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 Cockney-­‐Yiddish music hall from the turn of the Twentieth Century After sell-­‐out debut gigs Katsha’nes Come to Hackney nd
Saturday 2 May The Old Church, Stoke Newington Doors open 7.30pm Advance £10 (£7) On door £12(£8) Book: theoldchurch.org.uk/events Katshanes.org.uk In the height of the music-­‐hall era, Jewish immigrant songwriters described their experiences in humorous, moving, feisty, irreverent and sexy Yiddish songs that were sung in the York Minster and Wonderland music halls in Whitechapel. They give us glimpses of an impoverished, energetic and conflicted community in a state of flux, trying to acculturate to their new home with a new culture, without losing their identity. Expect to cry, laugh, sing and heckle