Photo Flash: 'An Ocean of Rain' at the Almeida Festival

The Almeida Summer Festival 2008 opens with the London premiere of Yannis Kyriakides (music) and Daniel Danis (text) new opera An Ocean of Rain - an Aldeburgh Almeida Opera, Cryptic and Ensemble MAE co-production.   Directed by Cathie Boyd, An Ocean of Rain is designed by John Otto with lighting by Zerlina Hughes and will be conducted by Bas Wiegers.  Translation is by Linda Gaboriau.   Performances are 10 (press performance) and 11 July at 7.30pm and 13 July at 7pm and tickets are £27.50, £22, £15, £6 plus concessions.

Three cosmopolitan women make their annual escape to Haiti to help in an orphanage.  Their jaded bodies and souls begin to be re-awakened by the beaches and the challenges of helping the orphans.  A girl on the run from the murder of a sex tourist returns to the orphanage to shatter the comfort of the womens' lives and the sea unexpectedly reveals its hidden strength.
 
The cast for An Ocean of Rain includes Anna Dennis, Camille Hesketh, Katalin Károlyi and Hyacinth Nicholls.

Anna Dennis (Kyoto), Camille Hesketh (New York), Katalin Károlyi (Cairo), and Hyacinth Nicholl (Delhi)

Anna Dennis (Kyoto) and Camille Hesketh (New York)

Anna Dennis (Kyoto) & Camille Hesketh (New York)

Anna Dennis (Kyoto), Camille Hesketh (New York), Katalin Károlyi (Cairo), Hyacinth Nicholls (Delhi), and Claire Prempeh (Kiev)

Anna Dennis, Camille Hesketh, and Katalin Károlyi

Katalin Károlyi (Cairo)