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FULL THE HIVE (Harvey Brough) London 2017 Carole Hayman, Elizabeth Cragg, Marcia Bellamy, Ted Schmitz, Keel Watson
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: The Hive
- Composer: Brough Harvey
- Libretto: Carole Hayman Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: RADA Club Theatre, London, UK, Hive Productions
- Recorded: August 12, 2017
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Carole Hayman, Elizabeth Cragg, Marcia Bellamy, Ted Schmitz, Keel Watson
- Conductor:
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Susannah Waters
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: tete a tete
- Date Published: 2017
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The Hive was inspired by Carole Hayman’s research as a Fellow at Kings College London – a study of women who commit serial murder. This became a 4-screen video installation of verbatim interviews with those intimately connected to killings. Funded by The Wellcome Trust the work was shown at Fabrica Gallery during the 2008 Brighton Festival.
The darkness had to be left alone for a while, but Carole returned to the project a few years later with a workshop at Out of Joint Theatre Company. From that came The Hive libretto – the title from a forensic psychiatrist who said in an interview, ‘Women kill close to the hive’.
Shortly afterwards, Carole enticed Harvey Brough, a musician and composer whose work she loved, to write the score. The Hive words and music aim to address some of human nature’s darkest depths, yet move rather than horrify, while keeping us emotionally charged. Quite the challenge!
A workshop showing of part one was seen last summer at Arcola Theatre’s Grimeborn Festival, funded by Tête à Tête and directed by Bill Bankes-Jones, where it was very well received. This evening’s presentation is also a work in progress, with extracts from Part Two. It takes place in a forest – perhaps The Forest of Arden – where archetypal characters wander. Little Red Riding Hood, on her way to visit her Grannie, is abducted by Hansel, Gretel and the Big Bad Wolf, who are all partying in their Gingerbread House. The Huntsman cannot save her, though he does his best. Everyone touched pays a price – no one escapes. Carole Hayman 2017