Apollo's Mission
Is a comic - satirical Opera written by Edward Lambert (music) and Norman Welch (words) that presented at Tete a Tete Opera Festival in London, at the Place theatre, under the stage direction & choreography of Korina Kokkali.
Once upon a time, fifty years ago, Apollo (the sun-god) was President of Everything, while his dim sister (the moon-goddess) was just a cabaret artiste in a seedy nightclub. As the Americans invade the moon in July 1969, events downtown take a sinister turn and confusion ensues. Can the gods sort it out or is the President too dysfunctional? Adding a bonkers twist to the Apollo 11 commemorations, a talented cast presents a funopera that investigates our fascination for all things lunar.
Produced by The Music Troupe
Words: Norman Welch
Design: Charlie Wood
Assistant Director: Marilena Sitaropoulou
Direction, staging & movement: Korina Kokkali
Musical director: Michael Papadopoulos
Musical assistance: Stephen Westrop, Ed Lambert
Drums: Luke Wyeth
Music: Edward Lambert
Piano: Susan Holmes
Clarinet:Catriona Scott
Angel, Mission Controller, backing vocalist: Helen Bailey
Angel, Mission Controller, backing vocalist: Sofia Livotov
Angel, Mission Controller, Selena: Natasha Agarwal
Scientist, Neil Armstrong, Nightclub Patron: Daniel Joy
Scientist, Michael Collins, Patron, Apollo: Dominic Bowe
Scientist, Buzz Aldrin, Nightclub Patron: Samuel Lom
Dancers: Marilena Sitaropoulou, Becky Stenning