The Shoemaker
Welsh National Opera in partnership with Oasis Cardiff. October 2022
The Shoemaker is a powerful story about resilience, endurance, power, and compassion with timeless relevance. An exhilarating fusion of Latin American, Persian, and Western classical musical influences
Produced: Welsh National Opera in partnership with Oasis Cardiff and Fio
Conductor, Orchestration, Music Supervisor: Max Ireland
Director: Sita Thomas
Designer: Jasmine Araujo
Lighting Designer: Chuma Emembolu
Composer: Boff Whalley, Arash Javadi, Masiha Imantalab, Rolando Bertrand, Diaco Geravandi, Tony Córdoba
Librettist: Tony Córdoba, Tarirai Angel Chenyika, Mana Javadi, Sarah Woods
Choreographer: Jodi Ann Nicholson
Dancers: Liam Wallace, Shakeera Ahmun and Jodi Ann Nicholson
"Director Sita Thomas has turned the Weston Studio into a charged space: I was made to feel very welcome and I know work like this will get new, multicultural audiences in." - Buzz Magazine
Reviews
"What really enhances this scene is the dancers portraying the flames devouring her work. Also flashed up on a large screen behind the action are scenes from Iran to give a contemporary flavour to this ensemble piece about freedom, equality and justice" - The Morning Star
