Take an immersive ONSTAGE musical journey at Blackpool Grand Theatre with the captivating sung play Riders To The Sea.
Get right to the heart of profound musical storytelling with Vaughan Williams and J.M. Synge’s RIDERS TO THE SEA from OperaUpClose at Blackpool Grand Theatre on Monday 3 March. Lucky audience members really can’t get any closer to the action with all seating set right on The Grand stage for this thrilling production!
Vaughan Williams and John Millington Synge’s stunning sung play Riders to the Sea tells the compelling tale of a man haunted by the ghosts of his past. Bartley is reconstructing his memories of a great loss and finds himself drawn back to his family home and a seemingly inevitable chain of events. His sisters, Nora and Cathleen, have a parcel of clothes which may belong to their brother Michael who is presumed to have drowned, though his body has never been found…
This thrilling production is presented by OperaUpClose in association with MAST Mayflower Studios, and combines projection, recorded sound and live performance set to a new chamber orchestration for oboe, clarinet and accordion by renowned composer and choral conductor Michael Betteridge (Artistic Director of The Sunday Boys).
Riders To The Sea will be partnered with a dramatic new prologue piece The Last Bit of the Moon, composed again by Michael Betteridge, and performed by an internationally recognised cast alongside Michael’s acclaimed LGBTQ+ Manchester chorus The Sunday Boys. The Sunday Boys have previously accompanied the masterful miniature prologue piece via recording but will perform it live at The Grand!
Listings
Monday 3 March 2025 at 6pm & 8.15pm
Grand Theatre, 33 Church Street, Blackpool FY1 1HT
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Further Information: Riders to the Sea - Blackpool Grand Theatre