The Flying Fox (1998)
Music: Johann Strauss
Prince Orlofsky, the fabulously wealthy gender-bending aristocrat, is holding a party for all the playboys in town to meet the girls from the touring ballet. Dr. Falke uses the occasion to wreak his revenge on his friend Eisenstein for the infamous joke of the Flying Fox.
With a lovesick tenor, a wronged wife, a rebellious parlourmaid and a whole host of other characters, Johann Strauss created one of the most ebullient, hilarious, preposterous and best-loved pieces of music theatre ever.
Tête à Tête blows the cobwebs from this much abused piece in a new translation capturing the sizzling wit and Viennese charm of the original, and a new orchestration for an Anglo-Viennese quartet, introducing newcomers to the thrill of lyric theatre while satisfying the most ardent connoisseur with a production full of surprises, where voyeurs chez Eisenstein become guests at Orlofsky’s party and inmates of Frank’s prison.
Supported by Hochriegl Champagne, The Leche Trust, The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, The Nicholas John Trust, The Concordia Foundation
“Surely someone should sponsor a transfer of this splendid work which, like the champagne they sing so much about, is cool, fizzy and deliciously intoxicating” – Time Out
Battersea Arts Centre Production:
Director/Translation: Bill Bankes-Jones
Musical Director/Arrangement: Orlando Jopling
Choreographer: Tomorr Kokona
Designer: Roger Butlin
Lighting Designer: Mark Doubleday
T Cast
Andrea: Amanda Lee
Adele: Natalie Raybould
Alfred: Kevin Loe
Blind/Joachim: Andrew MacNair
Eisenstein/Emil: Andrew Mullen
Falke: Damian Thantrey
Frank: Devon Harrison
Ida: Hannah Finch
Ivan: Tom Butlin
Orlovsky: Gillian Crichton
Rosalinde: Hilary Dolamore
Pianists: Kate Carver, Jonathan Gale, Audrey Hyland
Orchestra: Diana Kiendl, Mia Cooper, Nicky Baxter
F Cast
Andrea: Amanda Lee
Adele: Melissa Milne
Alfred: Chris Ovenden
Blind/Joachim: Andrew MacNair
Eisenstein: Phillip Bell
Emil: Andrew Mullen
Falke: John Ward
Frank: Devon Harrison
Ida: Hannah Finch
Ivan: Tom Butlin
Orlovsky: Siobhain Gibson
Rosalinde: Maria Piazza
Pianists: Andrew Black, Nigel Hichinson
Orchestra: Roy Theaker, Natalie Rozario
Middle Temple Hall Production (November 2000)
Director/Translator: Bill Bankes-Jones
Musical Director/Arranger: Orlando Jopling
Designer: Roger Butlin
Production Assistant: Holly Rodgers
Choreographer: Maxine Braham
Adele: Yvette Bonner
Eisenstein: Phillip Bell
Emil: Ben Cooper
Dr Falke: Damian Thantrey
Frank: Devon Harrison
Ida: Ailish Tynan
Ivan: Will Beer
Prince Orlovsky: Leigh Woolf
Rosalinde: Hilary Dolamore
Gustav: Paul Carey Jones
Silvia: Maireed Sheerin
Pianist: Jonathan Gale
Violin: Mia Cooper, Alison Dods
Cello: Natalie Rozario
Battersea Arts Centre Production:
Director/Translation: Bill Bankes-Jones
Musical Director/Arrangement: Orlando Jopling
Choreographer: Tomorr Kokona
Designer: Roger Butlin
Lighting Designer: Mark Doubleday
T Cast
Andrea: Amanda Lee
Adele: Natalie Raybould
Alfred: Kevin Loe
Blind/Joachim: Andrew MacNair
Eisenstein/Emil: Andrew Mullen
Falke: Damian Thantrey
Frank: Devon Harrison
Ida: Hannah Finch
Ivan: Tom Butlin
Orlovsky: Gillian Crichton
Rosalinde: Hilary Dolamore
Pianists: Kate Carver, Jonathan Gale, Audrey Hyland
Orchestra: Diana Kiendl, Mia Cooper, Nicky Baxter
F Cast
Andrea: Amanda Lee
Adele: Melissa Milne
Alfred: Chris Ovenden
Blind/Joachim: Andrew MacNair
Eisenstein: Phillip Hill
Emil: Andrew Mullen
Falke: John Ward
Frank: Devon Harrison
Ida: Hannah Finch
Ivan: Tom Butlin
Orlovsky: Siobhain Gibson
Rosalinde: Maria Piazza
Pianists: Andrew Black, Nigel Hichinson
Orchestra: Roy Theaker, Natalie Rozario
Middle Temple Hall Production (November 2000)
Director/Translator: Bill Bankes-Jones
Musical Director/Arranger: Orlando Jopling
Designer: Roger Butlin
Production Assistant: Holly Rodgers
Choreographer: Maxine Braham
Adele: Yvette Bonner
Eisenstein: Daniel Norman
Emil: Ben Cooper
Dr Falke: Damian Thantrey
Frank: Devon Harrison
Ida: Ailish Tynan
Ivan: Will Beer
Prince Orlovsky: Leigh Woolf
Rosalinde: Hilary Dolamore
Gustav: Paul Carey Jones
Silvia: Maireed Sheerin
Pianist: Jonathan Gale
Violin: Mia Cooper, Alison Dods
Cello: Natalie Rozario