World Premiere of LYSISTRATA Opera Opens at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Tonight

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is delighted to announce that it will host the World Premiere of new Opera Lysistrata.

Lysistrata was commissioned by Central's MA Music Theatre course and written by Helen Watts and David Merriman, after Aristophanes. Directed by Bill Bankes-Jones (Founder and Artistic Director of Tête à Tête), with Musical Direction by Julian Kelly, Movement Direction by Yarit Dor and Design by Colin Mayes, Lysistrata runs in the Embassy Theatre from tonight 12 May- Thursday 14 May, 2015.

"Sex is a weapon." Ravaged by war, the men are disillusioned and unsure any more of what they are fighting for. The women meanwhile hold the fort, but with their families in tatters. Lysistrata has a plan to put an end to the senseless fighting, but it comes at a high price. Can the women of Greece do it? Will the men succumb? Who will come out on top?

Lysistrata plays at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama: 2pm and 7pm, tonight 12 - Thursday 14th May 2015. Tickets: £10 / £5 Concession. Call (0)207 722 8183 or email boxoffice@cssd.ac.uk.

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is a higher education conservatoire - a specialist college nurturing creative collaboration. Courses include acting, applied theatre, movement, musical theatre, drama & movement therapy, theatre & live performance, puppetry, scenography, actor & teacher training, voice, technical arts & production, and writing for stage & broadcast media. With over 60 academic staff, together with visiting artists and lecturers, Central has the largest grouping of drama/theatre/performance specialists in the UK, an active research culture and is a hub for the theatre and performance industries.

Central is HEFCE's only designated Centre for Excellence in Training for Theatre. www.cssd.ac.uk

Central's MA Music Theatre is an intensive, practical course which integrates acting, dance and movement, singing and spoken voice within a framework of relevant theory and research, in order to train students to a professional level of artistry and technique. There are opportunities to create original work and to pursue related activities, such as composing, writing, choreography and acting with instruments. Specialist lecturers and artists deliver classes and workshops that complement a teaching staff with long-term experience across the profession. Emphasis is placed on acquiring and practicing skills through creativity and performance across all aspects of music theatre, emphasising new work. www.cssd.ac.uk/course/music-theatre-ma

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