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Fridays at One: Jeffrey Sharkey - Speak Low
Fri 15 May 2026
13:00
Part of Fridays at One
Classical Music
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Following on from their music drama about Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald a few years ago, director Stasi Schaeffer and pianist Jeffrey Sharkey will be developing a new music drama called Speak Low about the lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya.
The performance will feature selected correspondence from the couple, enacted by RCS actors; songs and instrumental music by Kurt Weill, George Gershwin, Alban Berg, Danny Elfman.
Albert Elton Kurt Weill
Caroline Grape Lotte Lenya
Jeffrey Sharkey Piano
Andrea Gajic Violin
Sophie Renshaw Viola
Alison Wells Cello
Sophie Bysouth Soprano
Stasi Schaeffer Director