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Stratford Circus Upfront East presents International Women’s Week 2010. If you’re looking to celebrate International Women’s Week then look no further than Stratford Circus.

If you’re a Billie Holiday fan then come down to Stratford Circus, east London’s arts centre, to see God Bless the Child.

Following glowing reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009 ‘God Bless the Child’ an evening with Billie Holiday comes to Stratford Circus.

Starring Katrina Beckford as Billie Holiday and accompanied by jazz pianist Mike Conliffe this gusto performance takes the audience on the intimate and personal journey of Holiday’s misspent youth in Baltimore to the lavish jazz joints of 1930’s Harlem.

This new work includes a selection of Lady Day’s greatest songs including the ground-breaking Strange Fruit.

'Her voice drips with emotion. I’m still tingling from a haunting Strange Fruit that set my hair on end.'
The Scotsman