Opera North - Pleasure Reviews
29 March 2024
Steven Page (Anna Fewmore)
Lesley Garrett (Val)
Nick Pritchard (Matthew), Lesley Garrett (Val)
Lesley Garrett (Val)
Nick Pritchard (Matthew), Timothy Nelson (Nathan)

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Pleasure

Opera North


No. of reviews: 15

This new opera had the audience in tears
19 May 16 / The Spectator
As a piece of theatre Pleasure doesn’t hold up
17 May 16 / A Younger Theatre
As a first opera it shows great promise
15 May 16 / Classical Source
Eminently theatrical, but something is missing
14 May 16 / Evening Standard
Simpson’s score is dark and atmospheric
14 May 16 / Music OMH
A refreshing operatic experience
14 May 16 / Bachtrack
Rich, complex and well-paced
13 May 16 / The Stage
A new opera by Mark Simpson set in the toilets of a gay nightclub
9 May 16 / What's on Stage
In the end it’s the ordinariness of the story, its realness, which sets it apart from the expected
5 May 16 / Liverpool Echo
Unmissable
3 May 16 / The York Press
Lesley Garrett is fabulous as a perceptive toilet attendant
2 May 16 / The Guardian
My toes were curled in a rictus of embarrassment at this new opera
30 Apr 16 / Telegraph
Lesley Garrett shines as the lady of the loo
30 Apr 16 / The Guardian
Opera diva Lesley Garrett like you've never seen her before
30 Apr 16 / The Huddersfield Daily Examiner
With its stripped back presentation, Pleasure is a quite intense piece of theatre
30 Apr 16 / The Gay UK
Welcome to the Pleasuredome … Mark Simpson's opera debut
Eight years ago Simpson told drag queens in Liverpool he was going to write an opera about them. How does it feel to see his project – Pleasure – finally become a reality on the stage at Opera North?
Production details
Cast
Garrett, Pritchard, Nelson, Page
(c) Kok (d) Albery
Performance dates
28, 29 April 2016 (Leeds)
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