Streetwise Opera - Giving homeless people a voice

Diary 2008

Key:
SLP - Streetwise Live Performance (informal performances, 'sharings' and open workshop presentations as part of Streetwise Live)
OP - Opera Production (our annual, large-scale, world premiere opera with a professional cast performing alongside homeless people)
TT - Theatre trip
Res - Residency
Ret - Retreat

Booth Centre Residency (Res)
A residency at the Booth Centre in collaboration with the Whitworth Art Gallery and Royal Northern College of Music and Drama
9 January - 12 March, Booth Centre, Manchester
Framework Housing Concert (SLP)
A concert by our Nottingham participants
2 Feb, Southwell Minster
Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker (TT)
A theatre trip for our Luton participants
14 Feb, London
Booth Centre Residency Sharing (SLP)
An informal presentation to celebrate our residency with the Booth Centre and Whitworth
27 Feb, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Tosca at the Royal Albert Hall (TT)
Theatre trip for our London participants
6 March, RAH, London
Bore Place Retreat (Ret)
Our annual retreat at an organic farm in Kent. This year our Luton participants are attending.
13-15 March, Bore Place, Sevenoaks, Kent
Magic Flute (TT)
Theatre trip for Luton participants
1 April, London (TBC)
Pulcinella, Britten Sinfonia (TT)
Theatre trip for London participants
30 March, Southbank, London
Northern Sinfonia (TT)
Theatre Trip for Middlesbrough participants
8 May (TBC)
Macbeth, Opera North (TT)
Theatre trip for Newcastle participants
4 June, Theatre Royal, Newcastle
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Opera North (TT)
Theatre trip for Newcastle participants
5 June, Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Allegri Installation intensive workshops (OP)
Intensive workshops in London, Newcastle and Nottingham to devise and create film and sound recordings for our annual production this year (see annual productions)
30 June - 5 Aug Various Locations
Allegri Installation Previews (OP)
A week of previews of the Allegri installation in Lucerne and Zurich, Switzerland
18-25 October, Switzerland
Allegri Installation Showcase (OP)
A showcase to launch the Allegri Installation in London
Oct/Nov, London (venue and date TBC)
Allegri Installation Tour (OP)
Tour of the installation and a shorter DVD version to galleries and festivals around the UK and beyond.
From Nov 08 through 2009
Night Under the Stars (SLP)
A performance as part of The Passage's annual celebration with stars from stage and screen joining London participants. See www.passage.org.uk for more details
2 December, venue TBC