A new queer opera by PJ Harris and Michael Betteridge
In the late 80s, during a time of intense hostility towards LGBTQ+ people, social worker Kath gets involved with 15-year-old Nathan, who is arrested in a police raid at a gay bar. As Nathan struggles with a system that fails him, Kath forms an unlikely partnership with Brian, a closeted police officer who is torn between his duty to the force and his own sexuality. Together, Kath and Brian form a different kind of family, risking everything to give Nathan the safety and support he’s been denied.
R&D Credits
Composer/Conductor Michael Betteridge | Writer/Director PJ Harris | Movement Adam Haigh | Repetiteur Annette Saunders | Performers Harry Grigg, Lea Shaw, Daniel Shelvey, Daniel Wallace, Members of the Opera North Chorus, The Sunday Boys and LGBTQ+ singers from Leeds choirs
Special thanks to Opera North. Project supported by Arts Council England.
Film by Lian Furness / Yellow Wellie Films.
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