A concert performance presented by Tête à Tête
Director: Bill Bankes-Jones
Music Director: Patrick Bailey
Mrs Walters: Rachel Nicholls
Harry Benn: Mark Wilde
Mary Ann: Rebecca Louise Dale
Ned Travers: Thomas Humphreys
Policeman: Simon Wilding
A happy widow. A lovesick boatswain. A plot to foil a fake burglary and so win her heart. What could possibly go wrong?
This tale of love and mischief by the sea is for farce lovers of all ages. Written by suffragette Ethyl Smyth, it combines folk music and opera in a night of enchanting music and impish plotting and scheming by an early pioneer of the feminist movement.
Tête à Tête is delighted to bring opera back to the Minack stage after its magical production of The Firework Maker’s Daughter in 2022. Coming hot on the heels of the Cornish tour of Fault Lines with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in March 2024. Enchanting music and playful skulduggery against the magical backdrop of the cliffs and sea, the perfect late summer evening.
Flute: Karen Green
Oboe: Tamsin Robinson
Clarinet: Jacob Perry
Bassoon: Sally Bartholomew
Horn: Jax Kershaw
Percussion: James Robinson
Violin: Phil Montgomery Smith
Violin: Katy Rowe
Viola: Ricarda Schmidt
'cello: Danny Jones
Bass: Zoë Curnow
Repetiteur: Ute Weickenmeier
For more information visit the Tête à Tête website.
