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Well, La-Di-Dah! : The Team Behind "Marie Lloyd Stole My Life" Talk About Nelly Power

February 18, 2021 • Blue Fire Theatre Company • Season 1 • Episode 10

Nelly Power was a huge star of music hall who is now pretty much forgotten.

In 2017/18 Blue Fire's Lottie Walker was researching the life of Marie Lloyd when she discovered Nelly, who was in fact the first person to sing the famous song "The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery". And made it her mission to get Ms Power the recognition she deserves.

By 2019 J.J. Leppink had written the one woman play, "Marie Lloyd Stole My Life" for Lottie to take to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. since the show has been back to Nelly's hometown of Islington, playing at the Islington Museum and also at The Old Red Lion theatre, a space very similar to what Nelly herself would have recognised.

In this episode we meet the team behind the creation of the show and find out a little more about Nelly herself.

Contributors:
Edz Barrett
James Hall
Linda Hansell
Zoe Harvey-Lee
J.J. Leppink
Lottie Walker

Editor: Jacob Taylor

Music: James Hall
https://www.jamesahall.co.uk/

"Marie Lloyd Stole My Life" can be seen in 2021 at:

June 5th: https://www.penleeparktheatre.com/

July 31st: https://www.victoriahalltheatre.co.uk/

To find out more about Music Hall:

The British Music Hall Society : http://britishmusichallsociety.com/
Into the Limelight: https://intothelimelight.org/

Follow Nelly on Social Media:
https://www.facebook.com/nellypowerplay
https://twitter.com/power_nelly

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