CAST & CREATIVES

Words | Norman Welch & Edward Lambert, with additional material by Ambrose Bierce & the Latin Requiem Mass​
Music | Edward Lambert
Direction & Design | Tabitha Benton-Evans
Revival Director & Movement | Jenny Weston
Production Company | The Music Troupe

Arianna | Louise Fuller (soprano)
The Pope | Arlene Belli (mezzo-soprano)
Ignacio | Harry Grigg (tenor)
San Pietro | Samuel Lom (bass)
Piano Duet | Elspeth Wilkes, Stephen Westrop

The Burning Question is a new comic opera featuring a female pope who passes into the afterlife.

She expected a cosy retirement in paradise but the elevator going upwards gets stuck. It's a Day of Wrath! Her demonic manservant & her angelic maid are at a loss to know what to do.

What does Peter the Caretaker know? Does he hold the key to the plot? Accompanied by piano duet & a choir of heavenly voices, this is a satire that confronts the ridiculous, the sublime, love, death & comic opera all at the same time.

The production is choreographed in the lively style of commedia dell’arte while the music owes much to Italian opera & is performed by a superb young cast.

For tickets please visit: https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/the-burning-question

Wednesday 15th - Friday 17th - 9.00pm

Saturday 18th - 4pm Matinee, 8pm