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+
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
Original concept: TL Wiswell
Original music: Jennifer Hazel, with additional traditional folk songs
Lyrics: TL Wiswell and Jennifer Hazel
Puppetry design: TL Wiswell (also puppeteer) and Homebaked Productions
Graphic design: Sophia Conner
CAST
Narrator: Laura Sampson
Lavinia: Genré Herd
Whateley: Rob Gretton
Armitage: Ash KB
Sally: Sally Hayward
Mamie: Jen Hazel
Earl: Ash KB
Townspeople: Charlie Ayers, Erin Joost, Erin L, Lindsay River, Yvonne Wickham
MUSICIANS
Piano: David Merriman
Flute: Jennifer Hazel
Cello: Clive Clifford-Frith
Piccolo: Izzy Walter