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Conductor Andrew Gourlay steers the London Sinfonietta through a complex score alongside
superb performances from the show’s four-strong cast. Alice Birch’s libretto aligns perfectly with
the sound-world Coult creates and, as foretold by the many signs in the concert hall lobby, contains
a perfectly-pitched smattering of strong language.
As the village begins to break down into hysteria Anna Dennis (pictured below), who plays the
once helplessly depressed Violet with captivating conviction, becomes ever more sure-footed,
stomping across the stage in wellington boots, and eating cornflakes out of the box as she turns her
husband’s desperate prayers into a spectator sport.
