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In Clay
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Highgate Village, London
FIRST the set: the 1930s Parisian artist’s studio is an installation in itself; easels, pots, brushes, drapes, canvases and a potter’s wheel, inviting us in, preparing us for something very classy.
And that’s what we get as Marie-Berthe Cazin (Rosalind Ford) sings the story of her relationships and creative development in a French accent. Her true subject is clay, more than her husband Michel or her friend Natalie.
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