Organization

Singer

Soprano

Chiara Vinci

Queen Victoria

Abigail Kelly

Ellie

Nusha

Mezzo-soprano

Alice Privett

Pauline

Marcia Bellamy

Cassie

Contralto

Jenny Miller

Thameena

Simone Ibbett-Brown

Jackie

Bev Lee Harling

Busker

Justin Greenland

Tenor

Laurence Panter

Mervyn

Baritone

Serge

Gwion Thomas

Wally

Dustin

Bass

Nick Morris

Arthur

Spoken

Patrick Kealey

Apple Jonny

Hen-Bella

Stage director

Conductor

Christopher Stark

Chorus master

Lesley-Anne Sammons

Barefoot Opera

Orchestra

Barefoot Band

English

Bloom Britannia

Hastings

United Kingdom

St Mary in the Castle

Bloom Britannia Gough

Public

Approved

The culmination of many years of development, with a leading creative team working with the communities of Hastings, St. Leonards and Bexhill – children, young people and adults – many of whom performed on stage alongside an outstanding professional cast and live band, BLOOM BRITANNIA is a hilarious, raucous, challenging, action-packed, thrilling production celebrating the joy of singing, music and creativity

BLOOM BRITANNIA (composer Orlando Gough, librettist Stephen Plaice) is Barefoot Opera’s new ‘people’s opera’. Our flagship project, it’s a celebration of music, singing and creativity.

Four years in the making, the project was dramatically interrupted by the pandemic. BLOOM BRITANNIA was finally staged at St. Mary in the Castle in Hastings in October 2021.

Bloom Britannia by Gough, O., From (2021/2021), Directed by Jenny Miller,, Conductor Christopher Stark, St Mary in the Castle, Hastings, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Program, About & Synopsis

Videos

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Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues