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Zandra, Queen Of Jazz at The Moat Theatre
Courtesy of Red Keane | Posted on October 20, 2021
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Thu, November 4, 2021
20:00
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For one night only, Zandra, Queen of Jazz comes to the Moat Theatre in Kildare after Two Sold-Out Runs at Smock Alley Boys ' School. The second run was part of the Herstory Light Festival 2020, a festival dedicated to trailblazing women throughout history. This show is not to be missed.
With just her sax and a suitcase, Zandra Mitchell joined a jazz band and toured the world.
Born in Phibsborough, Dublin in 1903, she was Ireland’s first female saxophonist. While the twenties roared she found her way through Europe to Berlin. The dictators rose; the books burned; the bombs dropped…and Zandra played her sax...