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A FIREHALL ARTS CENTRE PRODUCTION -- Directed & Conceived by Tracey Power, Musical Direction & Arrangements by Steve Charles
January 23, 2014 - February 09, 2014
Preview - January 22, 2014

A CABARET OF COHEN'S CLASSICS -- A TRIBUTE TO THE ICON FILLED WITH PASSION, LOVE, LOSS & ENCHANTMENT
“The harmonies are as thick as cabaret smoke and the performers exhale them with astonishing ease. Freakishly talented, they also play an insane variety of instruments – including guitars, keyboards, drums, violin, cello, bass and accordion.” – Georgia Straight

Leonard Cohen’s powerful and inspirational music is the heartbeat for Chelsea Hotel, an eclectic cabaret of loves crumpled up and tossed aside like a writer’s first draft. Through Cohen’s transcendent songs and the honesty of his lyrics we become witnesses in the search for words to cure love’s pain. Some of the Juno- and Grammy-winner’s most iconic songs are featured to intensely dramatic effect, including “Suzanne”, “Bird on a Wire”, “Tower of Song”, “Chelsea Hotel”, and “Hallelujah”, performed by a multi-talented cast of six musicians who also sing and dance. Check into the illusionary world of New York’s infamous hotel - a room full of music, enchantment, desire, passion and love.