Beethoven - I Shall Hear
in Heaven
WRITTEN BY TAMA MATHESON
Performed within a frame of Beethoven’s exquisite music – directed by 2024 Limelight Artist of the Year, Jayson Gillham.
Nominated for The RPS Storytelling Awards 2020 & 2022
Limelight Artist of the Year 2024, Jayson Gillham
First performed at the Wimbledon International Music Festival in 2021, I Shall Hear in Heaven was nominated for the 2022 RPS Storytelling Award, and has subsequently won huge acclaim in Australia, Malta, and around the UK. This year, I Shall Hear in Heaven brings its magic to Opera Holland Park.
Don Juan - The Irreverent Life of Lord Byron
WRITTEN BY TAMA MATHESON
This concert play explores the seductive and scandalous life of Lord Byron through the prism of his great poem, Don Juan. The brilliant, and hilarious, interweaving of Byron and his hero creates a rich impression ofone of the greatest creative geniuses of all time. Performed to a soundtrack of classical music, Don Juan will leave audiences wondering where fact ends and fiction begins.
Actor Tama Matheson brings Lord Byron to life, joined by pianist Clare Hammond performing music by Beethoven, Debussy and Grieg.
July 16th
Litchfield Festival
A Question of Duty
WRITTEN BY GARY TIPPINGS
Set aboard General ‘Ike’ Eisenhower’s private train as the end of WWII approaches, ‘A Question of Duty’ offers a quietly devastating portrait of power, pressure, and the personal costs of leadership.
Gary Tippings' writing is spare but emotionally rich, with dialogue that crackles beneath its military decorum. At the centre is Ike. Not the mythic general, but the weary man behind the stars, caught between loyalty, loneliness, and the burden of sending men to die.
The supporting cast shines: Albert’s warmth, Kay’s quiet strength, and Gault’s stoicism form a textured human web around Ike’s solitude. The play’s restraint is its strength. No grand speeches, no theatrics… just the slow, precise erosion of a man carrying history on his back. Subtle, humane, and exquisitely timed, A Question of Duty lingers long after the final blackout. A triumph of tone and tension.