About This Show

Ida Rubinstein: The Final Act tells the untold story of dance’s forgotten diva, the early 20th Century Russian impresario performer and femme fatale. From Paris to Palestine, from dancing in the Ballet Russes to commissioning Ravel’s Bolero, Ida Rubinstein’s career as a dancer and impresario saw her working with artists such as Diaghilev, Nijinsky and Debussy. But despite her varied career and her fame in her own time, her name is all but forgotten whilst her contemporaries live on in memory. Now Naomi Sorkin, an actor and former ballerina with American Ballet Theatre recounts the Russian heiress’ dramatic life: her scandalous Salom? that lead her embarrassed family to commit her to an asylum, her rise to the heights of fame in Paris, her bisexual love affairs, the assassination of her long-time lover Lord Moyne, and her work as a nurse in both World Wars.

Show Details

Running Time: 2hr 0min (0 intermissions)
Dates: Opening Night: 30 September 2020 Final Performance: 17 October 2020

Cast

Adam Clayton-Smith Edward Clement
Marco Gambino D'Annuzio
Naomi Sorkin Ida Rubinstein
Kathryn Worth Sorreto/Romaine Brooks

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