Six lives. Three stages. One city.

28 / 29 / 30 April

Forum Digbeth, 68 Glover St, Birmingham B9 4EL

Doors at 7pm, bar open till 10.30pm
Show time 8pm-9.30pm

Ditch the digital.

Scroll out of the doom...

...AND INTO THE ROOM

 RE-WIRE your mind.

Six composers have weaved six tales of six Brummie 'lives' in short, mini-operas - commissioned through Brum Commissions.

The lives of Brummies, the lives of lost venues - the lives we live online, the lives we lived in the past.

RE-WIRE

Curator Melly Still
Creative Director Jonny Danciger
Project Music Director Harry Lai
Chorus Director Mariana Rosas
Assistant Chorus Director Emma Baker
Chorus Mentors Katherine McIndoe, Jade Mclellan, Sam Leggett, Lucas Byng, Benson Wilson

MOTHERS

1960s. Above a furniture shop - history was being made in Erdington in "Best Little Rock Club in the World" by America's Billboard magazine. From Black Sabbath to Pink Floyd, this legendary club shaped a generation.

Words and Music Aidan Teplitzky

Director Harriet Taylor

Soloist Joseph Doody

Birmingham Opera Company Instrumentalists, Chorus and Actors

THE QUIET REBELLION CONTINUES

One voice emerges from the chaos to stand up and cut through the noise. If you had one chance to be the voice of Birmingham, what would you say that needs to be heard? 
Words and Music Romarna Campbell
Director Harriet Taylor
Solo Lea Shaw
Birmingham Opera Company Instrumentalists, Dancers and Actors

FROM MUMSNET WITH LOVE

School run. Packed lunch. MI6?
A mum stumbles across a spy job online… and things escalate quickly. Smart, sharp and unexpected.
Words and Music Georgia Barnes
Director Lucy Bird
Soloist Georgia Mae Bishop

CAUSE AND EFFECT

War. Music. Survival.
Meet The Pedlars, a First World War troupe inviting you to join the ranks. Reminiscent of the war time spirit but all is not as cheerful as it might seem. 
Words and Music Franki Dodwell
Director Lucy Bird
Soloist Themba Mvula

Birmingham Opera Company Instrumentalists and Chorus

ABSENT FATHERS

Wouldn’t it be nice to be normal?
Real voices. No filter. Love, loss, anger; and everything left unsaid about the fathers who shaped us, or didn’t.
Words and Music Leon Clowes
Director Finn Lacey 
Soloist Rosalind Dobson 

Birmingham Opera Company Instrumentalists and Actors

ELECTRIC

One last shift at the UK’s oldest working cinema?  

Music Aaron Nihal King; words by Sam Norman

Director Finn Lacey

Soloist Robert Forrest

Birmingham Opera Company Instrumentalists, Chorus and Actors