MARRIAGE RITES | FatLadyOpera

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Soprano Laura Meloy - Seated, dressed in black and gazing direct to camera in sombre mood.

MARRIAGE RITES

What makes a perfect wedding gift?

Promises written in confetti?

How old is the cake?

Unexpected Wedding Guests, the Clean and the Unwashed and all Hangers On, please be upstanding for The Ravenous Bride.

Bride and wedding guests illuminated in UV light - squaring up for a fight.

Disgruntled bride sits with chorus behind in agitation. All dressed in Black with white face paint.

Black and White the Vicar leads the bride down the aisle with confetti

Portrait of the bride and her party - dressed in black with white face paint. They all look hungry.

Chorus member dances down the aisle in UV light.

Bridal party swoop in on the bride. Black and white picture of garishly dressed wedding party.

Portrait of wedding party. All dressed in black with white face paint.

Chorus member beckons the audience. Dressed in black under UV light.

Two performers hold up an empty picture frame and smile through it.

Bridal party swoop in on an angry bride. UV light, all garishly dressed.

Performers and audience hold up empty picture frames and smile through.

9 characters making different grotesque shapes and snarling at the camera.

Commissioned by Strange Cargo for Cheriton Light Festival

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