The cabaret room is seen wide with a full audience, curved mirrored ceiling and a small red-lit stage at the far end.

The Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Zédel, London2023

Avril Freck – Notes on Love and Being Alone

The Production

Avril Freck – Notes on Love and Being Alone was a salon-style evening of conversation, music and dancing at The Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Zédel. Hosted by Avril Freck, also known as Fiona Lindsay, the May 2023 events featured guests including Lesley Manville and Sophie Thompson in conversation about romance, solitude and lessons about love.

20 photographs in the curated edit

Photography: Steve Gregson

A mirrored ceiling feature above the cabaret room glows purple and gold, reflecting tables, audience and the red stage.

A seated woman is caught in blue side light, raising one finger against a dark stage with small red candles behind.

A pianist in a red outfit smiles at the microphone from the keyboard, with audience silhouettes along the bottom edge.

A pianist at a grand piano faces a seated woman gesturing beneath The Crazy Coqs sign on red curtains.

A woman in a dark jacket leans forward with both hands raised while audience heads frame the foreground and a lit bar sits behind her.

A blue-lit wide view of the cabaret room shows audience silhouettes facing the red-curtained stage.

The pianist sings expressively at the keyboard, mouth open at the microphone against the red curtain backdrop.

The pianist looks across the grand piano toward a seated woman, linking the performance and conversation in one frame.

Two seated women converse on stage in front of red curtains and The Crazy Coqs sign, one holding up a finger.

A seated woman in a dark satin shirt listens thoughtfully against the red curtains, hands clasped near her lap.

A seated woman gestures outward with one hand while speaking under the venue sign.

Three women sit in conversation beneath The Crazy Coqs sign, framed by red curtains and low cabaret lighting.

A seated woman addresses the room with both hands open while another woman watches beside her.

Two seated women exchange animated gestures on the red-curtained stage, one hand raised in reply.

Two women laugh as one presents or receives a bunch of flowers on the stage.

A grand piano, microphone and flyer sit in front of the red-curtained Crazy Coqs stage under magenta light.

A microphone rests over piano keys with a show flyer propped on the keyboard in pink stage light.

A woman wearing headphones works at a mixing desk in saturated pink light beside the red curtains.

Five women pose together smiling in front of the red curtains and Crazy Coqs sign.

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