Preludes - A Musical Fantasia set in the Hypnotised Mind of Sergei Rachmaninoff

Details

Sergei Rachmaninoff has it all; world-wide fame from a single composition by the age of 19, commissioned to write his first symphony at 20 and engaged to the love of his life, Natalya. But at 21 he is crippled with a depressive paranoia and anxiety. His world has imploded, his work has stopped, he cannot even lift a pencil to compose a simple melody. Such is the power of the men who sought to destroy him, who haunt his waking nightmares and poison his dreams. And when those men happen to be the greatest artists of their day, how do you come back, how do you escape the darkness and come into the light?

Cast/Performers

Rebecca Caine (Dahl), Norton James (Chaliapin), Georgia Louise (Natalya), Tom Noyes (Rachmaninoff), Keith Ramsay (Rach), Tim Walton (The Master)

Creatives/Company

Music: Dave Malloy
Producer: Danielle Tarento
Director: Alex Sutton
Costume: Rebecca Brower
Design: Rebecca Brower
Lighting: Christopher Nairne
Sound: Andrew Johnson
Choreographer: Ste Clough
Musical Director: Jordan Li-Smith