Concert for Peace, Theatre Royal, London
Dame Judi slings it forth with pugnacity
By Paul Taylor 24 March 2003


Last night, Dame Judi Dench reprised one of her early stage roles and sang
the title song from Cabaret.

Hand on hip, she slung it forth with a sardonic pugnacity. Sung under the
shadow of Hitler in the Kander and Ebb musical, this summons to hedonism is
also a biting indictment of heedlessness to suffering, and to the abuse of
power. It is under more complicated shadows that it achieves its irony here,
as a highlight in the excellent Concert for Peace at the Theatre Royal,
organised by Janie Dee....

Life's a Cabaret for Judi
By Luke Leitch 24 March 2003

Thousands of miles from the front lines in the desert some of Britain's best
actors gathered at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane to voice their concern at
the war in Iraq.

A 1,200-strong audience was treated to a never-to be repeated West End
performance last night - the London Concert For Peace.

Dame Judi Dench stole the show, belting out a rip-roaring rendition of
Cabaret 35 years after she first acted the role of Sally Bowles. Dressed in
a black satin gown Dame Judi, 68, shimmied her way across the stage as she
sung the bittersweet ode and won roars of approval from the crowd....

Speaking about the war after the show, Dame Judi told the Standard: "I feel
very strongly about it. I think there are other ways of going about things.

"I suppose my generation is the last that remembers the Second World War.
And I am so happy that so many people came out tonight."

Last night's concert, the brainchild of actress Janie Dee, showed that
concerns about this war spread all across Britain's artistic community.

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