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FULL Bastard Assignments 3 London 2015 Three Mini-Operas: Hum, He/Himselfie, The image is a woman in a forest, listening
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Bastard Assignments 3: Hum, He/Himselfie, The image is a woman in a forest, listening
- Composer: Henderson Edward, Josh Spear, Timothy Cape
- Libretto: Lavinia Murray, Josh Spear, Timothy Cape Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Kings Place St Pancras Room, London, UK
- Recorded: August 8 & 9, 2015
- Type: Staged Opera Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Genesis
Bastard Assignments are a composers’ collective based in south London. Last year, they started producing dramatic works, developing an on-‐going relationship with Second Movement and Téte â Téte: The Opera Festival with Manspangled, That Woman and Because That Is Perceived To Be The Hardest Part.
About
HUM is a fragmentary portrayal of a woman’s advancing hearing loss. It details her changing relationship to the outside world, including her family.
HE/HIMSELFIE attempts to raise the underrepresented issues surrounding male bodyimage whilst referencing the modern day phenomenon that is ‘Selfie’ culture and works by key figures including Foucault and Freud. The performers create different worlds on stage, as they inhabit different characters and concepts, delineated clearly, and sometimes unclearly, using audio, movement and video.
THE IMAGE IS A WOMAN IN A FOREST, LISTENING is an attempted poetic unveiling of an image interrupted by a statement from an unnamed insurgent group.
Hum
Music: Edward Henderson
Words: Lavinia Murray
Performers: Timothy Cape, Louis d’Heudieres, Edward Henderson, Caitlin Rowley
He/Himselfie
Music: Josh Spear
Words: Josh Spear, with an additional text by Richard Dodwell
Performers: Lewis Bretherton, Richard Dodwell, Josh Spear
The image is a woman in a forest, listening
Music & Words: Timothy Cape
Performers: Timothy Cape, Louis D’Heudieres, Edward Henderson