Chopin's Last Ballade at Flowerfield Centre

The ‘play with music’, written and performed by Michael Lunts, relives the stormy end to one of the great romantic relationships - Chopin's tempestuous affair with novelist and 'femme fatale' George Sand.

'The Last Ballade', directed by Roger Leach, offers audiences a dramatic insight, through the eyes of Chopin himself, into this extraordinary woman who has been variously described as both his muse and his 'vampire'.

Many of the pieces that Sand inspired, including the beautiful Berceuse, the famous 'Minute' Waltz and the F minor Ballade, are played live as part of the action as Michael Lunts portrays both Chopin the man and Chopin the musician in this unique fusion of drama and live music.

Michael Lunts has been combining music, both popular and classical, with his passion for drama for just about as long as he can remember, working in regional and West End theatre as both actor and Musical Director.

He has created a series of one-man shows, performed all over the world, on the lives of composers such as Chopin, Rachmaninov and Schubert.

He has performed a repertoire of five ‘intimate revues’ with singer and actress Susan Flannery which have toured widely over the past ten years. He was also a long-time collaborator with actor Roger Leach in the comedy song duo Quirkish Delight.

Tickets for the performance are priced at 10, with a concessionary rate of 8 – this includes complimentary interval refreshments.

The show starts at 8pm, and tickets are available from Flowerfield – you can also pay at the door, but if you’d like to pay for your ticket in advance, call the Box Office on (028) 7083 1400.