John Waters, Stewart D’Arrietta and Michael Kluger perform the dramatic, definitively French songs of Belgian ‘chansonnier’ Jacques Brel.
Famous worldwide for the heartbreaking ‘Ne Me Quitte Pas’, Brel wrote songs of love, death, human folly and the rightful place of the dispossessed. John, with Stewart on piano and Michael playing the accordion, gently guides his audience through each song’s lyrical journey before singing them in their original French. John, Stewart and Michael first performed Brel in 1998, to high critical acclaim.
"JOHN Waters oozes Gallic charm as he delivers songs from Jacques Brel's repertoire"
- The Advertiser
"gets right to the core of each song and immerses himself in it…a masterly performance"
- Barry Lenny Glam Adelaide
The French language newspaper reported that “Monsieur Waters nous a rendu notre bien-aimé Jacques”. (Mr Waters has given us back our beloved Jacques) Le Courrier Australien ★★★★★ The lure of this material has not gone away and the show has been invited to perform in Avignon in mid 2022.