19:00-19:40, Wednesday 6th September 2023
The Cockpit
Music: Madeline Dring
Words: Daniel F. Aitken
This is the first ever London staging of Madeleine Dring’s (1923 – 1977) only opera, ‘Cupboard Love’. Written in the early 50s, this work wasn’t performed until a read through in 1983 and it remained unpublished until 2017. A comedy murder ‘whodunit’, it features three characters – the Wife, the Boyfriend and the Husband. This year marks 100 years since Dring’s birth and therefore it seems the perfect time to ‘premiere’ this work especially given that she was a Londoner herself.
Age Rating: All ages, but mostly adults
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Produced by The Operatists
Venue: The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH.
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Cast:
Music: Madeleine Dring
Librettist: Daniel F. Aitken
Creative Directors: Sarah Dacey & Lucy Mulgan
Director: Sam Redway
‘Wife’: Sarah Dacey
‘Boyfriend’: Oskar McCarthy
‘Husband’: Sam Oladeinde
Piano: Belinda Jones
On the same day:
Music: Madeleine Dring
Librettist: Daniel F. Aitken
Creative Directors: Sarah Dacey & Lucy Mulgan
Director: Sam Redway
‘Wife’: Sarah Dacey
‘Boyfriend’: Oskar McCarthy
‘Husband’: Sam Oladeinde
Piano: Belinda Jones