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Just finished our second day at Big Wheel Theatre devising workshops for Opera Up Close's production of Ulla's Odyssey. Can't wait to get the finished product on tour! 

Great first day at Big Wheel Theatre as we devise new outreach workshops for children.  Big Wheel, based in the gorgeous Exmouth Market, are taking Opera Up Close's production of Ulla's Odyssey and creating highly entertaining workshops that we can present on our...

In honour of Shakespeare's 400th birthday English Pocket Opera have staged Purcell's version of A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Fairy Queen. I had the good fortune to play the title role, at the Royal Albert Hall. Here are some snapshots; official photos to follow!

It's been a massive 6 weeks but we've done it: toured Carmen to 42 schools across the country.  We've been featured in local papers and received hundreds of glowing testimonials.  

The national tour of Ulla's Odyssey has begun! Two performances at The North Wall, Oxford, with more dates to announce soon. Watch this space to see me as baddie Sylla!

I went on tour to Bosnia with English Pocket Opera in November, demonstrating opera for primary school children on both sides of the beautiful ancient city of Mostar. The photos are now in, and I'm so glad to have them to remember this wonderful country by.

We've just finished our first week of our National Tour with English Pocket Opera Company. It took in the south coast, beginning in Bournemouth and working our way through Southampton and Portsmouth on our way to Brighton. Some photos of our workshops:

Fantastic to return for the 5th time to the stunning Sheldonian Theatre with the sublime City of Oxford Symphony Orchestra! I was fortunate enough to sing Mozart's concert aria "Ch'io mi scordi di the" with the brilliant Tom Poster on piano, and Korngold's lush...

We've had our first preview of Ulla's Odyssey on Sunday to a sold-out crowd! Production photographs to follow soon, but in the meantime, please enjoy a few photos of our final rehearsals in Brixton, courtesy of Christopher Tribble.  And to purchase tickets please...

We have finished our first two weeks of rehearsals for Ulla's Odyssey, working in a great new studio space in Brixton. All the blocking is in, and our sitzprobe is on Monday near the Bank of England. We've had working sessions with professional puppeteer and designer...

The next role I'm playing is in a delightful new opera called Ulla's Odyssey, to have its world premiere at London's Kings Place next month. Here is the brief from Opera Up Close's Crowdfunder campaign: The show is inspired by Homer's Odyssey and uses five...

Thanks to the talented Chris Marlowe who made some excellent HD videos of the Concert for Nepal last weekend. Here is the video of my performance of Rusalka's "Song to the Moon" by Dvorak, and you can find it in my video gallery too.