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The Review - THEATRE
 
Willard's bass rings out

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THE remarkable voice of the bass Willard White is supremely rich and flowing – and he displayed his full musical talents at the Bloomsbury Theatre on Monday.
The occasion was a show dedicated to the memory of another black bass – Paul Robeson, a singer and actor who became an icon in the civil rights movements of the last century.
Like all great singers Willard isn’t just technically good – he also has a distinctive sound of his own with which audiences identify.
Instead of a simple piano accompaniment, which would have dated the performance, White used modern, jazzy arrangements of Robeson’s songs – many of them of a religious kind – by Noel Thornton.
At times the production slipped into a kind of shallow biopic of Robeson with biography readings. But it came to life when White abandoned the script and talked directly to audience.
The show opened a week long festival of performances to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the independent publisher Souvenir Press.
JG

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