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Event

RAPTURE: A Song Cycle of Desire and Ecstasy, Murder and Mayhem

Venue

The Headland at Barangaroo Reserve, Barangaroo, NSW

Umbrella Event

Sydney Festival 2021

First Date

16 January 2021

Last Date

17 January 2021

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Yes

Description

Multi-award-winning vocalists and performers Paul Capsis (Threepenny Opera, Angela's Kitchen, Cabaret) and iOTA (Smoke and Mirrors, Graeme Murphy's Berlin, Hedwig) unleash an intimate and powerful contemporary song cycle for the end-times, spanning themes of ecstasy and desire, exorcism and repression, love and murder.

Description Source

Programme

Primary Genre

Music Theatre

Secondary Genre

Online Theatre

Related Events

Is under umbrella of Sydney Festival 2021 , Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 6 January 2021

Organisations

Sydney Festival, Presenting Company
Turning World, Production Company
Mene Mene Theatre, Production Company
NSW Government, Grant Body
Barangaroo, Sponsor
Destination NSW, Grant Body
NBN Corporation, Sponsor
James Squire, Sponsor
Alpha Box and Dice, Sponsor

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Isaac Hayward	Assistant Musical Director
Gavin Robins	Associate Director
Verity Hampson	Associate Lighting Designer
Jenny M Thomas	Composer	String Pieces
Jethro Woodward	Composer	String Pieces
Michael Kantor	Creator
Natasha Pincus	Creator
Jethro Woodward	Creator
Tom Wright	Creator
Anna Cordingley	Designer
Michael Kantor	Director
Tom Wright	Dramaturg/e
Kate Ben-Tovim	Executive Producer
Paul Jackson	Lighting Designer
Rachel Dal Santo	Make-up Artist
Jenny M Thomas	Musical Arranger	Strings
Jethro Woodward	Musical Director
Jack Ward	Musician: Cellist
Isaac Hayward	Musician: Guitarist
Isaac Hayward	Musician: Keyboardist
Véronique Serret	Musician: Violinist
Stephanie Zarka	Musician: Violinist
Carl St Jacques	Musician: Violist
iOTA	Performer
Paul Capsis	Performer
Kate Ben-Tovim	Producer
Laura Hale	Producer
Amy Watts	Production Manager
iOTA	Songwriter
Deborah Conway	Songwriter
Peter Farnan	Songwriter
Megan Washington	Songwriter
Jethro Woodward	Songwriter
Willy Zygier	Songwriter
Natalie Moir	Stage Manager
Nick Roux	Video Designer
Melanie Liertz

Text Nationality

Australia

Production Nationality

Australia

Further Information

RAPTURE will be available to watch via livestream as part of SydFest at Home

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Programme	Sydney Festival Guide

Event Identifier

161613

Dataset

AusStage