writer and
singer of songs ...
‘haunting original songs.' Scotsman 'witty lyrics and soaring melodies’ Big Issue
'a great rapport with the audience and a gorgeous voice' Broadway Baby
In Dreams of Peace & Freedom,
the inspirational quotations of
David Maxwell Fyfe, deputy chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials and one of two artisans of the European Convention on Human Rights, naturally thread through original musical settings of poetry
he found inspiring to tell the story of his journey from Nuremberg to Strasbourg.
November 2020
marks the joint anniversaries of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (75) and the European Convention on Human Rights (70)
A film featuring the new recording, an accompanying ebook scrapbook and podcast are available now.
The programme of commemorative performances will resume in August 2021,
Read Sue Casson's blogs looking at the inspiration behind
Dreams of Peace & Freedom
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English Cabaret is a production partnership
with Tom Blackmore.
Follow them @EnglishCabaret
Casson is a founding director of TSLR,
an incubation company for a host of projects.
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and find out more.
A year of commemoration
of David Maxwell Fyfe's journey from Nuremberg to Strasbourg is now underway.
Follow the story as it unfolds @OfficialTHINT
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Hear Sue Casson talk to Thos Ribbits about the new recording, David Maxwell Fyfe's post war legacy, and why his story is important today.
"A magnificent work by Sue Casson about freedom, democracy, liberty."
"A beautiful rich tapestry"
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