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Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2014


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August

A Journey Through Timelessness

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...

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July

Flat Pack

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...

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02

July

The Improvised History of the World

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...

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August

Jane’s Contemporary Clinic

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...

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July

A l’abri des regards indiscrets

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 –...

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07

August

Rumbled

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...

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July

Free Fringe Events

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...

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02

August

The Jinnee

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...

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31

July

Manspangled

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...

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09

August

A Short Shout

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,...

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09

August

Sideshows

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...

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July

they came back

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...

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01

August

Marketing Your Company

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...

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July

Anon

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....

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July

Spirit Harbour

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...

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01

July

Tonseisha – The Man Who Abandoned the World

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...

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02

August

Njogel

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...

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July

April in the Amazon

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...

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July

Stupid Cupid: How NOT to date online

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...

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July

Gut

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...

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07

August

Victory over the Sun

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...

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August

On the Axis of This World

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...

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09

August

Breadcrumbs

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...

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July

Sweeper of Dreams: The Calling

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...

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09

August

Herakles!

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...

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July

Whisper Down the Lane

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...

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02

August

Peashoot: Adventures in the Wild West

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...

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July

Cakehead

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...

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July

That Woman

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...

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July

Will You Fall?

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...

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24

July

Pop Up Operas

Prepared to be surprised, delighted, and entertained… expect the unexpected!   An ever popular feature, Tte ˆ Tte developed, rehearsed and performed brand new super short operas – Pop Up Operas – free fringe events for all...

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24

July

Clockwork

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...

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09

August

The Catfish Conundrum

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...

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July

Hogarth’s Stages (2014)

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...

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07

August

Women Box

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...

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July

Possession!

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...

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02

August

The Choker

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...

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09

August

I sing the body electric

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...

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07

August

Your Call- Part 1

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...

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July

Precipitation

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...

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24

July

East O’ The Sun, West O’ The Moon

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...

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09

August

The Dorty Letters of James Joyce

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...

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24

July

©alculated to death

©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...

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07

August

Psyche

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...

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07

August

Encounters in the Republic of Heaven

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...

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July

The Fisherman’s Brides

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...

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