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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


SHADWELL OPERA presents SPEECH ACTS, a double bill of George Benjamin's modern fable, Into the Little Hill, and Stravinsky's wry spoken-word fantasy, The Soldier's Tale. 

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 

 
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