20:35-21:20, Friday 15th September 2023
Online
Music: Robert Ely
Words: Peter Scott-Presland
Join us online to enjoy 1944: Home Fires together. Book for free to watch the video recording of our live performance before a chat with the creators of the show.
The idol and the thug: well-known Queer Ivor Novello was the most successful composer and matinee idol of the 30s and 40s. In 1944 he was banged up in Wormwood Scrubs for fiddling his petrol coupons. He shared a cell with a homophobe: 20-year-old ‘Mad’ Frankie Fraser, the terror of South London gangland. What could possibly go wrong?
This almost-true story explores class war, electric shock treatment, the nature of masculinity – and how to rebuild a life you think is in ruins.
Homo Promos returns from ‘1936: Fishing’ last year with Episode 8 of the epic ‘A Gay Century’.
You can download a programme for 1944: Home Fires here.
Age Rating: All ages, but mostly adults.
Content Advisory: to see content advisories for Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2023 shows, click here.
Produced by Homo Promos
Venue: Online
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Cast:
Music: Robert Ely
Words: Peter Scott-Presland
Director: Emily Beech
Music Director: Joe Tobin
Repetiteur: Jack Campbell
Stage Manager: Kevin Moore
Lighting Design: Liana Gibbs
Consultant: John Brand
Ivor Novello (tenor): Alfred Mitchell
‘Mad’ Frankie Fraser (baritone): Kieran Rayner
Clara Novello Davies, Ivor’s mother (soprano): Olivia Bell
Prison Warder (bass-baritone): Anthony Stuart Lloyd
Saxophone: Emilija Auškalnytė, Louisa Kataria
Harp: Henriette Poos
On the same day:
Music: Robert Ely
Words: Peter Scott-Presland
Director: Emily Beech
Music Director: Joe Tobin
Repetiteur: Jack Campbell
Stage Manager: Kevin Moore
Lighting Design: Liana Gibbs
Consultant: John Brand
Ivor Novello (tenor): Alfred Mitchell
‘Mad’ Frankie Fraser (baritone): Kieran Rayner
Clara Novello Davies, Ivor’s mother (soprano): Olivia Bell
Prison Warder (bass-baritone): Anthony Stuart Lloyd
Saxophone: Emilija Auškalnytė, Louisa Kataria
Harp: Henriette Poos