TANSY DAVIES/NICK DRAKE: CAVE

In the cavernous warehouse space of Printworks London, this new music theatre work follows a grieving father's quest for survival in a world devastated by climate change. Desperate to connect one last time with his daughter, he enters a dark cave, triggering a journey into an underworld of spirits. This latest project furthers the successful collaboration between Tansy Davies and writer Nick Drake following their opera Between Worlds (2015) which won the 2016 British Composers Award for Stage Work. Cave stars tenor Mark Padmore, mezzo-soprano Elaine Mitchener and is directed by Lucy Bailey and conducted by Geoffrey Paterson.

Tansy Davies / Nick Drake Cave (world premiere)
 

Mark Padmore tenor
Elaine Mitchener mezzo-soprano
Geoffrey Paterson conductor
Sound Intermedia sound design
London Sinfonietta

Creative team
Tansy Davies composer
Nick Drake libretto
Lucy Bailey director
Mike Britton designer
Jack Knowles lighting designer

Sales will close online 90 minutes before the performance start time. Tickets will be available to purchase on the door.
 

Produced by the London Sinfonietta in association with The Royal Opera House

Commission supported by the Britten-Pears Foundation and Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation

Cave is performed by arrangement with Faber Music Ltd, London 

London Sinfonietta would also like to thank Mark & Grace Benson, Ariane Bankes, Susan Costello, Tony & Criona Mackintosh, Walter Marlowe, Robert McFarland, Allie & Patrick Morrison, Ruth Rattenbury, Tessa Solomon, Fay Sweet, Mark Thomas and Estela Welldon for their generous support of this production.