The Big History of Little England
The entire history of England from the big bang to the present day in 10 minutes (well, 17 actually).
Brundibár
Brother and sister Pepíček and Aninku are too poor to buy milk for their sick mother. They sing for money in the street, but the evil organ grinder Brundibár chases them away.
Counting Sheep
Too much cheese and too much chocolate means the Children must resort to counting Sheep to get to sleep. But what happens when some dozy Ramblers leave the gate open…?
Dido’s Ghost
Our 2021 commission from Errollyn Wallen and Wesley Stace
The Feast That Went Off With A Bang
There’s only one way this party is going to end — Birds filled with Mice filled with Sausages filled with premium gunpowder…
Folie à Deux
Insanity, electricity and love collide in a sonic voyage into the shared psychosis known as ‘folie à deux’, where a delusion is transmitted from one person to another.
Fox-Pop
Who stole the bacon? And who bit the baby? If it wasn’t the Cats and it wasn’t the Dogs then it must have been those beatboxing Foxes…
The Itch Witch
There is no way the kids are going to have their hair combed until they realise the nits have been sent by the terrifying Itch-Witch…
The Lighthouse Wave
Joan and her family of animals living in and around the lighthouse are plunged into darkness by a huge wave that extinguishes the light – thank goodness, for once, that the lightning strikes…!
Lost in Thought
A mindfullness opera
On what weft are woven the waters
A monumental new work from composer/performer Rolf Hind in a realisation by Frederic Wake-Walker and commissioned by hcmf//
Machine Dream
Hello Machines! Hello Smog! Can’t live without you, can’t live with you. So what do we do?
The Magical Music Tree
The hunters are coming and if this tree falls, so do the Fish, Dodo and Unicorn sheltering among its magical musical leaves…
The Mother
A mother and a son, a son and a mother. Things had to be this way and couldn’t be another.
Mozart vs Machine
An electronic essay collage opera mashing-up Mozart, electronic sound and video.
Out of Her Mouth
Three extraordinary cantatas by Élisabeth Jaquet de la Guerre, in bold new translations by Toria Banks, staged for the first time in the UK in partnership with Dunedin Consort and Hera
Peck!
If only the glorious Songbirds wouldn’t fly away at the end of summer, then the tourists would stay forever and the dastardly Bakers can have their cake and eat it…
Roll Up!
Our Snappy Opera set in a circus, made with, by and for the children of Sandgate School
The Rattler
The true and original story of Rumpelstiltskin
The World’s Beating Heart
The Bandormeagles never cry and the Zadorantha never laugh. And that is how they like it. But is that really how they like it?
Smiles Better
Nothing makes the people of Smileybridge smile more than playing in Puppy Park every day with their beloved pet dogs.
Teacups & Tentacles
The fair has come to town, and after waiting all year the children are excited to ride the tea cups, hook a duck and consume their favourite fairground treats, leaving a trail of litter and plastic behind them.
The Great Learning
Community led devising project, raising questions about how society functions, and what lessons we can learn for a better future.
