Name: Rhondda Rips It Up!
Start: 2018-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Taliesin Arts Centre

Admin

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Lesley Garrett

Emcee

Mezzo-soprano

Madeleine Shaw

Lady Rhondda

Rosie Hay

Sybil

Paula Greenwood

Prid

Meriel Andrew

Edith

Monika Sawa

Birkenhead

Carolyn Jackson

Churchill

Conductor

Nicola Rose

Stage director

Caroline Clegg

Set designer

Lara Booth

Lighting designer

Elanor Higgins

Kate Woolveridge

Lord Asquith

Welsh National Opera

Orchestra

Welsh National Opera Orchestra

English

Rhondda Rips It Up!

Winchester

United Kingdom

Theatre Royal

Mold

Clwyd Theatr

Northampton

Royal Theatre

Swindon

Wyvern Theatre

Bangor

Pontio

Oxford

Playhouse

Swansea

Taliesin Arts Centre

Rhondda Rips It Up! Langer

Public

Approved

Theatre Royal Winchester

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Tenor

Bass

Contralto

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

This thigh-slapping romp through the world of suffrage and song is told through the lens of music-hall and fittingly sports an all-female cast and creative t...

This tongue in cheek entertainment has been created for your delectation by the illustrious Ms Elena Langer (composer and suffragette) and the inimitable Ms Emma Jenkins (librettist and suffragette); Directed by Caroline Clegg and conducted by Nicola Rose.

It is our great pleasure to take you on an unforgettable journey through the life and adventures of that unsung heroine of the Welsh Suffrage movement, Margaret Haig Thomas, the Viscountess Rhondda.

Suffragette, activist and entrepreneur, Lady Rhondda paved the way for the equal rights for women. As well as campaigning tirelessly for women’s suffrage, she became the lightning rod for women’s efforts during WW1, survived the sinking of the Lusitania and created the radical feminist magazine Time and Tide. Her indefatigable efforts and endeavours were finally rewarded when, in 1918, women over the age of thirty were enfranchised.

This thigh-slapping romp through the world of suffrage and song is told through the lens of music-hall and fittingly sports an all-female cast and creative team. The audience will be guided through the story by our very own Emcee (Lesley Garrett) following the escapades of Lady Rhondda (Madeleine Shaw) and her brave battalion of suffragettes as they fearlessly takes on Peers, politicians and post-boxes in their struggle for women’s rights.

WNO will showcase this woman’s fight for liberty, survival and equality in a number of ways: from community events, talks and schools workshops to exhibitions, interactive digital experiences as well as the production itself.

Rhondda Rips It Up! by Langer, From (2018/2018), Directed by Caroline Clegg,, Conductor Nicola Rose, Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

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