The Secret Consul
They say he’s a fair man, a kind man – though nobody’s seen him. Ever. From bitter experience, what we do know is this: he likes to keep you waiting.
Waiting for that little document you need; for that stamp you can’t cross the border without. (Not in broad daylight, anyway). Please don’t let it be in the back of a truck, in the dark with smugglers and gangsters! Or over the ocean wide in a leaky boat at the whim of cut-throats and pirates. You the already persecuted, the already pursued.
The Consul, though, he’s a civilised man, we’ve heard. With the best of intentions, we’ve heard. But always, always keeping us waiting. So, come with us. Wait with us. Waiting – and wanting – to speak to the Consul, to hear from the Consul. Just a word, just a whisper – or even a visa. Just one little visa. This time… Maybe this time?
So, buy yourself a ticket, our little passport to joy and freedom. Join with us … come to us … help us resist his cunning plans, his machinations.
The Secret Consul. Guerilla opera, site-specific and somewhere in deepest Limehouse. A mash, a montage of Gian-Carlo Menotti’s magical musical drama The Consul. An international cast of emerging opera stars. A chorus of London’s newly-arrived.
“If you’re an opera cynic – go. If you’re an opera fan – go. Very exciting work.”
Tickets from The Soho Theatre online. Box Office 020 7478 0100
The show runs from Wednesday June 22nd to Saturday July 16th.
Press Night June 23rd.
Performances: Tuesday to Saturday 7.30. Matinees Saturday and Sunday 3.00.
Tickets: £15, Concessions: £12.50. Special deal for Refugees and Asylum Seekers.
