August
A Journey Through Timelessness YANTRA Saturday 9 August & Sunday 10 August, 2014 Kings Place Hall One Genesis Born from an experimental session for BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction in 2009, YANTRA’s vocal focal point is the...
July
Flat Pack The Opera Room Thursday 31 July & Friday 1 August, 2014 White Lab Central Saint Martins Genesis Opera Room develops, writes and produces original opera. We are always exploring new ways to tell a story. FLAT PACK is an...
The Improvised History of the World Moving Point Productions Saturday 2 August & Sunday 3 August, 2014 Platform Theatre Central Saint Martins Genesis Moving Point Productions is a new music theatre company– established by Pawel...
Sunday 10 August, 2014 Kings Place St Pancras Room Tête à Tête Bill Bankes-Jones writes: “Jane Manning and her composer husband Tony Payne have been the most wonderful, inspirational supporters of our work with...
A l’abri des regards indiscrets Vialka Thursday 31 July & Friday 1 August, 2014 Studio Central Saint Martins Genesis The original experimental rock duo Vialka has been exploring the world – its music and performing Arts –...
Rumbled English Touring Opera Thursday 7 August & Friday 8 August, 2014 Kings Place St Pancras Room Genesis RUMBLED is the latest opera originally commissioned by English Touring Opera for young people with severe special...
Drawnforth Opera Thursday 24 July & Friday 25 July, 2014 Foyer Central Saint Martins Whisper Down the Lane Concept and composition: Catherine Kontz Devised by: Catherine Kontz, Ellan Perry Cast: Penny Manser, Sibylla...
The Jinnee Lauren Collins & Louis Mander Saturday 2 August & Sunday 3 August, 2014 Studio Central Saint Martins Genesis The Jinnee was initially conceived to build operatic repertoire with appeal for both adults and...
Manspangled Bastard Assignments Thursday 31 July & Friday 1 August, 2014 White Lab Central Saint Martins Genesis Edward Henderson and Lavinia Murray met when completing a collaborative commission to write an Art song for the Leeds...
A Short Shout The Shout Saturday 9 August & Sunday 10 August, 2014 Kings Place Hall Two For ten years, The Shout sang, caught trains, boarded planes, taught, rehearsed, climbed ladders, scaffolding and scissor lifts, laughed,...
Sideshows Constella Ballet & Orchestra Saturday 9 August & Sunday 10 August, 2014 Kings Place Hall Two Genesis SIDESHOWS has been performed many times across the UK since 2012. The song, The Dancing Bear was commissioned for the...
they came back Gildon & Ward Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 July, 2014 Studio Central Saint Martins Genesis This twenty minute excerpt is the first phase in the development of THEY CAME BACK. The full opera will have a cast of five or...
The Opera & Music Theatre Forum Friday 1st August 14:00-17:00 Studio Central Saint Martins How does your company reach the right people? What makes your company and shows unique and appealing to audiences, funders, promoters and...
Anon Welsh National Opera Saturday 26 July & Sunday 27 July, 2014 Platform Theatre Central Saint Martins About “I am committed to telling the stories of our time and ANON, my twelfth opera is no exception to that mission....
Spirit Harbour Opera Kitsune Thursday 31 July & Friday 1 August 19.00-19.35 Platform Theatre Central Saint Martins Genesis “The idea of creating an opera that deals with contemporary themes had lingered in my mind for along...
Tonseisha – The Man Who Abandoned the World saltpeter Thursday 31 July & Friday 1 August 21.10 – 21.55 Studio Central Saint Martins Genesis Inspired by the life, death and work of Beat writer Richard...
Njogel Third Hand Saturday 2 August & Sunday 3 August, 2014 Studio Central Saint Martins Genesis Third Hand began in 2012, after director Stuart Barker, designer Simon Bejer and puppeteer Darren East worked on British Youth...
April in the Amazon Tête à Tête Thursday 24 & Friday 25 Jul, 2014 Platform Theatre Central Saint Martins Genesis “The initial ideas for APRIL IN THE AMAZON sprang from our desire to present a traditional narrative through the...
Stupid Cupid: How NOT to date online Sarah Dacey Saturday 26 July & Sunday 27 July, 2014 Foyer Central Saint Martins About Everyone has their own dating horror stories. Online dating has seen an upsurge of users over the past...
Gut Pete M Wyer Saturday 26 July & Sunday 27 July, 2014 White Lab Central Saint Martins “There is the feeling of exhilaration as we enter the descent. As we rush toward the ground we experience a new gravity – somewhere...
Victory over the Sun Beyonsense Thursday 7 August & Friday 8 August 20:10-20:20 Kings Place Foyer Genesis The songs are a development from part of a longer promenade performance piece entitled Beyond the Language of Zaum. Including...
On the Axis of This World Cambridge City Opera Ltd Thursday 7 August & Friday 8 August, 2014 Kings Place St Pancras Room Genesis Cambridge City Opera (CCO) was founded by Sinéad O’Neill to create new operatic works...
Breadcrumbs Caitlin Rowley Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 August, 2014 Kings Place foyer Genesis Developed as a character study in advance of a planned chamber opera based on fairy tales, the aim for BREADCRUMBS was to produce a piece for...
