Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2015

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July

ÉVARISTE

ÉVARISTE Helgi Rafn Ingvarsson Thursday 30 & Friday 31 July, 2015 Regent Theatre, Regent High School, Chalton Street, London, NW1 1RX Genesis “In the fog of a Paris dawn in 1832, Évariste Galois, the 20-‐year-‐old...

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August

Waxwings

Waxwings English Touring Opera Thursday 6 & Friday 7 August, 2015 – 12:00-13.00 & 14:30-15:30 Kings Place St Pancras Room, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Genesis WAXWINGS is the latest opera to be commissioned by English Touring...

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July

Life Stories

Life Stories Radius R.I.P. Tuesday 21 & Wednesday 22 Jul, 2015 The Place, 17 Duke’s Road, London WC1H 9PY Genesis LIFE STORIES: Rest in Peace is based on Chekhov’s short story Life in Questions and Exclamations,...

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August

Oh Whistle & I’ll Come!

Oh Whistle & I’ll Come! Ghost Story Opera Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 August, 2015 RADA Studios, Chenies Street, London WC1E 7EX Genesis R. James’ famous ghost story has long interested Louis Mander as the subject for a chamber...

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August

Your Call…

Your Call… Leaky Boat Productions Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 August, 2015 Kings Place Hall 2, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Genesis YOUR CALL… grew out of my work with the CreST (Creative Speech Technology) research project...

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August

Storm’s Eye (A Theatrical Songbook)

Storm’s Eye (A Theatrical Songbook) Storm Front Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 August, 2015 Kings Place St Pancras Room, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. “I tell my secret? No indeed, not I;” Christina Rossetti...

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July

Mannequin

Mannequin De Montage Tuesday 28 & Wednesday 29 July, 2015 George Bernard Shaw Theatre, RADA, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7JN Genesis De Montage Art Collective is an interdisciplinary group of artists seeking to explore the...

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August

The Lion-Faced Man

The Lion-Faced Man Opera Undone Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 August, 2015 Kings Place Hall Limehouse Room, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Genesis We (Hel & CN) had long wanted to collaborate on a piece exploring difference...

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August

Anxiety Fanfare and Variations

Anxiety Fanfare and Variations Jocelyn Pook Friday 7 August, 2015 Kings Place Hall 1, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation for the Anxiety Arts Festival London 2014, Anxiety Fanfare is a...

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July

OMTF Fundraising Symposium

Effective Fundraising Opera & Music Theatre Forum Friday 31 July, 2015 Regent Theatre, Regent High School, Chalton Street, London, NW1 1RX An OMTF symposium exploring the key issues in fundraising; the many different ways of...

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August

Hearing Voices

Hearing Voices Jocelyn Pook Thursday 6 August, 2015 Kings Place Hall 1, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Genesis HEARING VOICES was originally commissioned for full orchestra by the BBC Concert Orchestra, as part of a live...

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August

Storytime

Storytime Joanne Harris and the Storytime Band Sunday 9 August, 2015 Kings Place Hall 1, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Genesis Joanne Harris is one of the country’s leading storytellers and is the best-‐selling author...

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August

Bastard Assignments 3

Bastard Assignments3 Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 August, 2015 Kings Place St Pancras Room, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Invigoratingly experimental, brand new triple bill. Edward and Josh enjoyed sell out performances at last year’s...

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August

Minerva Scientifica: Miriam

Minerva Scientifica: Miriam electric voice theatre Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 August, 2015 Meet in RADA Studios foyer, Chenies Street, London WC1E 7EX to be led to a secret location! Genesis Minerva Scientifica is an...

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August

The Spurt of Blood

The Spurt of Blood Size Zero Opera Thursday 6 & Friday 7 August, 2015 Kings Place St Pancras Room, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. About This performance is a mid-‐way point on an exploratory journey in which the...

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July

Be the Bee

Be the Bee Mistress of Time Tuesday 28 & Wednesday 29 July, 2015 Free Fringe Event – non-ticketed Genesis BE THE BEE is a sound-‐led, multi-‐sensory art installation set in a bunker, inspired by the recordings of...

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August

Opera with a Title

Opera with a Title The Music Troupe Thursday 6 & Friday 7 August, 2015 Kings Place Hall 2, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Genesis The script for OPERA WITH A TITLE has been extracted and freely arranged from two plays by Lorca,El publico...

