Besse: Water, Rye, and Hops
Schedule
Wed Jul 24 2024 at 07:00 pm to Fri Jul 26 2024 at 10:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Signature Brew Blackhorse Road | London, EN
About this Event
Doors open 7pm. Start time 7.30pm.
Infinite Opera will be bringing Besse: Water, Rye and Hops to London's Signature Brew July 24-26 2024. Besse is an operatic triptych that fights the patriarchy with fermentation. It takes the audience on a musical journey through the rich and forgotten history of women and beer from the comfort of a seat in a local craft brewery taproom.
Besse lives in medieval England on the cusp of social change. She is in love with beer and the independence it affords her as she follows in the footsteps and traditions of the brewing goddesses and brewsters of the Sumerian civilization over 5000 years before her. The year is 1348 AD and England is a changing land. If Besse does not act fast the power of beer will soon be taken from her. Against the backdrop of the Black Death and tortured by accusations of witchcraft she must navigate her way through the difficult and dangerous world that surrounds her to practice the art of fermentation to its greatest heights.
Music by: Daniel Blanco Albert
Text by: Roxanne Korda
Conductor: Daniel Blanco Albert
Cast: Roxanne Korda, Dalma Sinka, Hannah Flynn, Ed Harrisson, Tina Fung, Megan Artemova, Teddy Woolgrove, Jingya Peng
Ensemble: Dominika Blatt, Aidan Hammond, TBC
Director: Mahana Narimani, Dalma Sinka, Infinite Opera
Choreographer: Jingya Peng
Where is it happening?
Signature Brew Blackhorse Road, Blackhorse Lane, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 20.00