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Zahra Newman

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill 

Belvoir St Theatre
by
18 September 2023

What makes the physical and mental disintegration of famous performers so compulsively fascinating to so many people? The breakdown of a talented artist, usually female, brought down by her insecurities and the betrayal and abandonment of those close to her, usually male, is a trope that is endlessly trotted out to and repeatedly lapped up by audiences.

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