The Journey - 2022
Music: Jeremy Gill
Words: Jeremy Gill and Marianna Suri, adapted from a story by Michael Zand
In this production of The Journey by director Rosie Kat, the Man has been separated from everything he loves. He was forced to leave his home because of violence. His partner and unborn child are hundreds of miles away and he cannot see them because he has been imprisoned in an immigration detention centre, with no knowledge of when he will be released and where he will be sent afterwards. All he can do is write his poetry on the walls, hoping that someone on the outside will see it and begin to doubt the lies that they have been told.
An opera about connection and hope, featuring the Citizens of the World refugee choir, adapted from The Chaplain’s Tale, as told to Michael Zand in Refugee Tales.
Music: Jeremy Gill
Words: Jeremy Gill and Marianna Suri, adapted from a story by Michael Zand
Director: Rosie Kat
Designer: Fenna de Jonge
Storyteller: Marianna Suri
A Man: Chuma Sijeqa
Chorus: Citizens of the World Choir
Conductor: Jeremy Gill
Flute: Sarah Desbruslais
Clarinet: Raymond Brien
Violin: Flora Fontanelli
Cello: Thomas Shelley
Piano: Petra Hajduchova