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Behind the nightlight - some thanks so far...

29/12/2025

Photo by Lloyd Sturdy

Since first finding and falling in love with Liza Lehmann's musical settings of some of the Behind the Nightlight stories in June this year, it's been an adventure bringing them to the stage!

So some thanks are in order:

to Edward Picton-Turbervill for meeting with me after the Radio 3 recording and going through the pieces, and Tom Carradine for recording some backing tracks to experiment with
to the Alternative Comedy Memorial Society and Lose Your Marbles Comedy for allowing me to experiment with The Blue Gueeze at their new material nights
to Sarah Rose and Dusty Limits for saying yes to the idea of the Being Human Festival event
to the Being Human Festival, and the CAA, RCSSD, Muriel Matters Society, and Francis Routh Trust for making the BH event possible
to Janie Dee for her creative directing
to Melinda Hughes for inviting us to Chelsea Arts Club
to Brydges Place and David at the Museum of Comedy
to my agent Georgi at Gag Reflex Management
to the many friends who have been supportive and enthusiastic! Thank you all.

The whole show continues to evolve and I'm thrilled to have been able to include research as well as other music by Liza Lehmann in the show, including a piece from her score for the 1904 West End hit "Sergeant Brue" and one of the songs from her "Nonsense Songs from Alice in Wonderland" series from 1911.

The next performance is on the 29th January at Crazy Coqs in Piccadilly Circus - here's the link: www.brasseriezedel.com/events/ada-campe-behind-the-nightlight-quaint-beasts-in-an-edwardian-nursery/?instance_id=1855088

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Another suffragist composer - the incomparable Liza Lehmann

1/10/2025

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I was thrilled to be asked to present a BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature about Actresses' Franchise League member and composer Liza Lehmann in June 2025. Here's a link to the programme, and some of my research that didn't make it into the edit.

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The Suffrage National Anthem?

22/9/2024

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Do you know the words of the Suffrage National Anthem?

"They are waking, they are waking
In the East and in the West
They are throwing wide their windows to the sun
And they seen the dawn is breaking
And they quiver with unrest
For they know their work is waiting to be done."

That's the first verse of The Awakening by American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox, set to music in January 1911 by composer Teresa del Riego.

I discovered del Riego’s name when looking for histories of women composers at the Proms and cross-referencing the names with my research into the work of Edwardian theatre and entertainment professionals who supported the Votes for Women campaign.

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Behind the nightlight - some thanks so far...

Another suffragist composer - the incomparable Liza Lehmann

The Suffrage National Anthem?

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