Sweeper of Dreams: The Calling Opera Schmopera Thursday 31 July & Friday 1 August, 2014 Platform Theatre Foyer Central Saint Martins Genesis The libretto was written by Elizabeth Adlington as a submission for theEnglish National Opera...
Herakles! ARCO Saturday 9 August & Sunday 10 August, 2014 Kings Place Hall One Genesis HERAKLES! was first developed in 2013 for a one-‐off performance at The Actor’s Church (Covent Garden), with assistance from Help Musicians...
Whisper Down the Lane Drawnforth Opera Thursday 24 July & Friday 25 July, 2014 Foyer Central Saint Martins Genesis WHISPER DOWN THE LANE is a playful opera happening that should leave you with a smile on your face...
Peashoot: Adventures in the Wild West Ergo Phizmiz Saturday 2 August & Sunday 3 August, 2014 White Lab Central Saint Martins Genesis This opera, set in a post-‐apocalyptic Wild West or not, takes the character, Ted Owens...
Cakehead Tête à Tête Tête à Tête commissioned four new Pop Up Operas – of which Cakehead is one – for the 2014 Festival – all performed by Tête à Tête. They were developed, rehearsed and performed free for all to...
That Woman Josh Spear Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 July, 2014 White Lab Central Saint Martins Genesis The idea for this piece was conceived in 2012, when Josh was in the United States – where the place and perception of the British...
Tête à Tête commissioned four new Pop Up Operas – of which Will You Fall? is one – for the 2014 Festival – all performed by Tête à Tête. They were developed, rehearsed and performed free for all to enjoy in the public spaces...
Prepared to be surprised, delighted, and entertained… expect the unexpected! An ever popular feature, Tte Tte developed, rehearsed and performed brand new super short operas – Pop Up Operas – free fringe events for all...
Clockwork Tête à Tête Tête à Tête commissioned four new Pop Up Operas – of which Clockwork is one – for the 2014 Festival – all performed by Tête à Tête. They were developed, rehearsed and performed free for all to...
The Catfish Conundrum The Music Troupe Saturday 9 August 20:05-20:35 and Sunday 10 August 16:05-16:35 Kings Place Hall Two Background Newton Harrison (b.1932) is a pioneer eco-‐artist based in California who has turned art into a...
Friday 16 & Saturday 17 May, 2014 Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London 250 years after his death, the brilliantly vivid paintings and etchings of William Hogarth continue to resonate with modern viewers. Royal College of Music...
Women Box Size Zero Opera Thursday 7 August & Friday 8 August, 2014 Kings Place Hall Two About As women’s boxing is included for the first time at this year’s Commonwealth Games, Size Zero Opera brings together women...
Possession! Future Opera Company Saturday 26 July & Sunday 27 July, 2014 Central Saint Martins Studio About POSSESSION! splices between two different periods in time, as two extraordinary tales of love, romance, passion and despair...
The Choker Amazonia Music Theatre Saturday 2 August & Sunday 3 August, 2014 Platform Theatre Central Saint Martins Genesis Amazonia is a music theatre company that creates and produces radical new works and collaborates with...
I sing the body electric Claire Blake Saturday 9 August & Sunday 10 August, 2014 Kings Place St Pancras Room Genesis This is a rough and ready experimental music-‐theatre production that came to be from a desire to create more...
Your Call- Part 1 Two Heads Theatre Thursday 7 August & Friday 8 August, 2014 Kings Place Hall Two Genesis YOUR CALL… PART 1 is an exploration of our evolving relationship with technology and the ways in which it is becoming an...
Tête à Tête commissioned four new Pop Up Operas – of which Clockwork is one – for the 2014 Festival – all performed by Tête à Tête. They were developed, rehearsed and performed free for all to enjoy in the public spaces of...
East O’ The Sun, West O’ The Moon WorkshOPERA (suitable for families) Thursday 24 July & Friday 25 July, 2014 Studio Central Saint Martins Genesis workshOPERA formed in 2013, when three students at the Guildhall School...
The Dorty Letters of James Joyce The Crowe Ensemble Saturday 9 August & Sunday 10 August, 2014 Kings Place Hall One Genesis “When I was writing this piece I happened to be living next door to a famous composer. One...
©alculated to death Canen Productions (suitable for adults only) Thursday 24 July & Friday 25 July, 2014 Central Saint Martins White Lab Genesis Sebastian Laskowski began working on ©ALCULATED TO DEATH in January 2013 (as part of his...
Psyche Alex Groves Thursday 7, Friday 8 August & Sunday 10 August, 2014 Kings Place Limehouse Room Genesis Why does opera have to be grand? What if it was small – really small? Just you and me… We wanted to make opera...
Encounters in the Republic of Heaven Trevor Wishart Thursday 7 August & Friday 8 August, 2014 Kings Place Hall One Genesis The human language is an inexhaustible reservoir of musical material in which we are immersed every day. To...
The Fisherman’s Brides Lucie Treacher Thursday 24 July & Friday 25 July, 2014 Central Saint Martins Platform Theatre Genesis THE FISHERMAN’S BRIDES grew out of Lucie’s fascination with her Highland culture. Life in the...
