Synopsis
Cast
Orchestra  

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This is YOUR chance to well and truly be part of an opera. Think opera is stuffy? Think again! This is your chance to have fun and be a part of a short 40 minute opera at YOUR University. No experience needed!

The performance is 11th December 1pm in the Sir Jack Lyons Concert hall. Entry is only £2 - expect to experience something you have never done before!

Synopsis

The housekeeper Miss Baggott shows the sweepmaster Black Bob, his assistant Clem and the new sweepboy Sam where they must start. Black Bob and Clem send the tearful Sam up the chimney and leave him to it. But he gets stuck, and his cries are heard by the children of the house, Juliet, Grace and Sophie Brook, and their visiting friends Jessie, Hannah and Tina Crome. Having rescued the filthy little boy from the chimney, they decide to rescue him from the sweep too. First they make it look as if Sam has run off, then they hide him from Miss Baggott and the returning sweeps. Afterwards, when the coast is clear, they let the Crome's kind-hearted nursery-maid Rowan into their secret, and together they wash, feed and clothe Sam and plot how to get him back home. The next morning Rowan and the children hide Sam in a trunk they are taking with them and smuggle him out of the house.

Cast (in order of appearance)

Orchestra

Repetiteurs

Lighting

Fran Olley  

Directed and Produced by Julia Weatherley