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Grimeborn is a yearly New Opera and Music Theatre festival held in August at the Arcola Theatre in London. Grimeborn was conceived to give young companies and old masters the opportunity to show their work in a venue that appreciates the diversity of theatrical forms and highlight the performance as much as the music.
2009 SEASON
Will be curated by Alex Sutton and produced by Leyla Nazli
The call for works for this year is currently open and the deadline is 7th March 2009
2008 SEASON
Was Curated by Daniele Guerra and produced by Michael Harris and Leyla Nazli.
Composer/Librettist: Gian Carlo Menotti Director: Nina Brazier Conductor: Timothy Burke
- A MAN OF FEELING
Composer/Librettist: Stephen Oliver Director: Anthony Baker Music Director: Tim Henty Soprano: Lisa Wilson Baritone: John Savournin Pianist: James Young
- DREAMSPIEL by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Composer: George Hincliffe Librettist: Michelle Carter
Composer: Gustav Mahler Director: Janwillen van den Bosch Pianist: Linda Ang
- THE ELEPHANT’S CHILD by Metta Theatre
Composer: Jessica Dannheisser Director: Poppy Burton-Morgan
Composer/Librettist: Jenny Gould Director: Tom Mansfield
- DESIRE CAUGHT BY THE TAIL
Composer: Joseph Finlay Director: Max Webster Associate Director: Rachel Grunwald
- GOODBYE BARCELONA
Book: Judith Johnson Music and Lyrics: Karl Lewkowicz Director: Mehmet Ergen
- ASH
Composer: Rachel Fuller Librettist/Director: Jack Shepherd
- OPERA OF SURVEILLANCE by Conversations with Sound and The Irrepressibles
Composer/Voice Practitioner: Jamie McDermott Sound Design: William Turner Duffin
- MY FEET MAY TAKE A LITTLE WHILE (The Errollyn Wallen Songbook)
Composer/Music Director: Errollyn Wallen Director: Daniele Guerra
- THE MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA
Composer: Michael Nyman Director: Nigel Lowery
- KASPAR HAUSER
Composer: Alexis Pope Librettist/director: Anke Rauthmann Musical director: Philip Headlam Designer: Num Stibbe
- PIERROT LUNAIRE by Cornucopia Theatre Company
Composer: Arnold Schönberg Poems: Albert Giraud Director: Mark Duncan
- CHOICE by Citric Acid Productions
ASTYANAX by Waterfield & Burke
A LITTLE CHAMBER MUSIC by Hindemith
THE BOY WHO SAID YES by Brecht/Weill Musical Director: Timothy Burke Director: Alex Sutton
- THE GIRL WHO LIKED TO BE THROWN AROUND by Madestrange Opera
Composer: Michael Oliva Words: Michael Oliva and Deepak Kalha
- THE BACCHAE
Composer/Librettist/Musical & Artistic Director: Alexis Pope Soprano: Tatjana Kiliani Tenor: Emmanuel Fort Bass: Andrew Young First Bacchae: Sibylla Meienberg
- STABAT MATER by Eclectic Opera
Director: Poppy Burton-Morgan Soprano: Anna Gregory Counter-Tenor: Peter Shipman Actress: Sarah Paul
- HOLORAY HOLIDAY
Book and Lyrics: Rebecca and Sharon Nassauer Composer: Sharon Nassauer Director: Michael Alvarez Musical Director: Candida Caldicot
2007 SEASON
Was curated by Andrew Steggall and produced by Michael Harris and Leyla Nazli
Long Works
- THE CROCODILE
Will a doctor’s experiment be ruined? Will St. Petersburg society be amused? And will Ivan ever get out alive? The Crocodile is an exceptionally funny and innovative new work based on a short story by Dostoyevsky. A snappingly good night out. Composed by Llywelyn ap Myrddin.
- HEY JACK ACA
Marilyn Monroe, Lee Oswald, Mafioso and the death of a President… welcome to the untold story of Jack Ruby – one of history’s great enigmas. Composed by Sharon Nassauer, Lyrics by Jackson Lee and directed by Loveday Ingram.
- NOSFERATU
Hideously comic, beautifully violent. A bizarre tale of lust and passion against goodness and humanity. A vivid exhibition of intriguing music, delicate movement and powerful images. Adapted from Murnau’s 1922 silent film, Nosferatu is the most stunning incarnation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula legend.
