Grimeborn is an annual opera and music theatre festival held for two weeks in August at the Arcola Theatre in London. Founded in 2007, the festival specialises in new and experimental works by young composers, writers and directors as well as rarely performed older works. Its name is a punning reference to the Glyndebourne Festival.
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Current Season
2009
Curated by Alex Sutton and Produced by Leyla Nazli
- The Descent of Inanna: Bare Bones Version, Produced by: Opera Exchange
- An Unorthodox 1-2 Produced by: Aurelie
- Ride , Produced by: Filament, Composer: Osnat Schmool, Director: Sabina Netherclift
- Phedre, Produced by: ElectrOpera, Composers: Sally Rodgers, Steve Jones, Director: Philippe Cherbonnier
- Something Strange by Rebecca Applin and Michael Caines
- To Die A Second Time, Produced by: Double Agent, Director: Teunkie van der Sluijs
- The Tender Land by Aaron Copland, Produced by: Mad Cow Theatre Company, Director: Katherine Hare, Musical Director: Leigh Thompson, Choreographer: Racky Plews
- ARCOLA YOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS: The Savage (original story David Almond) & The Island (original story Armin Greeder)
Composed, written and performed by the Arcola Youth Project under the guidance of Jenifer Toksvig (libretto) and Nick Sutton (music).
- Disappeared , Produced by: The Theory of Everything, Devised and directed by: Pia Furtado and members of the cast.
Featuring traditional gypsy music Inspired by and featuring Janacek's song cycle.
- The Work Of Art by Conor Mitchell and Jenifer Toksvig
- Goodbye Barcelona, Produced by: Arcola Theatre, Composer: KS Lewkowicz, Playwright: Judith Johnson, Director: Karen Rabinowitz
- Why Are Clowns?, Produced by: L'Oiseau Chante, Composer: Ewen Moore, Director: Aaron Paterson
- Presenting... The News, Produced by: Size Zero Music Theatre, Composer & Director: Laura Jayne Bowler
- Dante by Peter Longworth, Director: Holly McBride
- The Wonderful Thing About Lizards by Lucy Smith, Director: Toria Banks
Cast: Danny Standing, Helen Stanley, Jessie Holder, Alison Nicholls, Tamara Young
- Abraham and Isaac, Produced by: Metta Theatre, Composer: Benjamin Britten, Director: Poppy Burton-Morgan
- Pig, Cinderella (Jonathan Dove), Greed (Stephen Oliver) Produced by: Bitesize Opera, Director: Toria Banks
- Stolen Voices by Neyire Ashworth, Director & Co-devisor: Kath Burlinson
- La Voix Humaine, Produced by: Renée Salewski & Flat Earth Theatre, Composer: Poulenc, Librettist: Jean Cocteau, Director: Robin Norton-Hale
- A Shropshire Lad, Produced by: Pst! Productions, Cast: Peter Shipman, Director: Jan-Willem van den Bosch
- The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti, Director: Nina Brazier, Designer: Polly Webb-Wilson, Costumes: Giulia Scrimieri
Cast: Gillene Herbert (soprano), Nick Butterfield (baritone)
- The Singing Bone/Domestic, Produced by: The Stephen Crowe Ensemble, Composer: Stephen Crowe, Directors: Seonaid Goody and Stephen Crowe
- The Woodcutter's Daughter, Produced by: Eclectic Opera, Librettist: Buffy Sharpe, Cast: Kirsten Morrison, Peter Shipman
- Songs Of Alchemy, Produced by: Eclectic Opera, Composer: Kirsten Morrison, Director: Jan-Willem van den Bosch
Cast: Oliver Gibbs, Peter Shipman, Peter O'Shea, Kirsten Morrison
- Grimethorpe Race
Presented by: Shared Property Theatre Company Directors: Lizzie Newman and Rachel Parish Designer: Lucy Sierra Scenic Artist: Zoe Parsons
- The Spoils, Produced by: Shady Dolls Theatre Company, Composer: Paul Englishby, Director: Steven Dykes
Cast: Rebecca Pollock, Polly Henson, Laura Churchill, Roanna Mitchell, Jennifer Johnson, Steven Dykes
- Music Theatre Now - a cabaret evening dedicated to new musical theatre writing.
Featured Composers: Conor Mitchell, Adam Guettel, Raymond Yiu, Ricky Ian Gordon, Tim Saward, Matt Print Director: Alex Sutton Musical Direction: Leigh Thompson Cast: Clare Burt and the London Show Choir
- Figaro - The Loyal Subject, Produced by: Grimeborn Opera, Composers: Mozart, Rossini, Milhaud, Adaptator & Director: Barnaby Rayfield
- Why Don't You Just Sing Jazz?, Produced by: Opera in Colour, Writer & Director: Roger Mortimer-Smith, Devised by: Nadine Mortimer-Smith
Musical Direction: Peter Crockford Cast: Nadine Mortimer-Smith, Andrea Baker, Ronald Samm, Peter Brathwaite, Josie Benson, Daniella Pollendine
- Hothouse, Directed by: Sophie Austin, Musical Direction: Jamie Fagg, Produced by: Kas Darley and Sophie Austin
Cast: Kas Darley, Philip Desmeules, Laura Hooper, TJ Holmes, Claire Little, Rebecca Peyton, Mark Stevenson, Sarah Jane Wolverson Musicians: Pete Clark, Ellie Fagg, Jamie Fagg, Tom Norris
Past seasons
2008
Curated by Daniele Guerra and produced by Michael Harris and Leyla Nazli.
