‘In this world of ours, Mademoiselle, one can never be sure of anything.’ A mild-mannered professor takes on a new pupil, and swiftly descends into tyranny, becoming bent on her destruction; a comically surreal exposé about power, knowledge and those who hoard both. All performances are enhanced by a bold projection design that features an exciting new Creative Captioning technology, … Read More
Mayerling (Royal Opera House – Broadcast)
Inspired by dark and gripping real life events, this Royal Ballet classic depicts the sexual and morbid obsessions of Crown Prince Rudolf leading to the murder-suicide scandal with his mistress Mary Vetsera. The oppressive glamour of the Austro-Hungarian court in the 1880s sets the scene for a suspenseful drama of psychological and political intrigue as Rudolf fixates on his mortality. … Read More
Madama Butterfly (Royal Opera House – Broadcast)
The Royal Opera (12A) Sung in Italian with English subtitles Recorded screening. ‘Love cannot kill: it brings new life.’ On a starlit night in Nagasaki, these are the words spoken by American soldier Pinkerton to young geisha Cio-Cio-San. But as they both learn, words and promises carelessly spoken can have indelible consequences. With a score that includes Butterfly’s aria, ‘Un … Read More
La Bohéme (Royal Opera House – Broadcast)
Sung in Italian with English Subtitles Recorded screening. Paris, 1900. Penniless writer Rodolfo believes that art is all he needs – until he meets Mimì, the lonely seamstress who lives upstairs. So begins a timeless love story that blooms, fades, and rekindles with the passing seasons. But while the couple’s friends Marcello and Musetta passionately row and make up, a … Read More
Waiting for God
A comedy by Michael Aitkens All the favourite characters from the original TV series are reimagined for 2017, facing the challenges that come with growing old disgracefully in the era of the silver surfer. At Bayview Retirement Village, battle-axe extraordinaire, Diana Trent, conspires with new resident Tom Ballard to give the conniving manager his comeuppance through a hilarious conspiracy with … Read More
Waiting for God
A comedy by Michael Aitkens All the favourite characters from the original TV series are reimagined for 2017, facing the challenges that come with growing old disgracefully in the era of the silver surfer. At Bayview Retirement Village, battle-axe extraordinaire, Diana Trent, conspires with new resident Tom Ballard to give the conniving manager his comeuppance through a hilarious conspiracy with … Read More
Waiting for God
A comedy by Michael Aitkens All the favourite characters from the original TV series are reimagined for 2017, facing the challenges that come with growing old disgracefully in the era of the silver surfer. At Bayview Retirement Village, battle-axe extraordinaire, Diana Trent, conspires with new resident Tom Ballard to give the conniving manager his comeuppance through a hilarious conspiracy with … Read More
Waiting for God
A comedy by Michael Aitkens All the favourite characters from the original TV series are reimagined for 2017, facing the challenges that come with growing old disgracefully in the era of the silver surfer. At Bayview Retirement Village, battle-axe extraordinaire, Diana Trent, conspires with new resident Tom Ballard to give the conniving manager his comeuppance through a hilarious conspiracy with … Read More
Waiting for God
A comedy by Michael Aitkens All the favourite characters from the original TV series are reimagined for 2017, facing the challenges that come with growing old disgracefully in the era of the silver surfer. At Bayview Retirement Village, battle-axe extraordinaire, Diana Trent, conspires with new resident Tom Ballard to give the conniving manager his comeuppance through a hilarious conspiracy with … Read More
The Steptoe & Son Radio Show
Albert and Harold; father and son, rag-and-bone. The father proclaims he’s “a poor old man” while the son protests that his dad is “a dirty old man!” In actual fact, both are telling the truth. These two, warring rag-and-bone men, in their Shepherd’s Bush scrapyard home, became household favourites for entire generations throughout the 60s and 70s and still they … Read More