- OPERA CABARET
An evening of Opera Cabaret at Arcola. Classics with a twist. Sit back, relax… and expect the unexpected.
- TALES OF HOFFMANN
Hoffmann: gifted poet, reckless libertine. His relationship with Stella, one of the world’s most beautiful (and famous) women, is on the brink of becoming a shambles. In a bar in Hackney, Hoffmann recounts drugfuelled stories of how he won – and lost – the three great loves of his life, all the while never quite sure where his illusions end and reality begins. Knives Out is proud to present this tale of a life lived on the edge. theatre and a new adaptation of the score will collide together in this radical take on Offenbach’s famous ‘opera fantastique’. Fuck forever: this is a story for now.
Short Works
- DICHTERLIEBE
One of the most dramatic and moving song cycles ever written. A young poet falls madly in love with a girl, but she eventually marries someone else. The poet recounts every phase of his “amour fou”: initial tenderness and bliss, then bitter disillusionment, rage, obsession, estrangement and eventual acceptance. Composed by Schumann, poetry by Heine.
- DEVILS DRUM
The Devil’s Drumis an old story beautifully told. Using puppetry and physical theatre we aim to bring a new clarity to Ed Hughes’ operatic re-working of The Soldier’s Tale. A simple tailor entranced by the music of a travelling band is seduced into sacrificing everything to become the music... a haunting tale of obsession and loss. Section of work presented by Metta Theatre.
- ARIANNA A NAXON
Arianna a Naxos by Joseph Haydn Arianna has been dumped by her boy-friend. Left depressed and suicidal she fights her grief on her own. Will this experience destroy her or will she be cleansed and become a new, stronger person? Haydn’s cantata, based on the timeless Ariadne story, has inspired artists for thousands of years and still captivates audiences and performers today. Everyone, female and male alike, is an Arianna at some point in their life. Mezzo-soprano Sandra Porter and pianist Graeme McNaught are joined by director Tamara Stein to turn this piece into a contemporary mini-opera. Visions of 7 7artists, 7 journeys, 7 year cycles, an amazing story of travellers without maps – conceived and composed by Joanna Foster, performed by ‘Anima’ with Javier Carmona on percussion.
- VICE
A jazz opera based upon The Revenger’s Tragedy, by Cyril Tourneur. It translates into music the sardonic humour and savage irony of the original play, in which the precious moments of life on earth, meant to be used to secure salvation for eternity, are rioted in an orgy of lust, greed, and bloody revenge. Written by Jools Scott and Directed by Sue Curtis.
- THE UNIVERSAL WILL TO SELF DESTRUCT
The Universal Will to Self-Destruct deals with the main force behind the universe. This 20 minute extract will explore some of the techniques New Opera Hero uses to connect music, image and story. NOH and his group have descended onto London to rediscover opera for the 21st century.
- FLOOD
An extended song-cycle with its tongue firmly in its cheek. It examines the theme of climate change through the eyes of the ancient Greek Gods and combines opera, film and voiceovers to re-tell the story of Noah for our times. Produced by Eclectic Opera. Confirmed soloists will be Peter Shipman and Kirsten Morrison. The piece is composed & written by Kirsten Morrison and Buffy Sharpe. Visuals by Franny Armstrong.
- PIERRE
Herman Melville’s novel Pierre with its provocative tale of incest and death has not been treated well by history. With its aching prose and powerful emotions it was perhaps always meant to be an opera. Adapted by composer Richard Beaudoin. Cast includes Joseph Kaiser (Kenneth Brannagh’s The Magic Flute), Conducted by Christopher Ward (assistant to Sir Simon Rattle), Directed by Andrew Steggall, and played by Constantine Finehouse (international pianist trained in Moscow and at Juilliard). This half hour performance is a thrilling opportunity to see the opening act of an opera in progress.
With its themes of abduction, familial betrayal, divided loyalties, hard political bargaining, along with the contrast between pastoral innocence and the murderously poisoned environment of the underworld, the Persephone story is as potent today as it has ever been.
- FOUNTAIN SEALED
A young Anglican priest finds his faith, ministry and relationships undermined over his sympathy for a couple who are pursuing a relationship that the church cannot accept. By Nathan Williamson, Thomas Walton and James Methven.