A fascinating mix of song, theatre and image that will entertain and provoke in equal measure - about words, sense and non-sense, the confusion, hilarity, proliferation, contamination and manipulation of language.
Some of the wittiest and silliest songs you’ll ever hear, straight out of the catch clubs of 17th century England or the billiard clubs where W.A. Mozart spent his spare time. Throw in Kurt Schwitters’ Ur-Sonate, a celebrated piece of quirkiness from pre-Nazi Germany and Ricketson’s In God’s Esperanto and you have a madcap mixing pot where nothing is sacred.
Martin Wesley-Smith’s double-think is musical-theatre for six singers (and a bucket) that makes a powerful satirical statement on the distortions of the Iraqi war campaign and the darkness of contemporary spin.
A selection of African and black American songs will bring the performance to an end with sweeping gospel melodies and infectious rhythms.
The Song Company
Roland Peelman
Artistic Director
Clive Birch
Bass
Richard Black
Baritone
Mark Donnelly
Baritone
Lauren Easton
Mezzo soprano
Anna Fraser
Soprano
Ruth Kilpatrick
Soprano
