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Hayes Theatre Co

Stage director

Craig Baldwin

Conductor

Francis Greep

Pianist

Costume designer

Emma Vine

Lighting designer

Morgan Moroney

Singer

Kanen Breen

Soloist

Ben Rasheed

Sophie Salvesani

Ruth Strutt

Margaret Trubiano

The Turn of the Screw

Elizabeth Bay

Australia

Public

Matias Vergara Moyano

Approved

The Turn of the Screw
Performances from 16 August - 15 September 2024
Approximately 2 hours – including interval

Opera by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper
after a story by Henry James

Presented by Craig Baldwin in association with Hayes Theatre Co

Permission of Hal Leonard Australia PTY LTD. Exclusive agents for
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers LTD of London

For the first time ever, opera fills the intimate Hayes space with Benjamin Britten’s spine-chilling masterpiece The Turn of the Screw. 

This gripping tale unfolds in a remote English manor, as a young governess arrives to care for two orphaned children, Flora and Miles. She soon discovers that the grounds, and the children themselves, are haunted by mysterious apparitions. As the governess fights to protect her wards from the sinister forces that surround them, the line between sanity and madness becomes thrillingly blurred. 

Britten’s evocative score weaves a web of tension, combining hauntingly beautiful melodies with dissonant harmonies, perfectly capturing the ghostly ambiance of Henry James’s classic gothic novel.

The Turn of the Screw is helmed by celebrated director Craig Baldwin (Consent, John and The Flick for Outhouse Theatre Co) and will feature some of Sydney’s rising opera stars. 

Presented in whisperingly intimate proximity, this is an opportunity not to be missed. Be immersed in the eerie sounds and psychological suspense of one of the world’s most popular operas, prepare to question the boundaries between the material and the supernatural, and become enthralled by the dark recesses of the human mind. 

Times
Tuesday – Saturday 7:30pm
Saturday 2:00pm
Sunday 5:00pm

Matinee performance on Thursday September 5 at 2pm

Running Time
Approx. 2 hours – including interval

English

The Turn of the Screw by Britten, From (2024/2024), Directed by Craig Baldwin,, Conductor Francis Greep, Hayes Theatre Co, Elizabeth Bay, Australia

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