Details

A chamber opera. A blend of music, drama and visual image based on Chekhov's Three Sisters. In December 1900 the lighthouse supply ship Hesperus, based in Stromness, Orkney, went on its routine tour of duty to the Flannan Isles lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides. The lighthouse was empty. All three beds and the table looked as if they had been left in a hurry and the lamp, through out was in perfect working order. The men had disappeared into thin air. The play explores what might have happened in the days and hours leading up to this mysterious discovery.

Cast/Performers

Michael Bennett, Gwion Thomas, Kelvin Thomas

Creatives/Company

Music: Peter Maxwell-Davies
Lyrics: Peter Maxwell-Davies
Company: Music Theatre Wales
Director: Michael McCarthy
Conductor: Michael Rafferty

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The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse (Opera or Operetta) production archive for QTIX code T0114651135. Details of all The Lighthouse archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S3989

Archive Listings

14 Nov 01	Sheffield Theatres Sheffield South Yorkshire
6 Nov 01	Crescent Theatre Birmingham West Midlands
31 Oct 01 to 2 Nov 01	Royal Opera House West End Greater London
29 Oct 01	Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre) Poole Dorset
26 Oct 01 to 27 Oct 01	Northern Stage Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear
23 Oct 01	Sherman Theatre Cardiff Glamorgan
16 Oct 01	Anvil Arts Basingstoke Hampshire
6 Jul 01 to 7 Jul 01	The Playhouse Oxford Oxfordshire
30 Jun 01	Everyman Theatre Cheltenham Gloucestershire