Performers:
Alistair McGowan
Charlotte Page


Event summary:
BAFTA-winning impressionist and former Barnes resident, Alistair McGowan, returns to combine his acting, writing and newly-found piano playing abilities to mark the centenary of Satie’s death.

Using Erik Satie’s own oddly comic writings and extracts from his letters as well as playing many of his best known short piano pieces (e.g. his Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes) Alistair tells the story of the French composer’s bizarre, brave and lonely life – with vocal contributions from soprano, Charlotte Page.

“A perfect Edinburgh show.” (Stephanie Merritt, The Observer)

Now resident in Ludlow, Alistair set up the Ludlow Piano Festival in 2023. It runs from May 21st-25th in 2025.