Six-Pack (2002)
Six Pack harnesses the power of music, words, gripping performances and superlative production. This is surprising, daring and intimate storytelling. A great night out for anyone with a sense of adventure…
Jill’s 47th blind date is her worst and probably last…
Susannah is ambushed by paparazzi…
Kevin the postman has trouble with the householders on the odd side…
Natalie’s waiting for that phone call, trying not to slip on the red herrings…
Kylie watches an eclipse with her old ladies…
…and everyone is waiting for Jack to change their lives…
“Tête à Tête are probably the best purveyors of contemporary opera in the country, certainly the most hip”
Independent on Sunday
“The mission of Six-Pack is elegantly simple on paper but hugely challenging to realise: to demonstrate that contemporary opera can be engaging, fun and immediate. It’s a testament to the imagination and flair of the six featured composers and their librettists that the whole evening is pacy, vibrant and entertaining, making the whole show and intoxicating night at the theatre”
The Guardian
Jack & Jill
Words: Jo Davies
Music: Rachel Leach
Doorstepping Susannah
Words: Davey Moore
Music: Helen Grime
Odd Numbers
Words: Christina Jones
Music: Julian Grant
The Phone Call
Words: Barbara Diana
Music: John Webb
Has It Happened Yet?
Words: Bill Bankes-Jones
Music: David Bruce
Waiting for Jack
Words: Lynne Williams
Music: Richard Taylor
Director: Bill Bankes Jones
Music Director: Stuart Stratford
Conductor: Stuart Stratford/Jonathan Gale (8th March)
Designer: Tim Meacock
Lighting: Mark Doubleday
Production Manager: Tom Albu
Stage Manager: Marius Rønning
Production Assistant: Cassie McCallin
Producer & Marketing: Natalie Steed
Administrator: Caroline Steane
Publicity Design: JADED
Photography: Hugo Glendinning
Press: Maija Handover
Singers:
Soprano: Natalie Raybould
Counter-Tenor: Stephen Wallace
Tenor: Daniel Norman
Bass-Baritone: D’Arcy Bleiker
Damian Thantry
Instrumentalists:
Clarinet: Matthew Hunt
Accordion: Ian Watson
Percussion: Julian Warburton
Double Bass: Lucy Shaw
Repetiteur: Jonathan Gale
Jack & Jill
Words: Jo Davies
Music: Rachel Leach
Doorstepping Susannah
Words: Davey Moore
Music: Helen Grime
Odd Numbers
Words: Christina Jones
Music: Julian Grant
The Phone Call
Words: Barbara Diana
Music: John Webb
Has It Happened Yet?
Words: Bill Bankes-Jones
Music: David Bruce
Waiting for Jack
Words: Lynne Williams
Music: Richard Taylor
Director: Bill Bankes Jones
Music Director: Stuart Stratford
Conductor: Stuart Stratford/Jonathan Gale (8th March)
Designer: Tim Meacock
Lighting: Mark Doubleday
Production Manager: Tom Albu
Stage Manager: Marius Rønning
Production Assistant: Cassie McCallin
Producer & Marketing: Natalie Steed
Administrator: Caroline Steane
Publicity Design: JADED
Photography: Hugo Glendinning
Press: Maija Handover
Singers:
Soprano: Natalie Raybould
Counter-Tenor: Stephen Wallace
Tenor: Daniel Norman
Bass-Baritone: D’Arcy Bleiker
Damian Thantry
Instrumentalists:
Clarinet: Matthew Hunt
Accordion: Ian Watson
Percussion: Julian Warburton
Double Bass: Lucy Shaw
Repetiteur: Jonathan Gale