Lights On Theatre to Showcase Argento’s ‘Miss Havisham’s Wedding’

Australia’s Lights On Theatre will present Argento’s “Miss Havisham’s Wedding” this September as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival. The opera will take the stage of the Chippen Street Theatre from Sept. 11 – 14, 2024, and features a cast starring Elizabeth Cooper, Sophie Rogut, Sarah Ampil, Nathaniel Kong, George Wohlfie, Victoria Abbott, Jacqueline Chapman, Jay Daniel, Samuel Herriman, and {…}

Lights on Theatre to Present ‘Illuminating Orpheus’

The Manchester U.K. opera/puppetry collective, Lights on Theatre, will present “Illuminating Orpheus” on Nov. 11, 2023, at the Anthony Burgess Foundation. “Light on Le Bestiaire” combines Louis Durey’s setting of Apollinare’s 30 Animal Poems with shadow puppetry, bringing the setting’s original woodcut illustrations to life. Six singers have dual roles as vocalists and puppeteers, using Spark Sanders Robinson’s laser-cut shadow {…}