Destination: 'Old Hag'
A tale of life backstage before going on stage. Told by witches. with music.
Welcome to Backstage!
Here, you will find the 'Ladies of the Chorus' getting ready for opening night of a small-scale adaptation of Verdi's Macbetto.
If you're a regular opera-goer in this region, you'll have seen these three before as Cigarette Girls, Geishas, and Nuns - this time, they are the Witches!*
Despite their numerous appearances over the years, would you recognise them out on the high street?
Or know their names if you ever met them?
Who really are the people you only seem to see 'upstage'?
Written by and starring Bridget Hardy, Penny Rossano and Samantha Houston, this brand new play is (possibly) the world’s first Sit-Op-Com, or ‘Situation Operatic Comedy’! Set in the theatre broom cupboard, next to the building’s only toilet, this story draws on the ladies’ 20 years+ in the world of opera, charting the ups and downs of their journeys over one-act with humour, heart, and a sprinkling of live singing!
*There are only 3 Witches due to budgetary constraints...
Details
Date & Time: 12 October at 3pm
Running Time: 55 minutes
Age recommendation: 16+
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Latecomers may not be admitted. Ticket purchases are non refundable.
Concession prices apply to students; under 18s; pensioners; those on disability and unemployment benefits; Equity, BECTU & SDUK members.
Any donations will help us to survive beyond the current times. Donations will also help support independent arts and theatremakers - an essential step in preserving the future of fringe theatre.
Reviews
“this will make a great diversion at festivals of drama and indeed music and opera. Bis!” - Bath Fringe
“I was awed by your beautiful singing voices!” - Sarah Thurstan, Steering Group for Folkestone Live! 2024
Venue: The Bread and Roses Theatre
Home of The Lambeth Fringe, The Bread & Roses, is an award-winning and innovative fringe pub theatre.
A 50-seat fringe venue above The Bread & Roses Pub, the theatre programs a wide-spread variety of productions for local as well as far-reaching audiences. Equality, diversity and artistic quality are at the forefront of the theatre's programming, which features in-house productions as well as many visiting companies. The theatre regularly hosts touring shows and has worked with award-winning ensembles with decades of experience but also frequently welcomes and supports emerging theatre-makers taking their first steps. The programme includes new writing, contemporary revivals, reinvented classics and occasionally also devised work, improvisational theatre, comedy events, family shows and physical theatre.
Theatre: Capacity 50, full rig, lighting desk and sound system. Projector and mics hireable.
Perfect for: Theatre, new-writing, WIP, solo shows and boundary pushing work.
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