The Owl and the Pussycat

ROH2 presented a water-bound operatic spectacle based around the enchanting Edward Lear poem The Owl and the Pussycat. It featured a libretto from ex-Monty Python Terry Jones, a new commissioned score from critically acclaimed musician and Oscar-winning (The Full Monty) composer Anne Dudley and was directed by Martin Constantine. There were performances at various points along the canals as it traveled from West to East.

It was one of the highlights of the Mayor of London’s ‘Secrets’, a series of extraordinary site-specific collaborations that took place in a range of hidden spaces across the capital in summer 2012.

Performance Dates

Friday 20 July 2012 at 7.30pm – Brentford Lock

Sunday 22 July 2012 at 2pm – Horsenden Farm

Wednesday 25 July 2012 at 2.30pm and 6.30pm – Little Venice

Sunday 29 July 2012 at 3pm and 6pm – Graham Street Gardens

Tuesday 31 July 2012 at 6pm – Mile End Park

Production Team:
Anne Dudley (Composer)
Terry Jones (Librettist)
Martin Constantine (Director)
Lindy Tennent-Brown (Musical Director)
Emergency Exit Arts (Designers)Aline David (Movement Director)
Jennifer Tang (Assistant Director)
Joule Events (Production Partner)

Cast:                         
Amy Freston – Maid One
Samantha Houston – Maid Two, Piggywig
Tyrone Landau – Turkey, League of Feline Decency
Freddie Tong – Bong Tree, League of Feline Decency
Peter Willcock – Owl
Claire Wild – Pussycat

Project Partners:
Canal and River Trust

Production Credits:
Set and costume designed and made by Emergency Exit Arts www.eea.org.uk
Costumes made by EEA and Royal Opera House Costume Department

Thanks
Wood, Hall & Heward Ltd