Opera Group at Selfridges

We had a fascinating day today at Selfridges, Oxford Street for the premiere and seven subsequent performances of my mini-opera Out of the Ordinary. It was a busy Saturday for shopping, and I learnt a lot about writing for such an environment - make it loud, make it obvious! The best performance of the ones I saw took place in the sweet department - the clientele there was a bit more relaxed and up for it than they were upstairs next to the £200 shirts and £30000 diamond-encrusted mobile phones...






Alexander Grove and Frances Bourne in Selfridges, Oxford Street at the premiere of Out of the Ordinary






Ed Hessian and Andrew Sparling







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