Hotel - Otago Festival of the Arts

The Festival is thrilled to welcome back the great diva Helen Medlyn and her piano accompanist Penny Dodd with their newest show ‘Hôtel’.

Helen Medlyn and Penny Dodd expose glimpses of the dark deeds and decadence within the deep plush and deadened hush of the hotel.

Four women embrace the restlessness, transience and welcome anonymity of the pension for different reasons. Telling their stories, they reveal the heated passions that lie under their cool exteriors - the glamour girl, the call girl, the proprietress, and the murderess.

Our cabaret divas unpack suitcases of strong, sophisticated, seedy and sexy songs. And all imbued with a whiff of Europe, a touch of class… And maybe just a glimpse of trash.

Accompanied by Penny on the piano, Helen will play all four women, breathing life into their diverse existences, stripping them bare of their armour, uncovering what’s hidden beneath.

‘Hôtel’ will be hugely popular with Dunedin audiences as was their 2002 cabaret show ‘Hellbent’.

“She’s the package, Medlyn - great voice and superb acting skills.” Nelson Mail

“Dodd is always the underpinning – dazzlingly virtuosic, supremely sensitive, and secure. It’s a true partnership.” Gay.com

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