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July

Insomnia

Insomnia Ralph Bridle Saturday 25 – 20:00-21:10 & Sunday 26 July, 2015 – 16:00-17:10 New Diorama Theatre, 15-16 Triton Street, Regent’s Place, London, NW1 3BF Genesis “I first encountered Manfred...

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August

The Artist, His Muse, The Singer and Her Lover

The Artist, His Muse, The Singer and Her Lover A Comedy Double-Bill of Synthetic Voice Melodramas Piebald Productions Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 August, 2015 Kings Place Hall 1, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Genesis “This pair...

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August

Minerva Scientifica: The Franklin Effect

Minerva Scientifica: The Franklin Effect (a work in progress) electric voice theatre Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 August, 2015 RADA Studios, Chenies Street, London WC1E 7EX and then to a secret location! Genesis Minerva Scientifica is...

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July

The Water Palace

The Water Palace Music Theatre Workshop Tuesday 28 & Wednesday 29 July, 2015 George Bernard Shaw Theatre, RADA, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7JN Genesis I first conceived THE WATER PALACE about eight years ago as a tone poem with...

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August

PANIC ROOM

PANIC ROOM Loré Lixenberg Saturday 8 – 21:10-21:55 & Sunday 9 August, 2015 – 17:10-17:55 Kings Place Hall 1 & environs, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. PANIC ROOM (the end of civilisation as we know it) Part 1 –...

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August

Jane’s Contemporary Clinic 3

Jane’s Contemporay Clinic 3 Tête à Tête Sunday 9 August, 2015 Kings Place Hall 2, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. “Jane Manning and her composer husband Tony Payne have been the most wonderful, inspirational supporters of our...

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August

MIX

MIX Born Mad Thursday 6 & Friday 7 August, 2015 Kings Place Hall 2, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Genesis Born Mad is a performance collective creating innovative music theatre works that combine electronic music, classically...

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August

they heavily vanish

they heavily vanish Ensemble Lagan and The Blackburn Company Thursday 6 & Friday 7 August Kings Place St Pancras Room, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Genesis The melody for ‘Where The Bee Sucks’ is a memory of one written by my...

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July

Bon voyage

A summer flashmob Tête à Tête FREE FRINGE EVENT – non-ticketed About Devised and composed for a medium to large group of participants by Catherine Kontz, BON VOYAGE! is a mass performance piece that explores the sound-‐world of...

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July

People Watch

Tuesday 21 July, 2015 The Place, 17 Duke’s Road, London WC1H 9PY Streetwise Opera/Tête à Tête co-production What happens when you watch TV? Is it innocent entertainment or a cynical vehicle to exploit the people...

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August

The Doll behind the Curtain

The Doll behind the Curtain Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour Thursday 6 & Friday 7 August, 2015 Kings Place Hall 1, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Genesis The opera THE DOLL BEHIND THE CURTAIN is based on the short story of the same...

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August

Thousand Furs

Thousand Furs Re:Sound Thursday 6 August, 2015 Kings Place Hall 2, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Genesis Re:Sound explore innovative approaches to the performance of new and existing works of music theatre. Our recent work includes...

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July

Crossing Dartmoor

Crossing Dartmoor Caitlin Rowley Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 July, 2015 New Diorama Theatre, 15-16 Triton Street, Regent’s Place, London, NW1 3BF Genesis “CROSSING DARTMOOR started with a request from Devon-‐born singer Simon...

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August

Pop Up Operas

Prepared to be surprised, delighted, and entertained… A hugely popular feature each year, Tête à Tête tours a small performing group around the public spaces of King’s Cross (streets, parks, squares) and our own foyers to...

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August

The Dressing Room

The Dressing Room Caroline Wilkins Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 August, 2015 RADA Studios Club Space, Chenies Street, London WC1E 7EX Genesis Like Dustin Hoffman in his film Quartet (2012), I drew inspiration from the extraordinary...

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July

Moonlight/The Last Seed

Moonlight/The Last Seed Tête à Tête Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 August, 2015 Kings Place Hall 2, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Genesis “Both MOONLIGHT and THE LAST SEED are commissions from writing teams first brought together by Tête à...

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July

Turandot Reimagined

Turandot Reimagined Jonathan Man Company ft. SOAS Silk & Bamboo Ensemble Thursday 30 & Friday 31 July, 2015 Regent Theatre, Regent High School, Chalton Street, London, NW1 1RX Genesis Puccini’s iconic opera, about a...

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July

Ebb

Ebb Opera Room Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 July, 2015 New Diorama Theatre, 15-16 Triton Street, Regent’s Place, London, NW1 3BF Genesis Opera Room writes and produces new work forged from classic traditions for a modern audience. Richard...

