Join W11 Opera for the streaming of our ground-breaking online production - Jukebox!

The Producer is auditioning the characters from all of the previous thirty-eight W11 Opera commissioned operas to choose an overall winner: the best W11 Opera of all time! The competition heats up when Helen of Troy (Ulysses & the Wooden Horse), accompanied by her admiring suitors, arrives and wows the crowd. The still geeky Gerald* (Shadowtracks) is spellbound by Helen’s beauty (which is not appreciated by his jealous girlfriend Sophie*, her friend Tracy* or his lovelorn best friend Nigel*). While trouble brews for the unhappy couple, the evil Queen and her partner-in-crime the Archbishop (Eliza & the Swans) plot to win the competition by any means required. The Producer’s long-suffering Assistant harbours a secret ambition to perform. Will she ever summon the courage to command the stage? Will the Queen’s evil plan succeed? Can Gerald salvage his relationship with Sophie? And what is the best ever W11 Opera production? Play JUKEBOX to find out!

Script & Story by Susan Moore

Music & Lyrics by past commissioned librettists/composers:

Timothy Kraemer (Ulysses & the Wooden Horse)

Russell Hepplewhite & Helen Eastman (The Price)

John Barber & Hazel Gould (Eliza & the Swans)

Stuart Hancock & Donald Sturrock (Cutlass Crew)

Julian Grant & Christina Jones (Original Features & Shadowtracks)

*original characters created for Shadowtracks by Christina Jones

Graham Preskett & John Kane (Flying High & ANTiphony)

Cecilia McDowall & Christie Dickason (Deep Waters)

Guy Dagul & Jane Asperling (Game Over)

This production is proudly supported by Knight Frank and The Foyle Foundation

We are indebted to our sponsors Knight Frank for their continued support since 2003