Recording Date
Thursday 17th December, Milton Court
Composer and Conductor Scott Stroman
Librettist Tamsin Collison
Assistant Music Director Sarah Wilkinson
Orchestral Leader Lucy Waterhouse
Producer Greg Klerkx
Cast
Stephen Febble Adrian Thompson
Virginia Febble Kathy Taylor-Jones
Diana Joanna Harries
Alan Rob Gildon
Hugh Bedales Cleveland Watkiss
Charlotte Rachel Maby
The Weekend is a new jazz-infused comedy opera, drawn from the play by Michael Palin and written by Scott Stroman with words by Tamsin Collison. It turns on Stephen, a disaffected retiree whose calm weekend is invaded by his daughter's boisterous family (complete with dog), disrupted by revelations about his best friend, and self-sabotaged at an unwanted cocktail party featuring a surprise visitor. Loyal wife Ginny manages valiantly until things come to a head....
The Weekend will be HOT's 8th production and 4th new stage works by Stroman, after the musical Fever Pitch the Opera, As You Like It, youth theatre piece Fables.