The Rake's Progress
British Youth Opera
Information
Time: 7:30pm
Tickets:
Band A – £58*
Band B – £42*
Band C – £28*
£15 tickets for Under 30s are available on Band C seats
*all orders subject to a transaction fee of £2
Running Time: 2 hours and 40 minutes (including a 20 minute interval)
Age Recommendation: 12+
This event takes place in person in our Grand Hall
A shady figure offers to upgrade your life overnight, do you trust him?
For Tom Rakewell it’s an easy yes. And he starts a new life in the seediest corners of London where there’s only one rule – endless pleasure with zero consequences. But as his debts, and the fiancé he left behind, catch up with him he realises that life is never that simple.
Stravinsky’s dark comic opera paints a world where ‘living life to the full’ comes at a cost. Experience it brought to life by BYO – a unique programme that puts a full-scale production into the hands of some of the UK’s brightest and most exciting young creatives and performers.
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Cast & Credits
Conducted by Oliver Cope
Directed by Tom Deazley
Set and Costume Design by Alexandra Kay
18 & 20 August
Anne Trulove Sophie Bysouth
Tom Rakewell Sam Rose
Baba Rhian Davies
Sellem Matthew Bawden
Mother Goose Donya Rafati
Nick Shadow Sam Young
Trulove Joshua McCullough
Keeper Gabriel Tufail Smith
19 & 21 August
Anne Trulove Ronnie Enoch
Tom Rakewell Thomas Hawkey-Soar
Baba Naomi Boot
Sellem Ethan Jacobs
Mother Goose Holly Putt
Nick Shadow Edward Wenborn
Trulove Gabriel Tufail Smith
Keeper Joshua McCullough
Chorus
Sophie Akka
Oluwatimilehin Bimbo-Adeola
Faye Bowness
Oscar Bowen-Hill
Isobel Hughes
Mairi McGillivray
Theo Moolenaar
Chris Murphy
Aaron Peters
Esther Shea
Ellen Smith
Sam Tollervey
The Rake’s Progress, music by Igor Stravinsky
Libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman.
With Sinfonia Smith Square.
Lighting Design by Craig West.
A BYO production.
You don’t have to look very far in the UK’s opera world to find someone who started their career with BYO. Onstage, backstage, in the rehearsal room, the dressing room and in front of the orchestra – for more than 35 years we’ve been helping young people find their feet in the professional world.
Access
PRE EVENT INFORMATION
This event takes place in person in our Grand Hall. This space is on the groundfloor, with step-free access to the space.
If you have booked a ticket you will receive an email from us before your performance detailing important information about your visit.
PERSONAL ASSISTANT/COMPANION TICKETS
If you require the assistance of a friend or helper to attend, we can make a free ticket available for your companion. You can book access companion tickets online or contact the Box Office to book by emailing boxoffice@bac.org.uk.
To book a free access companion online:
- log in to your account here
- go to ‘Other preferences’ and tick ‘I require a personal assistant/companion’.
- Choose the performance, date and seats you would like and if you add at least 2 tickets to your basket, then one of these will automatically become free.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Content
- Loud or sudden sounds/music
- Moments of complete darkness
- Violence
- References to smoking
Latecomers and re-entry is permitted during the interval
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