Tuesday, June 22, 2010

An Elizabethan ballad opera

[this via the LRS]

THE BALLAD OF SALOMON PAVEY
An Elizabethan ballad opera by Jeremy James Taylor and David Drew-Smythe

Jeremy James Taylor, founder of the National Youth Music Theatre, has formed a new company of talented young actors and singers (aged 10 -16), who will stage the award-winning ballad opera, THE BALLAD OF SALOMON PAVEY as its first production: Performing at the Rose Theatre Kingston, during the INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ARTS FESTIVAL in July 2010.

The ballad opera was inspired by a poem by Shakespeare’s contemporary, Ben Jonson, who wrote many plays for the boys of the Chapel Royal in the late 16th century. It tells the story of this extraordinary troupe of young players and of one boy in particular; Salomon Pavey. It uses music, songs and dances of the period and has been performed to much critical acclaim.

THE ROSE THEATRE,

Kingston upon Thames

Sunday July 4th at 6.30pm

Tickets range from £4.50 to £15.00

Director – Jeremy James Taylor;

Musical Director – Dominic Stichbury
Contact phone: 07768 778854
Website: www.theymt.org

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