Wednesday, 2 August
7:30pm – Happier or Better?
8:45pn – North Haven

Thursday, 3 August
7:30pm – North Haven
8:45pm – Bubble

Friday, 4 August
7:30pm – Bubble
8:45pm – Happier or Better?

Saturday, 5 August
6:00pm – Happier or Better?
7:30pm – North Haven
8:45pm – Bubble

Happier or Better?
By Lynda Radley
Directed by David Wood
Kate has done everything she was supposed to. But her education put her in debt, her employers are soulless destroyers, the world is run by morons, her friends are virtual and she doesn't measure up. She's just got to take responsibility, figure out how to be an adult, and realise her potential. After all everything that happens to her is a reflection of what she believes about herself. That's right, right? If you don't like the story change it. Here's a simple ten point plan...

North Haven
By Davey Anderson
Directed by Richard Cerato
A young woman washes up on a remote island, fleeing from the mainland’s empathy economy. A strange family give her shelter and promise to help her on her way to a place of refuge. But the guards from a nearby ‘camp’ are on her trail and her hosts seem in no hurry to let her go. Will she ever make it to North Haven?

Taking inspiration from fragments of Homer’s Odyssey, and responding to contemporary tales of entrapment and escape, this new play takes us on a journey to a not-so-distant world where human bodies and experiences are bought and sold, or plundered for parts, exploring the dark side to our empathic imagination.

Bubble
By Kieran Hurley
Directed by Shilpa T-Hyland
“Words aren’t things. They’re not violent. They’re the carriers of ideas.”

Professor William Barrett has made a bit of a silly boo-boo and now they’re calling for his job. Hannah and Jane have called an all-woman meeting about campus sexism and Connor’s band of free speech activists aren’t having it. The staff are anxious about “safe space” culture, Courtney knows a good story when she sees one, and Anna – well Anna literally couldn’t give a f**k. But with the spectre of “alt-right” Youtubber Randy P on the rise, what starts as a seemingly mild campus controversy soon escalates into a full-blown war of values and ideas.

Told entirely through social media posts and online interactions, Bubble is an explosive, experimental and topical new play about identity politics, modern community, and where we draw the line around protecting what we value most.

Scotland’s professional touring company returns with Bizet’s masterpiece ‘The Pearl Fishers’.

In this moving tale, set in Ceylon, two men’s vow of friendship is threatened by their obsession with the same woman, a beautiful priestess, who battles to suppress her feelings of love in order to uphold her sacred oath.

Directed by former Scottish Opera young artist Lissa Lorenzo, a star-studded cast is led by Monica McGhee, who was part of the internationally successful opera group, Amore. Welsh tenor Thomas Kinch returns to Opera Bohemia in the role of Nadir, with Scotland’s Douglas Nairne and Michael MacKinnon as Zurga and Nourabad, completing the cast. The production also features the company’s first professional chamber chorus, and is accompanied by the Opera Bohemia Ensemble under the baton of Alistair Digges. With beautiful melodies, rousing choruses and opera’s most famous duet, this promises to be a magical night at the opera.

Sung in French with English Surtitles

Running time approximately 2 hours

The long-awaited follow up to the ground-breaking BabyO, BambinO is a brand new piece of music theatre, again aimed at an audience that doesn’t often get a look in at opera – babies.

This unique and colourful work for infants aged 6 to 18 months reinvents operatic language and traditions for children at an age when their minds are wide open to new sounds, images and experiences. Babies are free to explore during the performance, interacting with singers, musicians and each other. We hope adults might find new ways of enjoying music too – through the ears of their bambini!

Written by Scottish Opera’s acclaimed Composer in Residence Lliam Paterson and directed by Improbable’s ever-imaginative Phelim McDermott, BambinO will be a twin celebration of the possibilities of music and the power of the infant imagination.

A Scottish Opera, Manchester International Festival and Improbable co-production.

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Dundee Rep Theatre present
Spring Awakening
Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by Duncan Sheik
Based on the play by Frank Wedekin
Directed by Andrew Panton

“I hear your heart beat Wendla. No matter where I am, I hear it beating.”

