Cherry Potts, Writer

Tag: Nick Jenkins

  • Hooray Henries dress as Nuns and break into wine cellar

    If that sounds like the plot of an opera, it’s because it is. Tue 15th, Wed 16th, Fri 18th Jul 19.00h Sun 20th Jul 14:30h The Adventures of Count Ory (think Tintin crossed with Don Juan) a cartoonish take on Rossini’s le Comte d’Ory is the latest production from the ever wonderful Blackheath Halls, and…

  • Oh the weeping and the wailing

    The trouble with having a brilliant time at Blackheath Halls prancing about singing is that inevitably it comes to an end. The party helps make the break, and it was good to hear from orchestra members how much they enjoyed the process too, and either wanted to know what on earth we did to Macbeth…

  • Musical storytelling

    Last night, before the performance Chris Rolls (director) reminded us that it is easy at a second performance to think, right I’ve done that now, and to slacken off a bit. Don’t let it get comfortable, he said. Good advice.  We didn’t. However the advantage of having done a full performance with audience was that…

  • Macbeth first night shakes the walls

    Macbeth first night shakes the walls

    I don’t know how I didn’t notice in rehearsal, but when we are waiting in the dressing room, we can not only hear the overture, we can feel it, the drums and brass rumble through the floor and the walls shake slightly. I can only assume that they’d been holding back a bit until now!…

  • The Scottish Opera

    Things are hotting up for the cast of Macbeth (Verdi), the latest production from Blackheath Halls Opera. We’ve met and heard all the principals, and we’re firmly off the book and managing to move and sing at the same time, though getting up from kneeling (to various kings – we get through a few) and…

  • Celebrating Benjamin Britten

    So, it’s still LGBT History month, and it’s also Benjamin Britten’s centenary so what better way to celebrate the magnificence of BB’s unapologetic gayness and talent than to sing in Noye’s Fludd? A. has had an ambition to sing some Britten for many the long year so we were thrilled when we heard that our…

  • Blackheath Cendrillon: A Post from the Court Poet, Grand Duchess Elizabette

    Blackheath Cendrillon: A Post from the Court Poet, Grand Duchess Elizabette

    ‘CENDRILLON’ – A TRIBUTE The skies above were leaden, the clouds loomed dark and grey, but, at the Halls, the mood was light, all musical and gay. Forget the Jubilympics,  forget the Torch Relay, ‘Cinderella, the Opera’ is the order of the day. Nick Jenkins was regaling us with tales of Gay Paree, La Belle…