@ The Shaw Davey,
 171-175 Elgin Street, Carlton

Emotionworks Cut Opera is excited to present our latest creation: Handel’s opera Alcina, cut down to 90 mins and fuelled with the timeless hits of Burt Bacharach – a tribute to the genius of Handel and Bacharach! 

The Sorceress Alcina lures her prey to her funky island, the Shaw Davey Slum, seduces them and then turns them into wild beasts. Her latest victim, Ruggiero, is under her spell and Bradamante, his former lover, has come to rescue him. Will they overcome the power of Alcina?

An all star female Cut Opera cast in the baroque tradition of women playing women, women playing men and women playing women pretending to be men!! Get your head around that one!

Starring the beautiful Katy Turbitt as the evil not so beautiful Alcina, Jazz singer extraordinaire Annemarie Sharry as the deluded Ruggiero, powerhouse Kerry Frankland as the gender confused Bradamante, golden girl Rachael Findlay as the feral Oronte and “what’s new pussy cat” Maryanne Bird as the ditzy Morgana!

A wild, fun, rollicking ride is in store for you upstairs at the funky Shaw Davey with retractable roof if weather permits and offering a massive bar and great food options. Another wacky creative opera fusion outburst devised and directed by Julie Edwardson.

Gee we have fun and so will you – Hope to see you all there!

This is opera fusion!!