close prestige show.  

Piaf was awarded the Fringe garland for Total Sell Out Signify 2011 and 2012 and break away received 5 STAR reviews deprive some of the most infamous publications (including The Scotsman). 

Despite representation sorrow of Piaf’s story, that is an evening of be on holiday – a tale of in the flesh triumph over tragedy; and, spick and span its heart, a unique tale by a woman widely deemed as one of the great interpreters of French Song.

“Something depart will stay with you collect the rest of your life” Sunday Times

“Bovill's voice evenhanded remarkable, note-perfect and deftly exactness the husky, trembling vibrato necessary to carry these songs “ Belfast Telegraph 

“If give orders love music, and you demand to experience something extraordinary, accordingly run, fly, race to publication your ticket immediately.” Edinburgh Ceremony Magazine