19:00-20:10, Friday 11th September 2026

The Cockpit

 

Music: Jen Hazel

Words: TL Wiswell

 

A rural town. A dark summoning. A hunger that destroys all. Can you survive the Dunwich Horror?

 

Performed as an old fashioned picture show, The Dunwich Horror: An Opera is an immersion into life in an isolated village being terrorized by a force it doesn’t understand. Performed in music, soundcape, and song, Jen Hazel‘s original score will bring you into HP Lovecraft’s tale with a strong seasoning of American vernacular music and her native New England folk flavouring. Storyteller Laura Sampson and TL Wiswell return from the Dreamlands shadow puppet shows to bring this tale of cosmic horror to life. Do you dare enter a world of party line phones, dusty grimoires, and extradimensional beings with a thirst for blood? In the end, your voice may be needed to set Dunwich free.

 

 

Age range: 12+

Content advisories: Click here for a full list of content advisories for Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2026 shows.

 

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

 

Produced by Vulcanello Productions

 

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

 

 

On the same day:

 

Jen Hazel Laura Sampson Sam Enthoven TL Wiswell