The Journey

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19:00-19:40, Sunday 11th September 2022

The Cockpit

Music: Jeremy Gill

Words: Jeremy Gill and Marianna Suri, adapted from a story by Michael Zand

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

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In this production of The Journey by director Rosie Kat, the Man has been separated from everything he loves. He was forced to leave his home because of violence. His partner and unborn child are hundreds of miles away and he cannot see them because he has been imprisoned in an immigration detention centre, with no knowledge of when he will be released and where he will be sent afterwards. All he can do is write his poetry on the walls, hoping that someone on the outside will see it and begin to doubt the lies that they have been told.

An opera about connection and hope, featuring the Citizens of the World refugee choir, adapted from The Chaplain’s Tale, as told to Michael Zand in Refugee Tales.

This show is a double bill (with no interval) with The Dong with a Luminous Nose.

You can download a programme for The Journey here.

Age Rating: All ages, 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 Jeremy Gill and Marianna Suri