A double bill of musical versatility and virtuosity produced by SharpWire

Matthew Sharp presents an evening featuring captivating new music for solo cello as well as witty, nail-biting and entrancing music theatre with goggles on! He has performed worldwide as a solo cellist, singer and theatre performer. He combines core, ‘classical’ activities – with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera North, recordings for Sony, Naxos and Avie – with a uniquely pioneering outlook both within music and across disciplines,

Paul Patterson Suite for solo cello
Silvestrov – solo cello
Britten 1st solo cello suite

Johnny’s Midnight Goggles:
By Sharpwire, with music by Pete M Wyer (most suitable for 12yrs +)
A mind-and genre-melting explosion of story-telling, ravishing singing, virtuoso cello-playing and sonic wizardry – Tim Burton meets John Adams, Philip Pullman meets Paganini. The story of Johnny starts in suburban France and transports us to Takrilakastan to which he has been spirited away by evil monsters hell-bent on destroying the world. A mysterious pair of Goggles opens a portal into another world from which the rescue attempt and the adventure begins…

“The ONE, the Holy Grail of the Brighton Festival…magical, theatrical genius!
Buy, steal, beg and queue to get a ticket to this show!”
Brighton Magazine