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Mr Emmet Takes a Walk and Eight Songs for a Mad King - A double-bill of fully staged music-theatre from Britain's leading composer Peter Maxwell Davies. A black comedy by world renowned opera director David Pountney and Lowry patron Peter Maxwell Davies, Mr Emmet Takes a Walk follows the journey of a business pursuing his ultimate contract. Pountey's libretto and direction set free Maxwell Davies' versatility of style, with numbers ranging from music hall to advertising jungles and a Piaf-style torch song. Extravagant, disturbing and poignant, Eight Songs for a Mad King is the tale of George III's demise into madness.

Creatives/Company

Music: Peter Maxwell Davies
Lyrics: Pountney