World premiere of Nightingale Alley transforms bawdy 19th century poetry into a new musical 200 years in the making. From halfstep oneyellowrabbit AllisonLynchMus yycarts
For Calgary composer - and longtime collaborator with One Yellow Rabbit - David Rhymer, the inspiration behindwhich has its world premiere Friday night, was an old book of lyrics written by British sex workers a long time ago.
"A number of years ago I stumbled across an extensive collection of 19th century flash songs," Rhymer said, in an email reply to a question from CTV News. "These were humorous often bawdy lyrics set to whatever tunes were popular at the time and sung as bawdy entertainments in the taverns and ale houses of the day.
"While the music they were set to is now lost, ," he added, "Some of the lyrics struck me as incredibly poignant."Songs from Nightingale AlleyLast year, longtime One Yellow Rabbit member Blake Brooker suggested to Rhymer that the song cycle could be adapted into a musical theatre piece. "We set about exploring and expanding this material," Rhymer said. "I’ve written a few more tunes. Blake has added some great text which helps place it both theatrically and historically in Regency-era London, a city experiencing radical social transformation as the Industrial Revolution revved up, displacing huge swaths of people and in particular women.
" Denise Clark has staged some beautiful choreography. , we've added a few new players and generally deepened all the characters and the world they inhabited."Purchase tickets for the upcoming shows at Nightingale Alley! ➡️
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Creation of 200-soldier peacekeeping force Trudeau promised in 2017 delayed three more yearsOne of Canada’s foremost experts on peacekeeping says he doesn’t believe the government will make good on the promise. And he says the UN doesn’t either
Read more »
Sculpture over 200 years old vandalized with blue crayonA statue more than 200 years old of the water nymph Sabrina has been vandalized with blue crayon, British conservation charity the National Trust said in a statement.
Read more »
New report featuring survey of 200+ B.C. sex workers calls for decriminalization, support - Terrace StandardNew report featuring survey of 200+ B.C. sex workers calls for decriminalization, support
Read more »
Brian Minter: Spring sales great for finding unusual and rare plantsThere are over 200 gardening clubs and plant associations in British Columbia with over 14,000 members.
Read more »
Award-winning writers Suzette Mayr and Wayde Compton come together for Vancouver eventGiller Prize winner talks sleeping car porters, Black and queer history with Hogan\u0027s Alley activist
Read more »
MIA: No sign of Canadian quick-reaction force first pledged to UN in 2017The United Nations may soon start questioning Canada's definition of 'quick' now that the government has given itself three more years to deliver a 200-soldier peacekeeping force.
Read more »