- The Old Maid and the Thief - composer/librettist: Gian Carlo Menotti; director: Nina Brazier; conductor: Timothy Burke
- A Man of Feeling - composer/librettist: Stephen Oliver; director: Anthony Baker; music director: Tim Henty; soprano: Lisa Wilson; baritone: John Savournin; pianist: James Young
- Dreamspiel - performed by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain; composer: George Hincliffe; librettist: Michelle Carter
- Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) - composer: Gustav Mahler; director: Janwillen van den Bosch; pianist: Linda Ang
- The Elephant's Child - performed by Metta Theatre; composer: Jessica Dannheisser; director: Poppy Burton-Morgan
- The Nightingale and the Rose - composer/librettist: Jenny Gould; director: Tom Mansfield
- Desire Caught by the Tail - composer: Joseph Finlay; director: Max Webster; associate director: Rachel Grunwald
- Goodbye Barcelona - book: Judith Johnson; music and lyrics: Karl Lewkowicz; director: Mehmet Ergen
- ASH - composer: Rachel Fuller; librettist/director: Jack Shepherd
- Opera of Surveillance - performed by Conversations with Sound and The Irrepressibles; composer/voice practitioner: Jamie McDermott; sound design: William Turner Duffin
- My Feet May Take a Little While (The Errollyn Wallen Songbook) - composer/music director: Errollyn Wallen; director: Daniele Guerra
- Man with a Movie Camera - based on the score composed by Michael Nyman for the British Film Institute's 2002 release of the silent movie Man with a Movie Camera; director: Nigel Lowery
- Kaspar Hauser - based on the story of Kaspar Hauser; composer: Alexis Pope; librettist/director: Anke Rauthmann; musical director: Philip Headlam; designer: Num Stibbe
- Pierrot Lunaire - performed by Cornucopia Theatre Company; composer: Arnold Schönberg to poems by Albert Giraud; director: Mark Duncan
- Choice - performed by Citric Acid Productions
- Astyanax - by Waterfield & Burke
- A Little Chamber Music - based on the work by Hindemith
- The Boy Who Said Yes by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill; musical director: Timothy Burke; director: Alex Sutton
- The Girl Who Liked to be Thrown Around - performed by Madestrange Opera; composer: Michael Oliva; text: Michael Oliva and Deepak Kalha
- The Bacchae - composer/librettist/musical & artistic director: Alexis Pope; soprano: Tatjana Kiliani; tenor: Emmanuel Fort; bass: Andrew Young; First Bacchae: Sibylla Meienberg
- Stabat Mater - adapted by Buffy Sharpe from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater; performed by Eclectic Opera; director: Poppy Burton-Morgan; soprano: Anna Gregory; countertenor: Peter Shipman; actress: Sarah Paul
- Holoray Holiday - book and lyrics: Rebecca and Sharon Nassauer; composer: Sharon Nassauer; director: Michael Alvarez; musical director: Candida Caldicot
2007
Curated by Andrew Steggall and produced by Michael Harris and Leyla Nazli
Main works
- The Crocodile - composed by Llywelyn ap Myrddin.
- Hey Jack - composed by Sharon Nassauer, Lyrics by Jackson Lee and directed by Loveday Ingram.
- Nosferatu
- Opera Cabaret
- The Tales of Hoffmann - based on Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann
Short works
- Dichterliebe - composed by Robert Schumann to poetry by Heinrich Heine
- Devils Drum
- Arianna a Naxos - based on Haydn's cantata of the same name
- Visions of 7 – conceived and composed by Joanna Foster, performed by 'Anima' with Javier Carmona on percussion.
- Vice - jazz opera based on The Revenger's Tragedy by Cyril Tourneur. Written by Jools Scott and Directed by Sue Curtis.
- The Universal Will to Self-Destruct
- Flood - composed & written by Kirsten Morrison and Buffy Sharpe. Visuals by Franny Armstrong.
- Pierre - adapted by composer Richard Beaudoin, conducted by Christopher Ward, directed by Andrew Steggall, and played by Constantine Finehouse. The cast included Joseph Kaiser (Tamino in Kenneth Brannagh's film The Magic Flute),
- Persephone
- Fountain Sealed - by Nathan Williamson, Thomas Walton and James Methven.
Sources
- Arcola Theatre Past productions. Accessed 17 February 2009.
- Christiansen, Rupert, Grimeborn review: Thrilling romanticism at a very hip party, Daily Telegraph, 31 August 2007. Accessed 17 February 2009.
- Kimberley, Nick, Glorious grime in Grimeborn, Evening Standard 5 August 2008. Accessed 17 February 2009.
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