FINAL WEEK must finish Sunday 2 May
Unexpected Opera in

an adaptation of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld
"The 12-strong cast and quartet of musicians more than hold their own
with wittily arranged versions of Offenbach's score" Time Out 20.04.10
Unexpected Opera are back after their triumphant appearance
at the Warehouse last year with THE BARBER OF SAVILE ROW
"A seedy 1970s pub, a wild beach party 'down under' and a bunch of rebellious
gods and goddesses may not sound like the traditional ingredients
of Orpheus in the Underworld. But this is Unexpected Opera -
a delightfully zany, witty and inventive company
that sends up well-known operas in such good-humoured style that even the
most hardened purist must surely succumb to their affectionately irreverent approach.
Here, the deities are in training for the Olympics,
with Jupiter as their relentless task master.
Mayhem ensues when the deities rebel against Jupiter's rigorous training regime
and unappetising diet. Into this chaos comes Eunice, wife of Orpheus,
who has been poisoned by Pluto - disguised as folk singer Arty -
so that he can claim her for himself.
The irony of producing a pastiche of an opera that was itself originally
a pastiche of another opera - Gluck's Orfeo e Eurydice - is all part of the humour of this
highly enjoyable rewrite, and the plot makeover works surprisingly well.
It all adds up to an evening of good, clean - well, fairly clean - entertainment,
propelled along at a cracking pace by an energetic and talented cast. ..
So, an unconventional Orpheus, but
a thoroughly irresistible one" Oxford Times March 10

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