The Dream of John Logie Baird, Aged 10

Proposal The Dream of John Logie Baird Aged 10 Music Theatre A dream of 1930 imagined in 1890, and as we imagine it now… a future which did not in fact happen, but is intriguingly like what did. Rooted visually in an historic world (1898,) this imagines the...

Abiding Love (Strauss’ Four Last Songs)

Proposal Abiding Love – a staging of Strauss’ Four Last Songs (Image: Frans Masareel) Music theatre / media theatre / live cinema based around a performance of Richard Strauss Four Last Songs For Mezzo-soprano, actor and piano Singer – a younger...

Vagabondage

(Image: FBC Stravinsky documentary, 1965)Proposal Vagabondage –  Tim Hopkins and Lena Langer, composer 4 love stories, threading across time and space, passing briefly through an episode in the life of Stravinsky, a figure featuring in the dreams of four couples...

States of Innocence

States of Innocence (2024) OperaComposer Ed Hughes; Libretto Peter CantJohn Milton dictates Paradise Lost to his family, as other voices visit his world, some from the future.  They read, imagine, ventriloquise and test his creation. Premiere 19 May 2024Direction,...

The Big Reveal

The Big Reveal AI as a new space for creative writing and audio experience. Imagine an audience member at point A, wearing headphones, listening to pre-scripted narration that reveals creative spirits at large – talking to listeners, drawing them into a story.  Other...

Four Quartets on Film

Four Quartets on Film2022Four films responding to string quartets byJohn WoolrichJudith WeirJoe CutlerHelen Grime Supported with Lottery Funding by Arts Council EnglandNMC RecordingsStrangelove – time-based media festival Screenings Strangelove 2023Aldeburgh...