From 15 to 18th July, the fifth Latitude Festival will take place at
Henham Park Estate in Suffolk. The Festival covers all the arts and
has announced a very strong theatre programme:
The Royal Opera House will be presenting performances of its
latest commission Pleasure's Progress by director and choreographer
Will Tuckett. A fusion of dance, opera and music, the piece explores
the vistas and vision of the English painter, printmaker and satirist
William Hogarth (1696 - 1764).
The Royal Shakespeare Company will bring what is described
as "an anarchic theatrical event" written by Kneehigh's
Carl Grose. Details are being kept very secret!
The Opera Group and London Sinfonietta present composer
George Benjamin’s 21st century masterpiece, Into the Little
Hill, which garnered rave reviews in its London premiere at the
Royal Opera House in 2009. Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) and Claire
Booth (soprano) play all the roles.
The Bush Theatre presents The Great British Country Fete,
a play dedicated to the British institution of the village fete.
The Lyric, Hammersmith, will bring "an eclectic selection
of artistic disciplines – writers, visual artists, dancers, actors
– to collaborate on crossing the boundaries between high art
and populism."
Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse in association with Paines
Plough present Tiny Volcanoes by Laurence Wilson.
Northern Stage and Company of Angels are co-producing
Apples, adapted by John Retallack from the novel by Richard
Milward.
English Touring Theatre will present Lovesong, a one-man
play on a piano, written and directed by Che Walker and performed
by British soul singer, Omar.
Les Enfants Terribles invite festival-goers to The Empire
Music Hall for Vaudevillains: "murder, mystery and mayhem."
nabokov presents Amplified – a stag night set
at a festival.
Red Shift Theatre Company present The Invisible Show.
Conceived, written and directed by Jonathan Holloway, The Invisible
Show is a live theatre event embedded in the crowd, almost invisible,
but audible via wireless headphones.
Shatterbox Theatre Company bring their Fair Trade project
to the festival, telling the stories of two very different female
survivors of the British sex slave trade.
East Anglian company Mouth To Mouth will present their outdoor
version of The Comedy of Errors.
