Tete a Tete & Royal College of Music
Britten Theatre 

Dir: Bill Bankes-Jones
Set & Costume Design: Sarah Booth
Scenic painting: Sarah Booth
Lighting Design: Ralph Stokeld

Photos by Chris Christodoulou

5 new operas inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein composed and performed by RCM students.

JOE KIELY – AMIRA

Watch as one inventor struggles to outsmart his own creation.

 https://youtu.be/azP8sVJJDb4

 SOPHIE SPARKES/DEBORAH MCMAHON – OUR PERFECT CHILD

A couple get the opportunity to edit their own embryo, raising some very unsettling questions.

 https://youtu.be/4rVI2gHEw7g

 MAEVE MCCARTHY/GARY MATTHEWMAN – JOHN HENRY

When modernisation threatens the railway industry, a deadly battle of man versus machine ensues.

 https://youtu.be/3wuA_fT0XjE

 LENTE VERELST/LENA VERCAUTEREN – BEAR AND FRIENDS

A new invention allows Bear to eat his fill of cake, but leaves a very bitter aftertaste.

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 LARA POE/RAPHAEL RUIZ – THE FERMI PARADOX

Find out what happens when time travel goes horribly wrong.

 https://youtu.be/SIYh9iaq1ZI