Riders to the Sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams and JM Synge in a new orchestration by Michael Betteridge. With a new dramatic prologue, The Last Bit of the Moon, composed by Michael Betteridge, and written by ArtfulScribe’s Community Sirens Collective led by Antosh Wojcik.
A man haunted by the ghosts of his past, finds himself drawn back to his family home and the memory of a great loss.
Partnered with a new dramatic prologue, The Last Bit of the Moon, Riders to the Sea tells the story of a family, Maurya, Bartley, Kathleen and Nora and a seemingly inevitable chain of events.
Combining projection, recorded sound and live performance this is musical storytelling at its most visceral.
CAST
Rebecca Afonwy-Jones – Maurya
Neil Balfour – Bartley
Susie Buckle – Nora
Tom Lilburn – Moon
Julia Mariko – Cathleen
Mana Shibata – Oboe
Ilona Suomalainen– Accordion and Music Direction
Emily Wilson – Clarinet
Age Guidance: 12+
Please note: there are references to trauma and grief
The show is captioned throughout, as part of the production design.
Riders to the Sea generously supported by the Big Give, The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, Hinrichsen Foundation and Vaughan Williams Foundation
