Module 471

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20:30-21:30, Tuesday 30th August 2022

The Cockpit

Music: Lucy Mulgan

Words: James Sherwood

This show was part of the fifteenth Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival.

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“We’d like to welcome you all aboard Module 471 for yet another interplanetary shipment of random junk. Unfortunately, since we were ordered to collect that VIP, we’ve been in very serious trouble…”

Can the captain save the ship with nothing but an incoherent alien hitchhiker, an illogical AI, and a grandstanding salesman? Will you, our audience, help? No pressure, but if you don’t, the universe may end!!!!!

Taking inspiration from classic sci-fi and pop culture, from the writings of Ursula le Guin to Margaret Atwood, Barbarella to Galaxy Quest, Blake’s 7 to Alien, ‘Module 471’ is a futuristic space farce of jazzed up operatic funk.

WARNING: This performance is ‘scratch’. Which means we’ve only written half of it and it’s still very much in the early stages of development. It also means that we are VERY interested in what you think of it and want to hear your ideas on what you think should happen next. The performance will be followed by an informal Q&A with our cast and creative team and all tickets now include an alien inspired cocktail or mocktail to help the creative juices flow…