Chamber Made Opera's PERMISSION TO SPEAK to Premiere at Arts House This November

Chamber Made Opera's Permission to Speak will make its World Premiere 3 - 27 November 2016 at Arts House in North Melbourne.

What would we say to those who brought us into the world? What will we say to those we leave behind?

Poised in the delicate space between concert and theatre performed in the round, Permission to Speak explores the most universal of relationships - that of parent and child - as it exists and evolves through a lifetime.

Built from interviews with people of all ages, Permission to Speak interweaves the complexities, parallels and paradoxes of this dynamic relationship - manifested through the speaking, sounding and singing human voice.

Musings, diatribes, recollections and hindsight find voice as four performer-vocalists are fused in choral counterpoint with an assembly of pre-recorded voices, offering multiple perspectives on the contemporary experience of family.

This first-time collaboration between director and Chamber Made Opera Artistic Associate Tamara Saulwick (Endings, 2015) and composer Kate Neal (Semaphore, 2015) pairs contemporary performance with musical composition to construct a revealing portrait of that which is often left unspoken.

IF YOU GO:

PERMISSION TO SPEAK

Text and Direction: Tamara Saulwick

Composer: Kate Neal

Sound Designer: Jethro Woodward

Lighting Designer: Bosco Shaw

Costume Designer: Marg Horwell

Performers: Gian Slater, Georgie Darvidis, Josh Kyle and Edward Fairlie

Season: Wed 23 - Sun 27 November

Times: Wed - Thu 7:30pm, Fri 9pm, Sat 2pm & 7:30pm, Sun 5pm

Duration: 60 mins

Green Tix for Nix Thu 24 November
Post-show Q&A Thu 24 November

Address: Arts House, 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne

Tickets: Full $35 / Concession $30 / Student $25

Bookings: artshouse.com.au or (03) 9322 3713

More on the show: www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/arts-and-culture/arts-house/whats-on-arts-house/Pages/permission-to-speak.aspx

For more info, visit Arts House artshouse.com.au or go to Chamber Made Opera chambermadeopera.com.