Destination: 'Old Hag' at The Bread & Roses Theatre

A tale of life backstage before going on stage. Told by witches. With music.

Welcome to backstage!  Here, you will find the 'Ladies of the Chorus' getting ready for opening night of a small-scale adaptation of Verdi's Macbetto.  If you're a regular opera-goer in this region, you'll have seen these three before as Cigarette Girls, Geishas, and Nuns - this time, they are the Witches!*

Despite their numerous appearances over the years, would you recognise them out on the high street?  Or know their names if you ever met them? 

Who really are the people you only seem to see 'upstage'?

Written by and starring Bridget Hardy, Penny Rossano and Samantha Houston, this brand new play is (possibly) the world’s first Sit-Op-Com, or ‘Situation Operatic Comedy’!  Set in the theatre broom cupboard, next to the building’s only toilet, this story draws on the ladies’ 20+ years in the opera industry, charting the ups and downs of their journeys over one-act with humour, heart, and a sprinkling of live opera singing!