21:05-21:45, Wednesday 7th September 2022

The Cockpit

 

Music: Josh Kaye

Words: Josh Kaye and Alanya Noquet

 

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

 

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Late at night a junior doctor, Thomas, attends a patient in an unknown ward. They are an outlier. 

He arrives home later to his girlfriend Rachel, but his mind is lost in the events of the night. 

 

Made in response to interviews with a wide range of medical professionals this piece explores guilt and culpability in the NHS and shines a spotlight on the life changing decisions medics make in challenging circumstances. 

 

This opera, written by up and coming composer Josh Kaye, and directed by the award winning Alex Howarth, will feature Rachel Sampley’s innovative lighting and video design, which will immerse the audience in the world of the NHS and the mind of a highly stressed junior doctor.

 

Outlier is generously supported by the RVW Trust.

 

You can download the programme for Outlier here.

 

Age Rating: All ages, but mostly adults

Content Advisory: to see content advisories for Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2022 shows, click here.

 

In a festival of new work, please note that shows can often overrun.

 

Produced by Outlier Opera Company

 

Venue: The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH.

 

 

 

 

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On the same day:

 

Music: Josh Kaye

Words: Josh Kaye and Alanya Noquet

Director: Alex Howarth

Lighting Designer: Rachel Sampley

Thomas – A Junior Doctor (tenor): Sholto Biscoe-Taylor

Rachel – Thomas’ girlfriend (soprano): Victoria Mulley

Alice – the wife of the patient (high soprano): Anna Marmion

Lucy – A staff nurse (mezzo soprano): Rhian Davies.

 

Terra Invisus

Clarinets: Alex Lyon

Cello: Rebecca Burden

Piano: Milde Vitartaitė

Percussion: Cameron Reed

 

 

Music: Josh Kaye

Words: Josh Kaye and Alanya Noquet

Director: Alex Howarth

Lighting Designer: Rachel Sampley

Thomas – A Junior Doctor (tenor): Sholto Biscoe-Taylor

Rachel – Thomas’ girlfriend (soprano): Victoria Mulley

Alice – the wife of the patient (high soprano): Anna Marmion

Lucy – A staff nurse (mezzo soprano): Rhian Davies.

 

Terra Invisus

Clarinets: Alex Lyon

Cello: Rebecca Burden

Piano: Milde Vitartaitė

Percussion: Cameron Reed