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July

Sacred Mountain

Sacred Mountain. Incidents in the Life of Queen Nanny of the Maroons Shirley Thompson Music Tuesday 21 & Wednesday 22 July, 2015 – 19:50-20:35 The Place, 17 Duke’s Road, London WC1H 9PY Genesis STM productions specialises in...

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August

The Electrictionary

The Electrictionary The Early Music Experiment Thursday 6 & Friday 7 August Kings Place Hall 1, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Genesis THE ELECTRICTIONARY was conceived by the composer as a project that could explore the...

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July

Myisi

Myisi Efthymiou Music Sunday 26 July, 2015 New Diorama Theatre, 15-16 Triton Street, Regent’s Place, London, NW1 3BF Genesis “This project has come about as a result of my doctoral research at the University of Bristol,...

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July

Egg London

Egg London, 200 York Way, London, N7 9AX Thursday 23 & Friday 24 Jul, 2015 The festival takes on a whole new dimension as we move to Egg London for two nights, to present an evening morphing from conventional opera to nightclubbing. ...

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July

Sonata for YouTube

Sonata for YouTube Llywelyn ap Myrddin Thursday 30 & Friday 31 July, 2015 Regent Theatre, Regent High School, Chalton Street, London, NW1 1RX About SONATA FOR YOUTUBE is the world’s first ever piece of music composed...

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July

Nadja’s Song

Nadja’s Song Operatic Tuesday 28 & Wednesday 29 July, 2015 George Bernard Shaw Theatre, RADA, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7JN About Commissioned by Bergen National Opera for Ingvild Schultze-‐Florey, this new chamber...

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July

Song Queen: A Pidgin Opera

Song Queen: A Pidgin Opera The Venus Bushfires Wednesday 22 Jul, 2015 The Place, 17 Duke’s Road, London WC1H 9PY About After watching Wagner’s Parsifal at the Royal Opera House in London in 2013, Helen Parker-‐Jayne Isibor...

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August

Life from Light

Life from Light Toni Castells Thursday 7 August & Friday 8 August, 2014 Kings Place Hall One Suitable for adults only Life from Light is a unique live experience that could well have been a collaboration between Sigur Rs...

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August

The Fisherman and his Wife

The Fisherman and his Wife Eralys Fernandez Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 August, 2015 Kings Place St Pancras Room, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. About THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE is a new comic opera for children. The Fisherman is...

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August

UnconGENIE-al

Sarah feels stuck. All she wants is a quiet life; a non- hyperactive five year old and a house in Barbados. So finding a lamp at the bus stop that looks mysteriously like the wish fulfilling, genie-containing lamp from Aladdin is obviously going to...

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August

My Mother My Daughter

A mother/daughter relationship from cradle to grave. Each year Tête à Tête tours a small performing group around the public spaces of King’s Cross (streets, parks, squares) and our own foyers to perform a set of super short five...

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August

Chuggers

One woman approaches another on the street. But is money all she’s after? Each year Tête à Tête tours a small performing group around the public spaces of King’s Cross (streets, parks, squares) and our own foyers to perform a set of...

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August

Wake Up!

Time to wake up! Each year Tête à Tête tours a small performing group around the public spaces of King’s Cross (streets, parks, squares) and our own foyers to perform a set of super short five minute operas of which UnconGENIE-al is one....

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May

China Doll – A Neuropera in Four Seasons

19:00-20.00 “If your lover birthed a China Doll, would you believe it to be real?” This LET Award Finalist Opera is witty and dark, with a moving original score and larger than life characters. Join us as we explore the loves...

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July

Bon voyage

A summer flashmob FREE FRINGE EVENT – non-ticketed Bon voyage was an invitation to bring your rolling suitcase along and embark on a musical journey of boisterous wheels and beatific voices in sunny King’s Cross. It was the final...

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August

Bastard Assignments

Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 August, 2015 Kings Place St Pancras Room, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. HE/HIMSELFIE The piece attempts to raise the underrepresented issues surrounding male body image, such as Manorexia, Adonis Complex,and...

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July

One Day This Will Be Long Ago

18:30-18.45; 18:50-19.05; 19:10-19.25; 19:35-19.50; 19:55-20.10 Far away, in a forgotten room, we stumble upon a scene already in progress, intensely private, seemingly mundane, yet utterly captivating. It is a scene that will continue long...

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