Homo Promos presents
"1936: Fishing" - a story of betrayal
6th September 8.00pm
St Anne's Church - Community Hall
Tickets £15/£10 Concessions
"1936: Fishing" is a one-act chamber opera, music by Robert Ely, words by Peter Scott-Presland
A shy and lonely boy, artistic in a sporty school.; he has a secret.
An old and lonely man, once famous, once greatly loved; he too has a secret.
A protective, blinkered mother, determined to find the truth.
When they collide, the result is tragedy and betrayal.
The opera explores themes of legacy and inheritance down the ages, for good or ill. What kind of shadow will your life cast?
"1936: Fishing" is Episode 7 of a 17-part epic musical cycle, "A Gay Century", and the first part to be performed. It premieres at the Tete-a-Tete Opera Festival on Sept 4th.
Homo Promos Theatre Company is the oldest LGBT+ Company in the UK.; It was founded in 1988 in the wake of Section 28, which forbade the "promotion of homosexuality". Since then it has mounted over 20 productions, many of them musical, been nominated for several awards, and won the 2021 ILGCN Award for outstanding cultural achievement.
THE TEAM
Robert Ely - Composer
Peter Scott-Presland - Producer/librettist
Jack Campbell - Musical Director
Jeremy Rowe - Stage Director
THE CAST
Jean-Max Lattemann - Young Philip Dalton
Kevin Neville - Old Philip Dalton
Deborah Holland - Mrs Dalton
Sam Leggett - The Old Man
THE BAND
Jack Campbell - piano
Helen Betteridge - violin
Edward Jefferies - cello
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