Company Carpi

Disunited Jukebox

A 21st Century Opera

Angry, serious, comic, inquisitive, personal and emotional…

Disunited Jukebox is a brand new opera about the bewildering state of the modern world, created by composer Gary Lloyd & choreographer Bettina Carpi.

Highly celebrated writers Mary Talbot, Neil Gaiman, Brian Catling and many others have created the specially written libretto for the opera,

alongside new writing talent such as Marissa Landy and community

and youth input from Warrington Youth Zone.

Disunited Jukebox spans diverse topics from artificial intelligence,

nature & climate, witchcraft, political landscape, neuroscience,

refugee crises, technological progresses, our hopes & fears for the future…

to mental health & conspiracy theories.

Opera singers Naomi Rogers, Olivia Carrell, Isabelle Mohan

& Luca Wetherall, plus a special guest tenor, are joined by an ensemble

of incredible musicians - comprising a string sextet and two orchestral percussionists - drawn from the very best orchestras in the UK including

the Hallé Orchestra & BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the

stunning contemporary dancers Erin Pollitt, Sarah Bateman & Rachel Li

complete the cast for this explosive performance.

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The full list of libretto writers also includes:

Gary Carpenter, Nikky Smedley, Ian Carney, Dani Abulhawa,

Claire Henderson Davis, Michelle Hodgson, Dr Jess Duckworth,

Felicity Goodman, and Roger Gray