A teenage boy is fatally stabbed. Another boy is caught on CCTV leaving the scene. An open-and-shut case, it would seem. But, as Detective Inspector Anne Strawson investigates the older boy's story, she uncovers a bizarre nexus of chatroom meetings, false identities, fictitious spy rings and raunchy cybersex, leading to just one conclusion: it wasn't so much murder as suicide by internet.
Loosely inspired by an incredible but true case that happened in the North of England a few years ago, Nico Muhly's new opera enters the secret world of the teenage bedroom to hit the panic button on the realities and risks of living our lives online.
With a libretto by Craig Lucas, screenwriter of Prelude to a Kiss and Reckless and video design by Fifty Nine Productions, whose work has been a key feature of such recent ENO triumphs as Doctor Atomic and Satyagraha, this new co-production with the Metropolitan Opera, New York, is directed by Tony Award-winner Bartlett Sher, making his UK opera debut.
Some elements of this production may be unsuitable for those under 16 years of age.
| Evenings: various |
| Theatre Venue: | Coliseum Theatre |
| Address: | Denman Street, London W1D 7DY |
| Seating Plan: | Seating Plan |
| Google Map: | Google Location Map |
The Coliseum Theatre (also known as the London Coliseum) is on St. Martin's Lane, in the City of Westminster. It is one of London's largest and best equipped theatres and opened in 1904, designed by theatrical architect Frank Matcham (designer of the London Palladium), for impresario Oswald Stoll. Their ambition was to build the largest and finest 'People's palace of entertainment' of its age.
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