Royal & Derngate and English Touring Opera to present intimate new cabaret online SCENE UNSEEN

Photo credit: David Lefeber

As part of its Made in Northampton season, Royal & Derngate has launched Scene Unseen, an intimate cabaret by Jessica Walker and Joseph Atkins, directed for film by the theatre’s Artistic Director James Dacre.

A Royal & Derngate, Northampton and English Touring Opera co-production, Scene Unseen is a cutting-edge new musical about identity, sexuality, and what makes us who we are, available to watch online on ETO at Home from 9am on 12 September for three months.

An hour-long song-cycle weaves a path from cabaret artist Jessica Walker’s emotionally complex childhood right up to her very particular wedding day, with songs about early gender confusion, sexual assault, first love and betrayal, and family secrets. It is a powerful, personal story with universal themes, expressed through Atkins and Walker’s uncategorisable musical of humour, classicism, torch, and a touch of Eighties synth. 

The film features illustrations by award-winning illustrator Thomas Hicks and cinematography by David Lefeber.

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