Nico

“Beauty was a curse for Nico”: Maxine Peake on playing the iconic avant garde singer at Manchester International Festival

“People think of beauty as a blessing, but I think for Nico it was definitely a curse,” Maxine Peake says, a few weeks before...

Maxine Peake to play The Velvet Underground’s Nico in new stage show

Maxine Peake is to portray The Velvet Underground's Nico in a new stage show called 'The Nico Project'. Performed as part of this year's Manchester...