Arts, Family Fun, Music
Beware the Mackerel Sky – Multi Generational Opera
Lancing College, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 0RW
27 April to 28 April 2024
from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm
This April, 180 local Sussex school children from primary, prep, and secondary schools unite with musicians from the Yehudi Menuhin School, Bernardi Music Group String Academy and Lancing College Choir alongside professional Opera soloists for a musical spectacular presented by Sing with Strings and performed at Lancing College Chapel.
Presenting ‘Beware the Mackerel Sky’, a dramatic tale of smugglers and spies, conflict, mystery, heartache and kindness, this one-act folk opera brings to life the rich smuggling heritage of an early 19th-century Sussex community in Shoreham and Lancing, weaving real-life characters and events with fiction. Including a musical blend of influences from opera, musical theatre, choral and orchestral music with exciting memorable songs.
The event brings together eight Primary and Prep school choirs, community choirs, opera singers and music professionals in one multigenerational and multi-disciplined 400 strong community for three performances only.
Saturday 27 April 2024
18:00 Performance 1 – Saturday Evening (doors open 17:45)
Sunday 28 April 2024
15:30 Performance 2 – Sunday Matinee (doors open 15:15)
18:00 Performance 3 – Sunday Evening (doors open 17:45)
