FULL INDIGESTION (Michael Betteridge) London 2013 Frances Nutt, Adam Bowler, Hannah Louise Bates

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: INDIGESTION  
• Composer: Betteridge Michael   
• Libretto: Derek Martin    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: London, UK  
• Recorded: August 4, 2013
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Frances Nutt, Adam Bowler, Hannah Louise Bates, Paul O’Neill, Rachael Hall, Adam Urey
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director: Eleanor Craddock  
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: tete a tete  
• Date Published: 2013  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Genesis

  INDIGESTION was conceived by Eleanor Craddock, in late 2010 – why couldn’t the immediacy of site-­‐specific theatre be translated into a musical theatre setting? Subverting the notion of the pre-­‐theatre meal, why couldn’t theatre and food be combined? INDIGESTION has had two sell out performances at the ‘Not Part Of’ festival, in June 2011, and Library Theatre’s ‘re:play’ festival (Lowry Restaurant, Salford Quays), in January 2012.

  Synopsis

  Danny and Clare are on a first date. Ben and Fiona are discussing all the morons they encounter in their everyday lives. Tony, alone as usual, is surveying the hubbub around him and jotting down his thoughts.Meanwhile Rachel is trying to ensure everything at the restaurant runs smoothly, until she drops a plate. Nervously she reassures the audience that all will be well and that they should, amongst other things, treat her well and enjoy their meal. Over the course of the evening, Ben and Fiona become more and more jaded with the world, whilst Danny and Clare, although still awkward, find common ground. Meanwhile, Tony is observing everyone; he’s come to the restaurant for a reason, but why? In a spectacular fashion, he reveals that – when not writing awful poetry – he reviews under the pseudonym, Gerald deVere – an infamous, pompous food critic, who slated the restaurant on a previous occasion. As the evening draws to a close, the young couple are nervously, and naively, chattering about their future together, whilst Ben and Fiona (drunk and bitter) have run out of items to bitch about. As Rachel (tired and underpaid) cleans the plates away, she muses about her waitressing role and the fact that tomorrow is just another working day.

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