The girl I left behind me

What is it that makes a woman in trousers so appealing? This provocative and deliciously personal one-woman guide explores a forgotten chapter of female performance.

With just a piano, a microphone and a few well-chosen items of male attire, mezzo-soprano Jessica Walker and theatre director Neil Bartlett conjure up an entire world – from the swaggering cross-dressers of the Victorian Music Hall to the ambiguous boy-heroes of Mozart and Strauss.

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photography by Caroline Michael

Published: 14-Jun-2012: (1341)