All the Angels: Irish Premiere.
Dublin, 1742. A city emerging from a winter of famine and despair, looking towards the light.
The great composer Handel is the toast of the town, his masterpiece Messiah completed, the hall booked; but in his desperate attempt to put a company of singers together he must work with an untrained voice, the celebrated stage actress Susannah Cibber. Gradually, he is seduced by the quality of her performance and the truth of her expression.
Partly set in the original Smock Alley Theatre this joyous play tells the story of the world’s most popular choral work, from its fraught birth to its glorious outcome; a tale about the complicated, comedic business of putting on a show and the transformative power of music.
In co-production with Smock Alley Theatre.
Read the All The Angels Programme
Everyman, Cork: 2nd – 4th November 2021
Smock Alley, Dublin: 20th November – 22nd December 2021
Nick Drake
Author Nick Drake is a poet, screenwriter, and playwright. His collection Out of Range (Bloodaxe) includes the poem ‘The Future’ which Andrew Scott recorded for Culture Declares Emergency. His opera librettos include Between Worlds (Barbican/ENO), composer Tansy Davies, director Deborah Warner; Cave (London Sinfonietta), composer Tansy Davies; and Earth Song (BBC Singers) composer Rachel Portman. His first screenplay, an adaptation of Raimond Gaita’s Romulus, My Father, directed by Richard Roxburgh, won Best Film at the Australian Film Awards, and was shortlisted for Best Screenplay. Other theatre work includes: To Reach the Clouds, an adaptation of Philippe Petit’s account of his walk between the Twin Towers (Nottingham Playhouse); Success for National Theatre Connections and All The Angels (Globe Theatre and Smock Alley Theatre).
