19:00-20:00, Sunday 5th October 2025
The Cockpit
Music:Rania Chrysostomou
Words: Caroline Coetzee
A work in progress.
Hidden Star is a lyrical, intimate character study of Annie Walker, a long-forgotten late 19th century astronomer.
The work crosses the boundaries of arts, sciences and social history, using contemporary words and music to create a real woman, exploring the impact of the destruction of her career. It touches on issues facing women in science and opens up the work of unseen scientists, without whose work our knowledge of the universe would be poorer. You’ll be invited to contribute to the development of the work based on excerpts from the opera, with presentations about Annie Walker and our creative process.
The project is supported by the University of Cambridge Institute of Astronomy.
Age range: All ages, but mostly adults
In a festival of new work, please note that shows may overrun.
Produced by Listen!
Venue: The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH.
Composer and musical director: Rania Chrysostomou. Librettist and director: Caroline Coetzee. Mature Annie Walker: Meghan Goguen. Young Annie Walker: Susanna Davis. Further singers TBA. Pianist Marion Dall Caldwell.
Composer and musical director: Rania Chrysostomou
Librettist and director: Caroline Coetzee
Mature Annie Walker: Meghan Goguen
Young Annie Walker: Susanna Davis
Pianist Marion Dall Caldwell