photography by Thomas McCulloch

 

 

" teeters on the cusp between Enlightenment and Romanticism, a position our era readily recognises. That's one reason why the opera fascinates and infuriates............ a successful production which acknowledges light as well as dark" - Nick Kimberley THE INDEPENDENT

"music that grabs you from the get-go" - Nigel Dempster DAILY MAIL

 

"polished and exciting music" - Susan Wilson THE SCOTSMAN

 

"a musical dramatist with a keen sense of the function of music in theatre" - Ned Sherrin LOOSE ENDS (Radio 4)

 

"wonderfully inventive" - Jane Jones CLASSIC FM

 

"Best pieces of the day were the Six Folk Melodies by Marek Pasieczny;.....and Alan Fleming Baird's Diptych, especially in its explosive second half when it kicked over its Tavener traces, got into Andriessen mode, and became very punchy." - Michael Tumulty THE HERALD

 

"the score was by turns exciting and touching and really made the audience sit up and listen" - Charles Hutchinson YORKSHIRE EVENING POST

 

"music that proves more rewarding the more you revisit it" - Lynne Gardner THE GUARDIAN

 

"seems to be a composer that consistently delivers music of real distinction" - Mary-Jane Carreyette CAMBRIDGE EVENING NEWS

 

"This little musical is a lovely show for kids. With bright costumes, a clever set and music. The cast put on a very credible show that children of all ages will enjoy. Full of foxes, lions, a dog, donkey, cat and hen. A wood full of animals children will love." - ONE4REVIEW (about "Telling Tales")

 

"the score  was more worthy of a west-end production than a fringe show" - STRATHMORE SELECT (about "Telling Tales")