Janis Joplin:Full Tilt hits Stratford East
A production that charts the rise of Janis Joplin, one of rock’s greatest female icons, opens Theatre Royal Stratford East’s 2016 season on 10 February 2016. The show picked up multiple awards, and sold out its runs at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival and is directed by critically acclaimed theatre actress and director, Cora Bissett. Angie Darcy won a Musical Theatre Network Award in 2014 for her performance in the title role. The play has also won Scottish Arts Club Awards and the Edinburgh Arts Guild Award for best production. Bissett, the show’s director, said: “I am absolutely delighted to be bringing Janis Joplin: Full Tilt to Theatre Royal Stratford East this February. The warmth, enthusiasm, sheer vibe and electricity of a Theatre Royal Stratford East audience is like nowhere else, and when Kerry Michael caught the Janis Joplin show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year, we both knew it would … Read more
