Music by Sayan Kent & Words by Vanessa Oakes
8th – 12th MARCH 2022

Director Lucy Bradley, Musical Director Berrak Dyer

Tuesday 8th, Thursday 10th and Friday 11th 7.30 pm
Wednesday 9th 6.30 pm
Saturday 12th 2.30 pm & 7.30 pm

Wednesday 9th 6.30 pm relaxed performance
Thursday 10th 7.30 pm includes captioning available via the Difference Engine
Saturday 12th 2.30 pm & 7.30 pm includes sign language interpretation

Four Coventry women, four different stories, a common need for connection. HER DAY shines a spotlight on the lives of ordinary local women engaged in everyday acts of peaceful protest.

This new female-led opera by Coventry-based Sayan Kent and Vanessa Oakes, brings together director Lucy Bradley (Royal Opera House, OperaUpClose, Glyndebourne) and music director Berrak Dyer (Royal Opera House, Opera Holland Park, The Opera Story). Set in a women’s friendship group, HER DAY will include a community chorus of local female singers led by Mariana Rosas (Colla Voce Chamber Choir and Birmingham City Council Choir) performing alongside professional singers and musicians. The cast includes: Nina Bennett, Kelly Glyptis, Grace Nyandoro and Claire Wild.

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, Spirit of 2012 through Coventry UK City of Culture and Heart of England Community Foundation.