Fables – A Film Opera

In co-production with Spitalfields Music

World premiere at Spitalfields Winter Festival, 17 Dec 2010
Touring through 2011 – see full tour dates click here

Streetwise Opera’s 2010 production is our second venture into film and live performance following the incredible success of My Secret Heart. Fables – A Film Opera is a collection of short, 7-minute Film Operas, each created by our Streetwise Opera performers working with some of the most exciting composers and film-makers in the UK.

The collection of Film Operas was given its world premiere with a live theatrical staging at the Spitalfields Winter Festival in December 2010 and the films tour to other festivals, cinemas and venues world-wide through 2011. Director Emma Bernard has created an adaptable performance format so that the films can be screened on their own or interspersed with live theatre and music.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf (traditional)

• Music by Mira Calix
• Film by Flat-e
• Streetwise Opera performers from Crisis Skylight (London) and NOAH (Luton)
• Professional cast includes Charmian Bedford, Nicola Wydenbach, Nigel Brookes, Rob Gildon and John Ward

The Nightingale and the Rose (Oscar Wilde)

• Music by Emily Hall
• Film by Gaëlle Denis
• Streetwise Opera performers from The Passage, Connection at St Martins, Queen Mary Hostel (London)
• Professional cast includes Mara Carlyle, Alice Grant and Oliver Coates (cello)

Hey! Come on Out! (Shinichi Hoshi)

• Music by Orlando Gough
• Film by Iain Finlay
• Streetwise Opera performers from Booth Centre (Manchester) and ICC Nottingham
• Professional cast includes Elise Dye, Melanie Pappenheim, Daniel Norman and George Ikediashi

The Hartlepool Monkey (traditional)

• Music by Andy Mellon/Paul Sartin
• Film by Tom Marshall
• Streetwise Opera performers from Byker Bridge, Streetwise Choir, Virginia House (Newcastle) and Stages Academy (Middlesbrough)
• With musicians from Bellowhead

Streetwise Opera performers

Jessica  Holman, Frank Kelly, Steve Scullon, Paul Clarke, Christian Hart-Samuel, Martin Smith, Andy Crossley, Peter Twigg, Ray Goodwin, Senga Wart, Pamela Cooke, Ian Campbell, Gary Summers, Anthony Messenger, Kaite Boltain, Sarah Brown, Louise Frattingham, Paul Palmer, Murray Brown, Maria Stephenson, Julian Jennings, Dawn Parrott, Donna Addison, Anthony Weller, David Tapper, Paul Humphreys, Jim Stevenson, Johanna Sharland, Kevin Beard, Austin, Jason Sibanda, Richard Toon, Drew Foster, David Lacey, Alan Conway, Tony Douglass, David Patterson, Craig Fides, Chris Pemberton, Kris Walker, James  McDonnell, Michael Bonworth, Steven Dunn, Kennedy Banda, Geoff Foskett, Rosemarie Sanderson, Catherine Hope, Christine Mullholland, Stephen       Bell, Jayne Elliot, Louise Turner, Agnes Longmoor, Dennis Harrison, John   Foley, Stuart Partar, Christian Herpalier, Bridgette Foley, Tonie Edwards, Norman Crister, Tracy Hearn, Charlotte Sugden, Angie   Eley, Tahar Tefal, Americo, Catherine Tait, Craig Williams, Darren Power, Joanne Williams, Alan Redmond, Carl Grieves, Leigh-ann High, Ken Roberts, Isabelle Nadjo, Ken Wood, David Anstee, Barry, Sarah Syed, Kevin Woodward, Celeste Braithwaite, Marcello, David Sanchez, Tony Lee, Karl Rahm, Mada, Walter      Stigling, Andy Allan, David Blair, Alan Murphy, Bala, Victor Sande, Mustafa Doma, Steve Voss, Ignatius, Saffron, Lars Katzer, Ronnie Price, Valda Young, Jackie Smith, Stella Abe, Anne Smith, Agnes Tumilson, Alvaro Torres, Beatriz Pinto, Bryan Morrison, Christopher Orlowski, David Keen, Derek Defrietas. Elizabeth Peach, Ermek, Gary Foster,  Hasfa Hadaafa, Inder Batra, Ingrid Kasuteza, Kieron Saikat das Gupta, Martina Carta, Mary-Anne Pereira, Mihaela Mihali, Mimi Escobar, Richard Day, Sean Griffiths, Stuart Nicklin, Vince Moran, Vivian, William Lyttle, Jenel Gregg, Kwame Ampofo, Christopher Lakony, Angela Day, Chris Barber, David Millar, Evie Major, John (Cutty) Smith, Lorraine Major, Marcia, Phil O’Shea, Robert O’Rourke, Tommy Thompson, Paul Quarrie

Workshop leaders and support workers

Adele Ngomedje, Matt Petrie, Elise Dye, Gavin Bailey, David Owen Lewis, Andy Stamatakis Brown, Jonathan Ainscough, Sharon Eckman, Dawn Norman, Michelle Halabi, Chris Staines, Anne Sharratt, Neil Allen, Tim Lole, Cath Wilson, Claire O’ Hanlon, Becky Graham, Malcolm Craven, Jackie Gorman, Tammy Robertson, Simon Fidler, David Pisaro, Carole King, Emily Smith, Carmen      Torrecillas, Emmah Tigere, Rob Gildon, Mark Oldfield, Nicola Wydenbach

Production team for the films/premiere

• Producer Matt Peacock
• Director Emma Bernard
• Line Producer Ashtar Alkhirsan
• Assistant Producer Jess Gormley
• Producer (Nightingale) Tara Watney
• Producer (Monkey) Matt Hallows
• DOP (Nightingale) Sarah Bartles-Smith, (Monkey) Ross Marshall, (Hey!) Xavier Amoros, (Wolf) Rob Slater
• Costumes Sophie Jump, Maria Garcia, Amy Penrose, Francesca Salter-Dvorak, Besse Williams, Kate Eccles
• Design/Art Direction Livi Vaughan, Jess Banting, Sarah Finlay
• Lighting Designer Chahine Yavroyan
• Production Manager Steve Wald
• Stage Managers Laura Thatcher, Jess Morris

Follow the progress of the production on our Fables blog here.

Illustrations for the project by David Caines.

Grateful thanks to the following funders and supporters