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Who Am I?/Surf Taliz/Lite Bites - T0135018478Who Am I? - Once upon a time every child was a mermaid, transformed into human form and destined to live forever... until one night they are invited to return to the world of water. Surf Taliz - Surf Taliz Welsh National Opera went to the beach to introduce young people to opera by exploring the connection between music and sport capturing their stories, songs and surfing experiences. Lite Bites - We round off the celebrations with a final showing of our 2009 flash-mob style mini operas which we will rehearse and develop all over Riverside Studios and the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. | |
| 16 Aug 09 | Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331 listing details L34331637 |
Who Am I?/Songs For Our Age/Lite Bites - T433024559Who Am I? - Once upon a time every child was a mermaid, transformed into human form and destined to live forever... until one night they are invited to return to the world of water. Songs For Our Age - Songs For Our Age The writing and life experience of two different generations of Welsh valley residents have been bought together by asking "what is it like to get old?" and "What will it be like when I am old?". Lite Bites - Lite Bites We round off the celebrations with a final showing of our 2009 flash-mob style mini operas which we will rehearse and develop all over Riverside Studios and the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. | |
| 15 Aug 09 | Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331 listing details L0660340314 |
Ride One Dark Night/Ula/Shadowplays/The Singing Bone/As I Have Now Memoyre/WALLEN - T1087466680Ride One Dark Night - In Ride a cycle courier, a pedestrian and a tango make a fifteen minute love story and One Dark Night sees a woman back in her flat after another dreary day at work. Ula - Ula This tense thriller sees a New York film writer lost in the Highlands and guest of a fisherman and his daughter. Love unfolds but with unexpected consequences. Shadowplays - Shadowplays Featuring a singing contortionist, performing shadows and video this production explores the interdependence of shadow and substance, inspired by Dada artist Kurt Schwitters. The Singing Bone - The Singing Bone A tale of betrayal from the macabre pen of the Brothers Grimm, completely re-imagined by Stephen Crowe as an opera for children. As I Have Now Memoyre - As I Have Now Memoyre This production builds an installation-set during the performance and invites the audience to walk through it and investigates the psychology of singing through a singing teacher and her pupil. WALLEN - WALLEN The incredible talents of siblings composer/singer/pianist Errolyn and jazz composer/trumpeter Byron Wallen explore the untold story of extraordinary talents in WALLEN. | |
| 13 Aug 09 to 14 Aug 09 | Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331 listing details L651735283 |
Passing Afflictions/Impropera/Stolen Voices/Piosenski and from Fair Elenor to Sweet William/Flam - T1398354557Passing Afflictions - The Wizard of Oz is the inspiration for this brilliant story of three ‘30 something’ women who are preparing for a hen night with Dorothy. Impropera - Impropera Impropera is on-the-spot opera improvisation using audience suggestion. You’re invited to be part of a new show built afresh every night, led by six brilliantly inventive minds and voices. Stolen Voices Stolen Voices The wonderfully engaging clarinettist Neyire Ashworth explores the vibrant and riveting personal story of her Anglo-Turkish upbringing, using only her own voice and clarinet. Piosenski and From Fair Elenor to Sweet William - Piosenski and From Fair Elenor to Sweet William Two extraordinary song writers are featured here. David Bruce’s beautiful songs of childhood and virtuosic composer Errollyn Wallen’s 2009 commission of ancient folk tales. Flam - Flam A woman sits alone in a café. Her friend appears, late, flustered. They greet each other and sing together. They take off their coats. They are wearing the same clothes. | |
| 9 Aug 09 | Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331 listing details L1880270316 |
Passing Afflictions/Flam/Impropera/Stolen Voices/Cabaret Fou - T0129867506Passing Afflictions - The Wizard of Oz is the inspiration for this brilliant story of three ‘30 something’ women who are preparing for a hen night with Dorothy. Flam - Flam A woman sits alone in a café. Her friend appears, late, flustered. They greet each other and sing together. They take off their coats. They are wearing the same clothes. Impropera - Impropera Impropera is on-the-spot opera improvisation using audience suggestion. You’re invited to be part of a new show built afresh every night, led by six brilliantly inventive minds and voices. Stolen Voices - Stolen Voices The wonderfully engaging clarinettist Neyire Ashworth explores the vibrant and riveting personal story of her Anglo-Turkish upbringing, using only her own voice and clarinet. Cabaret Fou Cabaret Fou explore the genre of cabaret song, from its beginnings in French cafes, post war America, to 21st Britain. | |
| 8 Aug 09 | Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331 listing details L804000353 |
Gutter Press/Law of Motion/The Star Beast/medousa A Miniature Opera/Songs of a Recollected Lover/Little Instruments of Apprehens - T2722235Gutter Press - Enjoy this edgy satire that bristles with wit and squirms with sleaze. Flash a bit of flesh and leave your scruples at the door. Law of Motion - Law of Motion A man on his death bed spends his last days examining how he had left his wife and children. A collaboration of voice, dance and complex harmonies. The Star Beast - The Star Beast Huddle round for this intriguing and compelling new work, based on the postmodern fairytale by sci-fi writer Nicholas Stuart Gray. Medousa, A Miniature Opera - Medousa, A Miniature Opera Dance-theatre meets opera in this visually striking story of Medousa, the ancient Greek legend. Songs of a Recollected Lover - Songs of a Recollected Lover Be part of the development of a new multimedia opera exploring the frailty of human memory and the impossibility of truly understanding the one you love. Little Instruments of Apprenhension - Little Instruments of Apprehension What we know and fear is formed through our: eyes, ears, nose, mouth and skin. This performance explores how we use our ‘instruments’ to move from protection and release, paranoia and ecstasy. | |
| 6 Aug 09 to 7 Aug 09 | Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331 listing details L01624019230 |
The Song of Margery Kempe/Far Away and Long Ago/High Noon to Jacko's Hour - T415946388The Song of Margery Kempe - Where Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads meets The Exorcist - surely an experience not to be missed! Far Away and Long Ago - Did you enjoy fairy stories as a child? This production puts the grim into the Brothers Grimm with a dark re-telling of some of the old classics. High Noon to Jacko's Hour - Imagine the classic Western High Noon, retold on a funfair in Leeds 2009. A taut, twisting, thriller with a cliff-hanger of an ending. Hold on to your seats! | |
| 2 Aug 09 | Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331 listing details L276000617 |
Circus Tricks/The Emergency Recital - T1724776835Circus Tricks - Three vignettes portray circus performers desperate to break the daily cycle of their act. It will leave you laughing, spellbound and utterly entranced. The Emergency Recital - Hotfoot from his worldwide mission to spread operatic joy and pain, Richard Thomas is released for one night only: Glad to oblige, ready to annoy. | |
| 1 Aug 09 | Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331 listing details L0246863158 |
Against Oblivion Part 2/The Weather Man/Fights into Darkness - T893766204Against Oblivion Part 2 - What do we think when we look back on our lives? Three singers from very different vocal traditions consider their own life stories. The Weather Man - The Weather Man Opera North's new chamber opera celebrates the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. Flights Into Darkness Flights Into Darkness A thrilling journey of one man's descent into madness. But will you be complicit as his confession unfolds and his sanity disintegrates? | |
| 30 Jul 09 to 31 Jul 09 | Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331 listing details L1764049118 |
