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SPEECH ACTS
8th April 2015 to 11th April 2015 - 7:30 PM
Price: £17, £10 (UNDER 25)Prices available at box office, email or via telephone.
Venue: Studio
Company: Shadwell Opera
Director: Jack Furness
Producer: Hanna Grzeskiewicz
In the run up to the 2015 General Election, Shadwell Opera is mounting two socially and politically charged works, intended to engage and provoke. Where Into the Little Hill takes on a searing relevance in a country dominated by anti-immigration rhetoric, The Soldier’s Tale slyly questions the greed and hypocrisy of capitalist society.
SPEECH ACTS will be an intimate examination of what it means to stand up and have your say.
Into the Little Hill
Music by George Benjamin
Text by Martin Crimp
Performed by arrangement with Faber Music Ltd, London.
The Soldier’s Tale
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Libretto by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Shadwell Opera gratefully acknowledges the support of George and Moira Yip, The Tsukanov Family Foundation, Ian and Cristina Taylor and Arts Council England.
CAST
'Into the Little Hill'
Emily Vine, soprano
Jess Dandy, contralto
'The Soldier's Tale'
Kathryn Lydia Griffiths, Narrator
Simeon John-Wake, Soldier
Temi Wilkey, Devil
Beverley Grant, Princess
Musical Director, Finnegan Downie Dear
Director, Jack Furness
Associate Director, Celine Lowenthal
Producer, Hanna Grzeskiewicz
Associate Producer, Cécile Beauvillard
Designer, Georgia de Grey
Lighting Designer, Sherry Coenen
Production Manager, Christopher Silvester
Video/Photographer, Thurstan Redding
Publicity Designer, Rebecca Pitt
