Company: UTAS Conservatorium of Music/Cradle Project

Season: 30 April - 1 May 2010

Venue: Theatre Royal, Hobart

Written by: Benjamin Britten

Director: Paige Newmark

Musical Director: Myer Fredman

Conductor: Johanna van Tienen

Stage Manager: Rogan Brown

Bel Canto Director: Suzanne Ortuso

CAST

Mrs Baggott: Sarah Sweeting

Michael Lampard: Max, writer of the opera

Clem: Ben Davidson

Black Bob: Philip Joughin

Sam: Monty Wain

Rowan: Arabella Wain

Ensemble: Isobel Latimer, Alexander Gall, Anastasia Gall, Harrison Manton, Ellie Manton, Thor Holloway, Saku Coulter, Soren Risby, Sam Frost.

Forming part of the longer work, Let’s Make an Opera, Benjamin Britten was said to have composed The Little Sweep with a beaming smile. This ingenious work, almost unrivalled for its charm, will bring both a tear and a smile.

The first act, Let’s Make an Opera, is set in the present day. Max is writing an opera and gets his children and their friends to rehearse it.  He explains to them what it takes to put on an opera.

The second act is the opera itself, The Little Sweep. Set in the nineteenth century, it tells the story of

SYNOPSIS

chimney sweep, Sam. Sam is forced to clean the chimney at Iken Hall against the protests of nursery maid, Rowan.  

After getting stuck in the chimney, Sam is rescued by Rowan and the children of the house.  They hide him from his cruel master, give him a bath and plan to help him escape.

The next morning, Sam is given clothes, food and money and the children pack him into a trunk which is taken away by a coach, allowing Sam to evade his master and find his freedom.

Compere: Jay Laga’aia

Damien Leith

Accompanied by Eric Aranda and Cesar Marin

 Straalen McCallum

Sophie McKibben, Grace Ovens,

Kate Wilson and Petronella van Tienen

Men in Black and the Lincoln Singers

Directed by Margot Lampkin

Assistant Stage Managers: Larainne Robertson, Donna Reading

Event Management:  Joanne Lorraine, Rebecca Free, Reuben Hopkins, Meredith Farrer, Katharine Dean, Michael Cordover, Paul Cullen, Jodie Stapleton, Vicki Tabor (HCC)

Site Management:  Peter Kerstan, Michael Styles (HCC)

Traffic Management:  Andrew Webster, Owen Gervasoni (HCC), Tasmania Police

Set Design: Rebecca Doblo, Gillian Page-Lee (HCC), Rogan Brown

Set Construction: Jon Bowling

Company: Hobart City Council

Season: 19 December 2010

Venue: Sandown Park, Hobart

Artistic Director/Producer:

Rogan Brown

Musical Director: Aaron Powell

Stage Director: Rogan Brown

BEHIND THE SCENES

Technical Production: Production Works

 Production Manager: James Dodd

 FOH Sound Engineer: Malcolm Battersby

 Assistant: Chris Hampton

 Monitor Engineer: John Henderson

 Assistant: Tom Black

 Radio Systems: James Davidson

 Lighting: Gareth Kayes, Nathaniel Collins

 Staging: Doug Edwards

Television Production: Southern Cross Television

 Project Manager: Andrew Harcourt

 Producer: Michael Flemming

Video Screens: Milestone Media Group

Security: Tasmanian Protective Services

ON THE STAGE

The Choir of High Hopes Hobart

Directed by Helen Todd

The Friends School Male Choir

Directed by Craig Fullerton

Body Language Dancers

Directed by Cindy Johnston

Music Theatre Crew - Scrooge

Directed by Allan Jeffrey and Leiz Moore

Hobart Ukulele Group

Directed by Vanessa Ransley