The songs of Jacques Brel

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Just got back from a magnificent show at the Barbican. Carousel: The Songs of Jacques Brel. I only found out it was on after it had sold out, which could have been a problem. Returns only, but a lady fortunately had a spare. I paid her, she got her money back, I saw the show, everyone wins

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It would seem that some people didn't enjoy the show as much as I did. To be fair, of the six acts, I would say they were, in order, excellent, reasonable, dreadful, excellent, pretty good and reasonable. Here are a couple of other reviews

Financial Times

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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cc94ace8-bff0-11de-aed2-00144feab49a.html

"Posterity, apparently, did not bother Brel, whose views on the hereafter lapsed from Catholicism to something more akin to Albert Camus’s outlook, but this was a birthday party he would surely have enjoyed. (4 star rating)"