20:30-21:30, Tuesday 23rd September 2025
The Cockpit
Get Your Licks In
Music: Eric Burton Davis
Libretto: Noah McCreadie
The Truth of This
Music: Dawn Erridge
Libretto: Rebekah King
Peel
Music: Pablo Martinez
Libretto: Hannah Hayden
An evening of bold, bizarre and darkly comic opera from emerging composers and librettists. Brought to life by students of the Royal Academy of Music, Peeled Back is a triple bill of brand-new chamber operas, each confronting crisis. From psychological thrillers to surreal satire, expect a night of high drama, vivid storytelling, and unexpected laughs.
In Get Your Licks In, a vengeful diner teams up with her waitresses to plot bloody revenge on her cheating husband. The Truth of This, inspired by Matthew Hopkins’ 17th-century witch trial records, explores isolation, invention, and perception as one woman circles her cell, awaiting judgment. And, in the absurdly philosophical Peel, three sentient bananas sing about mortality and the invisible hand of fate (as it reaches towards the fruit bowl).
You can download a programme for this event here.
Age range: All ages, but mostly adults
In a festival of new work, please note that shows may overrun.
Produced by Young Opera Makers
Venue: The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH.
On the same day:
Director: Sophie Daneman Pianists: Tammas Slater, Ishan Bhadra Conductors: Hilary Punnett
Get Your Licks In Music: Eric Burton Davis Libretto: Noah McCreadie Wife: Hailey West Waitress: Amber Dixon Hostess: Isabella Hulbert Cook: Carleigh Ross Husband: Joseph Hancock
The Truth of This Music: Dawn Erridge Libretto: Rebekah King Prisoner: Hannah Dienes-Williams Interrogator: Louis Pettitt Friend: Tayla Alexander Sweetheart: Andrea Rodriguez-Gomez Child: Daisy Livesey
Peel Music: Pablo Martinez Libretto: Hannah Hayden Cast: Mo: Joseph Hancock Sunny: Aimee Skye Wilmot Speck: Amber Dixon
Director: Sophie Daneman
Pianists: Tammas Slater, Ishan Bhadra
Conductors: Hilary Punnett
Get Your Licks In
Music: Eric Burton Davis
Libretto: Noah McCreadie
Wife: Hailey West
Waitress: Amber Dixon
Hostess: Isabella Hulbert
Cook: Carleigh Ross
Husband: Joseph Hancock
The Truth of This
Music: Dawn Erridge
Libretto: Rebekah King
Prisoner: Hannah Dienes-Williams
Interrogator: Louis Pettitt
Friend: Tayla Alexander
Sweetheart: Andrea Rodriguez-Gomez
Child: Daisy Livesey
Peel
Music: Pablo Martinez
Libretto: Hannah Hayden
Cast: Mo: Joseph Hancock
Sunny: Aimee Skye Wilmot
Speck: Amber Dixon