Winner of 8 Tony awards, 4 Oliviers and a Grammy for best original cast album, Spring Awakening redefined the boundaries between music and theatre with its fusion of adolescent angst-fuelled anthems.

A group of emotionally unprepared teenagers try to understand their strong, new, thrilling and scary feelings. What’s right and what’s wrong? What are the rules? How far can they be pushed and what happens when you break them?

Desires, emotions and hormones smash and explode in this hard hitting punk-rock musical.

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe)
All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe
www.mtishows.co.uk

Please Note: This production contains adult themes, and may not be suitable for younger children.

Wednesday, 2 August
7:30pm – Happier or Better?
8:45pn – North Haven

Thursday, 3 August
7:30pm – North Haven
8:45pm – Bubble

Friday, 4 August
7:30pm – Bubble
8:45pm – Happier or Better?

Saturday, 5 August
6:00pm – Happier or Better?
7:30pm – North Haven
8:45pm – Bubble

Happier or Better?
By Lynda Radley
Directed by David Wood
Kate has done everything she was supposed to. But her education put her in debt, her employers are soulless destroyers, the world is run by morons, her friends are virtual and she doesn't measure up. She's just got to take responsibility, figure out how to be an adult, and realise her potential. After all everything that happens to her is a reflection of what she believes about herself. That's right, right? If you don't like the story change it. Here's a simple ten point plan...

North Haven
By Davey Anderson
Directed by Richard Cerato
A young woman washes up on a remote island, fleeing from the mainland’s empathy economy. A strange family give her shelter and promise to help her on her way to a place of refuge. But the guards from a nearby ‘camp’ are on her trail and her hosts seem in no hurry to let her go. Will she ever make it to North Haven?

Taking inspiration from fragments of Homer’s Odyssey, and responding to contemporary tales of entrapment and escape, this new play takes us on a journey to a not-so-distant world where human bodies and experiences are bought and sold, or plundered for parts, exploring the dark side to our empathic imagination.

Bubble
By Kieran Hurley
Directed by Shilpa T-Hyland
“Words aren’t things. They’re not violent. They’re the carriers of ideas.”

Professor William Barrett has made a bit of a silly boo-boo and now they’re calling for his job. Hannah and Jane have called an all-woman meeting about campus sexism and Connor’s band of free speech activists aren’t having it. The staff are anxious about “safe space” culture, Courtney knows a good story when she sees one, and Anna – well Anna literally couldn’t give a f**k. But with the spectre of “alt-right” Youtubber Randy P on the rise, what starts as a seemingly mild campus controversy soon escalates into a full-blown war of values and ideas.

Told entirely through social media posts and online interactions, Bubble is an explosive, experimental and topical new play about identity politics, modern community, and where we draw the line around protecting what we value most.

Each Play On with Guest Artists ticket permits entry to the Woodwind and Brass (Ledger Recital Room) and Strings (Jack Bruce Space) instrumental sharings at 1.30pm and the Orchestral Performance (Stevenson Hall) at 3.30pm.

Scotland’s professional touring company returns with Bizet’s masterpiece ‘The Pearl Fishers’.

In this moving tale, set in Ceylon, two men’s vow of friendship is threatened by their obsession with the same woman, a beautiful priestess, who battles to suppress her feelings of love in order to uphold her sacred oath.

Directed by former Scottish Opera young artist Lissa Lorenzo, a star-studded cast is led by Monica McGhee, who was part of the internationally successful opera group, Amore. Welsh tenor Thomas Kinch returns to Opera Bohemia in the role of Nadir, with Scotland’s Douglas Nairne and Michael MacKinnon as Zurga and Nourabad, completing the cast. The production also features the company’s first professional chamber chorus, and is accompanied by the Opera Bohemia Ensemble under the baton of Alistair Digges. With beautiful melodies, rousing choruses and opera’s most famous duet, this promises to be a magical night at the opera.

Sung in French with English Surtitles

Running time approximately 2 hours