London Two

Back in London and missing the Disney version of reality. Yes really. The 'Disney Difference' as they call it, is a powerful drug and it takes a while to detox and get back to reality.

Fortunately I am working on another exciting project  Midsummer Night's Dream at English National Opera with the American Director Christopher Alden.

Christopher has a unique imagination and always takes an oblique slant on stories which one thinks have been thoroughly explored before. His concepts often make one think 'that will never work' but they always do, frequently brilliantly. The last piece I worked with him on was Tosca and he took a skewed approach to that old warhorse which brought it zinging alive as it never has before for me. In fact I never want to see it done another way.

Dream will have an equally challenging approach, but we can already see that this too will be brilliant. The whole cast have come onboard with the concept wholeheartedly and are enjoying the challenge of the Alden approach.