A VISIT TO FRIENDS
Aldeburgh Festival
Composer: Colin Matthews
Librettist: William Boyd
Conductor: Jessica Cottis
Director: Rachael Hewer
Designer: Leanne Vandenbussche
Video Designer: Sasha Balmazi-Owen
Choreographer & Intimacy Co-ordinator: Christina Fulcher
Assistant Conductor: William Cole
Assistant Director: Jaz Manville
Design Assistant: Elaine Chiang
Répétiteur: Berrak Dyer
Aurora Orchestra
Company Stage Manager: Bonnie Poole
Deputy Stage Manager: Vicky Eames
Assistant Stage Manager: Jo Papanastassiou
Assistant Stage Manager: Ellen Swailes
Production Manager: Ryan Watson
Production Manager: Oakey Hand
Lighting Programmer: Justin Goad
Video Engineer: Tom Taylor
Costume Supervisor: Magdalena Seyfried
Surtitles: Amanda MacLeod
Artist Wellbeing Practitioner: Lou Platt
Opening Date: 13th June 2025
Production Photographer: Richard Hubert Smith
“The ever-changing videos (Sasha Owen) sympathetically underscore the mood on stage, as does the lighting by Danny Vavrečka.”
“Lighting and video design (Danny Vavrečka and Sasha Owen) effectively echo the romantic turmoil of the characters.”
“The creative team certainly excel themselves particularly with Danny Vavrečka’s ever-changing lighting scenario and Sasha Owen’s striking video sequences, adding so much to the overall stage picture.”