We'll be pushing out the boat in May 2010, with Benjamin Britten's spectacular musical drama “Noye’s Fludde”, combining the very best professional forces with local amateurs and students. This is a major undertaking involving a cast and crew of c. 100 kids and adults and an all-star line-up of professional singers and musicians.

As organisers we feel it is important that the Medieaval flood-and-ark story is put into a modern context, and would like to use the opportunity to focus on the consequence of climate change.

Would you like to help us?

COSTUME DESIGNERS & ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD:
Britten's opera includes a large children's choir dressed in animal head-dresses - the animals that Noah rescues on the ark. We are inviting artists from all over the world to contribute to our production by donating one or two head-dresses depicting an animal or bird listed on their own regional Red List of endangered species (http://www.nationalredlist.org). After the production, all head-dresses will be widely advertised in the media and auctioned off to raise money for the work that Water Aid (http://www.wateraid.org/) carries out in communities round the world to alleviate the effects of climate change.

YOUNG SINGERS FROM LOCHABER:
There is still time to join the choir of animals and get a chance to wear some of the spectacular head-dresses made by local and far-away artists. Vocal instructor Christopher Josey will start choir rehearsals on Saturday 23rd Jan.

If you'd like to know more, please contact us by email or give us a ring on + 44 (0)1397 722334.