The Champagne Widow
Written and performed by Opal Peachey, composed by Annastasia Workman with lyrics by Peachey, Workman, and Billie Wildrick.
The Champagne Widow premiered at Nordo in June 2019, with 21 sold out shows including a 4 course “Flight of Widows” featuring the wines of Clicquot, Pommery, Laurent Perrier and Bollinger as well as a matching flight from small batch growers sparkling wine from houses currently ran by women.
Champagne’s golden bubbles are known world-wide as the symbol for celebration. However, the history of this effervescent luxury is riddled with widows, or Veuves in French. From the original Veuve Clicquot to Veuve Pommery, Veuve Bollinger and Veuve Laurent-Perrier, this cabaret musical will take you down into the Caves of Champagne where, despite war, discrimination and a slew of dead husbands, women pop the corks and come out on top.
“With an all-female team leading the charge and telling the stories of these amazing women who succeeded in the face of and in spite of the men who would hold them back, the show is a celebration of everything that is female. And so, with my three-letter rating system, I give Café Nordo's "The Champagne Widow" a cork popped YAY+. I've seen and enjoyed many a show at Café Nordo but this one ranks up there as one of their absolute best! Go see it!!!”
