Forgetting ourselves can be a dangerous thing: Stephanie Wake-Edwards in FEAST

Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Wake-Edwards has started a new production company MIMO with mezzo-soprano Simone Ibbett-Brown, conductor André Callegaro, director & writer Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong, and composer Ben Comeau. 

On 15 and 16 September 2023, MIMO will be premiering FEAST a new one-woman show starring Wake-Edwards which is described as an opera with cabaret seasoning, interweaving pre-existing art song and jazz from Berlioz to Billy Strayhorn, Kurt Weill to Errollyn Wallen, as well as new music from Ben Comeau.

FEAST tells the story of Jessica who is throwing a dinner party to impress her boss, with a promotion on the horizon. She just has to hold her nerve for one more night, but her façade is wearing ever thinner. Is she really who she says she is? For that matter, is anyone around the dinner table? Is a job like this ever truly free from dishonesty?

This is a tale that reminds us that forgetting ourselves can be a dangerous thing. Can we ever truly thrive if we are someone else? What are the repercussions of contorting yourself to fit into a world not for you?

Full details from Wilton's Music Hall website.