by composer Mira Calix and video artists Flat-e
World Premiere

Previews Lucerne, Switzerland (Oct 08); World Premiere at Royal Festival Hall (Dec 08); International tour through 2009/10

WINNER of an RPS Music Society Award 2008 and a British Composer Award 2009

Participating centres:

• London: Crisis Skylight, Connection at St Martins, The Passage, Queen Mary Hostel
• Luton: New Opportunities and Horizons Enterprise
• Nottingham: ICC at YMCA
• Newcastle: Byker Bridge Housing Association, Crisis Skylight, Tyneside Cyrenniens
• Middlesbrough: ECHG Wellington St

A film and music installation and performance that was premiered at the Royal Festival Hall (Clore Ballroom on 3rd December) and tours internationally through 2009/10

As its annual project for both 2008 and 2009, Streetwise Opera commissioned its most ambitious project yet which has become the largest arts project with homeless people in history. The installation and film version of My Secret Heart has been seen by over 150,000 worldwide from the Edinburgh International Film Festival to Superdeluxe in Tokyo.

Click below to watch a short film featuring the installation.

We have set up a microsite for this production with more info, photos and films www.mysecretheart.co.uk