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Hamlet! The Musical
by Alex Silverman, Timothy Knapman and Ed Jaspers
Directed by Ryan McBryde
Funnier than Othello! Shorter than King Lear! More entertaining than Titus Andronicus On Ice!
At last, the "brilliantly irreverent" (Channel 4) comedy musical takes to the stage in a dazzling new version.
4th-30th August 5pm Courtyard at the Pleasance, Edinburgh
Tickets now on sale
There is nothing like a Dane!
www.hamletthemusical.com
twitter.com/HamletTM
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The Stag King
by Timothy Knapman
Directed by Dan Herd
At his christening, an infant king is presented with two enchanted gifts. The first will lead him to true love. The second could destroy him. Granted the power to transform himself into any creature, the king is tricked and betrayed by his devious prime minister.
To win back his crown and the woman he loves he must learn the true value of everything he has until then taken too lightly. Timothy Knapman's dark, delicious adaptaton of Carlo Gozzi's fairytale conjures a winter wonderland bursting with playboy kings, lie-detecting statues, feisty maidens, second-rate sorcerers and bloodthirsty politicians.
4th-30th August 3.40pm C Venues, Edinburgh
www.edfringe.com/whats-on/childrens-shows/stag-king
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None Shall Part Us: Gilbert and Sullivan
A Play With Music by Timothy Knapman
Starring Colin Baldy and Kevin West
Directed by David Timson
Have you ever wondered what Gilbert and Sullivan might have gone on to achieve together, had they been able to patch up their relationship?
Timothy Knapman's new play explores just such a scenario, revisiting the sometimes stormy proceedings which led to the breakdown of communications between them. On the way, Gilbert and Sullivan remember - and perform - favourite numbers from a host of their works, including Iolanthe, HMS Pinafore, The Gondoliers, The Yeomen of the Guard, The Mikado, Princess Ida, Patience, Utopia Limited, Ruddigore and The Grand Duke.
First performed as part of the Maldon Festival of Arts, 2010
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Fiery The Angels
Text, with music by Richard Peat
Commissioned by The John Armitage Memorial Trust
First performed at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street
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2009
Why Did God? (The Dream of St Anselm)
Text, with music by Richard Peat
First performed in Canterbury Cathedral
Belle Canto: Tales of Love and Lies
Dialogue for opera revue
Performed at Theatre 503, London and on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Fairy Queen
Rhymed narration for opera, music by Henry Purcell
Commissioned by and first performed at Trigonale Festival of Early Music, Austria
Acis and Galatea
Rhymed narration for opera, music by George Frideric Handel
Commissioned by and first performed at Trigonale Festival of Early Music, Austria
We Can Always Move
Poem
Commissioned by the Early Music Experiment, and first performed by Edward Jaspers in their show The Music of Climate Change
2008
The Night Knight
Text for original madrigal comedy, with music by Scott Gendel
Commissioned and first performed by the University of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2007
Così fan tutte (Thus Do All Women)
Comic English dialogue to replace Italian recitative
Commissioned and first performed by Handmade Opera
King Arthur
Rhymed narration for opera, music by Henry Purcell
Commissioned and first performed by Dartington International Summer School
Cantari Dignus (Worthy of Being Celebrated in Song)
Text for a choral fanfare, with music by John Bate
Commissioned by, and first performed at the Kingston Festival of the Voice
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2006
I’m the King of the Castle
Opera libretto adapted from Susan Hill’s novel, with music by Richard Peat
Performed at the Holywell Music Room
2004
Faust
Lyrics for the song Say What You Like, He Had Soul, with music by Roderick Williams
Commissioned and first performed by Artery Productions in Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Smallest Person
Stage play
Commissioned and first performed by Trestle Theatre Company
Edinburgh Festival Fringe and national tour
“Unforgettable… A source of wonder” The Times
“Beautiful, poignant and moving… A touching story, vividly told” The Scotsman
2003
Festino nella sera del Giovedì grasso avanti cena (The Little Carnival Party)
Rhymed English introductions for a madrigal comedy by Adriano Banchieri
Commissioned and first performed by I Fagiolini
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Comic English dialogue to replace Italian recitative
Commissioned and first performed by Handmade Opera
Performed at Cliveden, Wantage and the Howden Festival
2002
L’Amfiparnaso (Twin Peaks of Parnassus)
Rhymed English introductions for a madrigal comedy by Orazio Vecchi
Commissioned and first performed by I Fagiolini
Performed at the Stour Early Music Festival, Cheltenham Festival, Brighton Festival, Dartington International Summer School, Lufthansa Festival
“A sparkling accomplishment” Fanfare
“Witty, scurrilous introductions” Classical Net Review
Available on DVD with introductions performed by Simon Callow
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Chandos 2006 ASIN B0001ZX06K
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Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Comic English dialogue to replace Italian recitative
Commissioned and first performed by Handmade Opera
Performed at Cliveden, Wantage and the Howden Festival
2001
Barca di Venetia a Padova (A Boat From Venice to Padua)
Rhymed English introductions for a madrigal comedy by Adriano Banchieri
Commissioned and first performed by I Fagiolini
Performed at the Bermuda Festival and in the USA
2000
La Pazzia Senile (The Mad Old Git)
Translation of a madrigal comedy by Adriano Banchieri
Commissioned and first performed by I Fagiolini
Performed at St John’s Smith Square, Wigmore Hall, Blackheath Concert Halls, and all over the country, also USA
“Sheer bad taste and panache” Daily Telegraph
“All perfectly barking” The Observer
1999
Una parola nell’orecchio (A Word in Your Ear)
Text for original madrigal comedy, with music by Roderick Williams
Commissioned and first performed by I Fagiolini
Performed at Wigmore Hall, Cheltenham Festival, Dartington International Summer School and all over the country, also Australia and USA
O gramo Pantalon (Poor Luckless Pantaloon)
Translation of an echo song by Giovanni Croce
Commissioned by the BBC and first performed by I Fagiolini at the Proms
Also performed at the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, the York Early Music Festival and at the Cadogan Hall
Included on the CD Carnevale Veneziano
“A wonderful send-up” Daily Telegraph" |
Chaconne 2001 ASIN B000059LXS |
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Broken Promise
Stage play
First performed at the Finborough Arms Theatre Club
Winner of the 1989 Brighton Polytechnic Young Playwrights Award
“this extraordinary first play… darkly observed and sparklingly literate work, the best of a fine crop… startlingly confident… A fascinating work, full of a young man’s joy in language… A writer of great promise” Jack Tinker, Daily Mail |
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