Benjamin Britten, The Turn of the Screw
Oxford Opera Company Production: 8 - 22 February 2008
supported by The
Britten-Pears Foundation
Performances
The North Wall Arts Centre, South Parade, Summertown, Oxford
Friday 8 February, 7.30pm
Saturday 9 February, 7.30pm
Free pre-performances talks: 6.30pm: Dr Simon Whalley, Keble College, Oxford.
Hertford College Chapel, Catte
Street, Oxford
Friday 15 February, 8pm
Wednesday 20 February, 8pm
Friday 22 February, 8pm
Free pre-performance talks: 7pm.
Friday 15 February: Dr Peter Franklin,
St. Catherine's
College, Oxford
Wednesday 20 February: Dr Andrew Plant, Curator, Britten-Pears Foundation
Library, Aldeburgh
Friday 22 February: Mr Sebastian Welford: Benjamin Britten's nephew
Car Parking near Hertford College: drop off only at College
entrance in Catte Street. Free parking from 6.30pm in marked bays in Broad
Street, Mansfield Road and High Street (2-5 minutes' walk), and St. Giles' (5-7
minutes' walk). High Street is open fully for private vehicles from 6.30pm.
BOOKING INFORMATION
Tickets £15-£25 (£7.50-£12.50 student / under-18) on sale from www.ticketsoxford.com
/ 01865 305305 / The Oxford Playhouse, Beaumont Street
Cast
Narrator / Peter Quint Adam
Tunnicliffe, tenor
The
Governess
Sara Jonsson, soprano
Miles
Toby Pleming, treble
Flora
Heather Uren, soprano
Mrs Grose
Fiona Dobie, soprano
Miss Jessel
Katherine Cooper, mezzo-soprano
Conductor
James Ross
Piano / Repetiteur
James Longstaffe
Assistant Repetiteurs Geoffrey Lim,
Sam Carr, Peter McMullin
Chamber Ensemble
Flute / Piccolo / Alto Flute Cathy Birch
Oboe / Cor Anglais
Benjamin Skipp
Clarinet / Bass Clarinet Lisa Walker
Bassoon
Simon Payne / Peter O'Neill
Horn
Christina Holmes / Julian Faultless
Violin
1
Mandhira de Saram
Violin
2
Christopher Tarrant
Viola
Dora Steel
'Cello
David Whitaker / Roz Gladstone
Double
Bass
Gemma Murray
Harp
Rachel Wick
Piano /
Celesta
James Longstaffe
Percussion
Gareth Ceredig
Production Team
Producer
Michael Levy
Production Manager
Chloé Sharrocks
Stage
Manager
Cara Bleiman
Deputy Stage Managers Simon Bello; Tim Goldman
Assistant Stage Managers Christine Taylor; Chloé Sharrocks
Lighting
Designer
Pie Ramsay
Lighting
Operator
Donatella Galella
Fundraising
Katharine Platt
Education
Manager
David Workman
Wardrobe
Mistress
Ruth Vorstman
Publicity
Rebecca Moore
Make-up
Helen McCabe
LX Follow-Spot Operator Becky Dawson
Oxford Opera Company wishes to thank the following for their
invaluable assistance:
The Britten-Pears
Foundation
Rev. Leanne Roberts, Chaplain, Hertford
College: kind permission to use the
Chapel for rehearsals and performances, Tom Hammond-Davies, Organ Scholar, and
Miss Jo Roadknight, Hertford College.
Mr Nick Quartley: Manager, North Wall Arts Centre
Mr and Dr Pleming and St. Edward's School; Mary Clarke, Oxford University
Faculty of Music; Susana Lee: Catholic Chaplaincy: rehearsal venues
Max-Print: info@max-print.co.uk:
publicity
Mr Alexander Smyth-Osbourne: poster photographs
Miss Sara Jonsson, programme cover photographs
Ms Rebecca Robertshaw: provision of make-up
Mr Chris Fletcher-Campbell: percussion instruments
Mrs Theresa Cory: alto flute
Russell Acott's: piano hire: The North Wall Arts Centre performances
Mr Andrew Lamb, The Bate Collection: loan of spinet
Ms Susan Young: voice teacher (Toby Pleming and Heather Uren)
Dr Jordan Bell, production assistance
Dr Simon Whalley, Dr Peter Franklin, Dr Andrew Plant and Mr Sebastian Welford
for giving pre-performance talks
The Moser Props Store
The National Theatre