Tales of Love and Loss
Cast sheet
Friday 8 May 2026
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7.15pm
Oak Foundation
Approximate timings
The Departure
The performance on 6 May 2026 has British Sign Language interpretation and Audio Description.
Credits
Music
Elizabeth Maconchy
Libretto
Anne Ridler
Conductor
Peggy Wu
Director
Talia Stern
Designer
Ana Inés Jabares-Pita
Lighting Designer
Peter Small
Intimacy and Movement Coordinator
Natasha Harrison
Cast
Mark
Sam Hird
Julia
Ellen Pearson
Music credits
Orchestra
Britten Sinfonia
Production credits
Assistant Conductor
Richard Fu
Répétiteur
Avishka Edirisinghe
Assistant Director
Hannah Calascione
Language Coach
Claire Booth
Music Staff
Edward Batting
British Sign Language interpretation
Janet Guest
Audio Description
Alice Gilmour
Making Arrangements
The performance on 6 May 2026 has British Sign Language interpretation and Audio Description.
Credits
Music
Charlotte Bray
Libretto
Kate Kennedy
Conductor
Peggy Wu
Director
Talia Stern
Designer
Ana Inés Jabares-Pita
Lighting Designer
Peter Small
Intimacy and Movement Coordinator
Natasha Harrison
Cast
Hewson Blair
Sam Hird
Margery
Hannah Edmunds
Leslie
Giorgi Guliashvili
Maid
Jingwen Cai
Music credits
Orchestra
Britten Sinfonia
Production credits
Assistant Conductor
Richard Fu
Répétiteur
Avishka Edirisinghe
Assistant Director
Hannah Calascione
Language Coach
Claire Booth
Music Staff
Edward Batting
British Sign Language interpretation
Janet Guest
Audio Description
Alice Gilmour
Four Sisters
The performance on 6 May 2026 has British Sign Language interpretation and Audio Description.
Credits
Music
Elena Langer
Libretto
John Lloyd Davies
Conductor
Peggy Wu
Director
Talia Stern
Designer
Ana Inés Jabares-Pita
Lighting Designer
Peter Small
Intimacy and Movement Coordinator
Natasha Harrison
Cast
Masha
Madeline Robinson
Maid
Hannah Edmunds
Olga
Jingwen Cai
Irina
Ellen Pearson
Krumpelblatt
Sam Hird
Music credits
Orchestra
Britten Sinfonia
Pianist
Avishka Edirisinghe
Production credits
Assistant Conductor
Richard Fu
Répétiteur
Avishka Edirisinghe
Assistant Director
Hannah Calascione
Language Coach
Claire Booth
Music Staff
Edward Batting
British Sign Language interpretation
Janet Guest
Audio Description
Alice Gilmour
Head of Programme
Elaine Kidd
Artistic Director
David Gowland
Producer
Catherine Chibnall
Administrative, Company and Events Manager
Thomas Marshall
Administrative Assistant and Project Co-ordinator
Isobel Lawson
Music Director
Jakub Hrůša
Director of Opera
Oliver Mears
Director of Casting
Peter Mario Katona
Associate Director
Netia Jones
Administrative Director
Cormac Simms
Senior Producer, Linbury Theatre
Rachel Caccia
Senior Producer, Linbury Theatre Maternity Cover
Jonas Georgsson
Producer, Linbury Theatre
Grace Cook
Assistant Producer, Linbury Theatre
Darragh Kelly
Linbury Technical Manager
Thomas Thompson
Assistant Linbury Technical Manager
Nick Manning
Senior Lighting Technician
Sophie Bailey
Lighting Technician
George Rogers
Senior Stage Technician
Charlie Earl
Stage Technician
Daryl Anderson
Senior Sound and Video Technician
Andre Birck
Sound and Video Technician
Sharon Tsang
Further information
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