Iris : Season 2012

Sunday 15th Jan	Covent Garden Acoustic Sessions
	Iris Theatre produces the first in its Covent Garden Acoustic Sessions on Sunday 15th at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden (The Actors' Church). St. Paul's will open it's doors to some of London's finest songwriting talent. This will be a perfect way to spend a chilly sunday evening with us in a beautiful intimate setting. Click here for more information.

Sunday 19th Feb	Workin Process 3 : Blind Date
	Workin Process 3 - Blind Date takes new composers & lyricists and matches them up with people they have never worked with before on a musical theatre 'blind date'. Having been paired up via personal ads our writers have been given two months to come up with songs inspired by our summer romantic comedy, As You Like It. An estemed panel of industry leaders will judge the final numbers and decide upon a winner. Click here for more information.

Thurs 22nd March	Workin Process 4 : Cross Platform
	For Workin Process 4 - Cross Platform we are running a night focused on cross disciplinary performance. Performers will be challenged to break out of their usual patterns and try something new: either by challenging their own performance style or by collaborating with another artist from a different discipline. Click here for more information.

11th - 14th April	Gormenghast
	This co-production with Blackshaw Theatre is a stage adaptation of Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan, and has been in development since October 2010. The 'Gormenghast series', or 'Titus books', written by artist, author and poet Mervyn Peake, are set in a timeless world with a rigid class structure, thousands of age old traditions, and one ambitious kitchen boy. Titus Groan tells the first part of the story; the birth of Gormenghast’s heir, the descent of the Earl into madness, and Steerpike, a kitchen boy determined to better himself at all costs and who by doing so shakes Gormenghast to its very core. Click here for more information.

28th June - 4th Aug	As You Like It
	This summer Iris Theatre present an exciting promenade production of As You Like It at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden. Set in the beautiful and intimate gardens of the historic church, this open-air performance will dive head first into Shakespeare’s celebration of romance and sexual licence, delighting and inspiring audiences of all ages. This will be an exciting midsummer experience not to be missed. Click here for more information.

20th - 23rd Sept	Opera Twelve
	This year Iris Theatre has commissioned a new opera to be performed in September to open the 2012-13 London Opera Season. In keeping with the tradition and ethos of the company we are working with a brand-new, young talented composer writing their debut opera. Centred around the myth of Hermaphroditus this piece will explore themes of gender, idenity and the divine. Click here for more information.