

A hunger to control, consume, and devastate – exploitation in every imaginable form. This is the grotesque world of our own creation, a toxic landscape of molten lead and the blackest lava.

More than 150 years after it first debuted (after very nearly being banned) in Venice, Rigoletto is still a surprising work.

The last concert from the Seven Words series was the glorious crown of the set. A masterpiece by Scottish composer James MacMillan was the sole focus of the performance.



David Mamet’s Oleanna is a finely-balanced expose of the impact of intellectualism out of control. Behind the cool façade of academic arguments the lives of the two characters are unraveling.