Come Again – Album Launch Show
Apr
1
7:30 PM19:30

Come Again – Album Launch Show

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All are cordially invited to the launch of the album Come Again. A thought experiment, to see what would have happened had the pop artists of the 60s discovered Early Music, Come Again presents Baroque and Renaissance classics as you’ve never heard them before. Featuring support from special guest That Might Be Vero.

Entry is free, with donations requested.

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La Serva Padrona
Nov
4
8:00 PM20:00

La Serva Padrona

Since 2020, Coronavirus has threatened to kill opera! Can David save it with his one-man production of La Serva Padrona? Baroque meets funk as the social order is turned upside down in this new English version of Pergolesi’s 1733 comic masterpiece.

This 2022 Edinburgh Fringe hit comes to Freiburg's Cafe Norso for a special one-off performance.

'Unique genius... opera has been revived' ★★★★★ – The Student

For tickets click here.

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La Serva Padrona - SCAS Workshop Performance
Dec
3
6:00 PM18:00

La Serva Padrona - SCAS Workshop Performance

In 2020 Coronavirus threatens to kill opera! Can David save it with his one-man production of La Serva Padrona? Baroque meets retro in this fresh new twist on Pergolesi’s 1733 comicmasterpiece.

This workshop performance is generously hosted by the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS). Unfortunately, due to Covid restrictions, this performance is by invitation only.

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Songs of Sadness, Satire, and Seduction
Mar
31
12:15 PM12:15

Songs of Sadness, Satire, and Seduction

Elizabethan songs by Campion, Dowland, Jones, Weelkes, Hume, and others performed by David William Hughes (countertenor, lute-guitar).

'A display of consummate musicality that brings tears to the eyes' - ScotsGay
’A fine voice with an enormous range’ - FringeReview
’Hughes succeeds sensationally’ - Boston Musical Intelligencer

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Songs of Sadness, Satire, and Seduction
Jan
1
6:00 PM18:00

Songs of Sadness, Satire, and Seduction

Elizabethan songs by Campion, Dowland, Jones, Weelkes, Hume, and others performed by David William Hughes (countertenor, lute-guitar).

'A display of consummate musicality that brings tears to the eyes' - ScotsGay
’A fine voice with an enormous range’ - FringeReview
’Hughes succeeds sensationally’ - Boston Musical Intelligencer

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Wit & Mirth - Thanksgiving Special
Nov
29
8:00 PM20:00

Wit & Mirth - Thanksgiving Special

Fresh from sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, Wit and Mirth returns to the Lilypad for a special Thanksgiving weekend performance. In 1698 Thomas d’Urfey published the smash-hit book of comic songs, Wit and Mirth. David William Hughes sings some of them, some of his own, and some of yours which he’ll make up for you. The 17th century has never been so funny.

"I loved every second" ★★★★★ - Musical Talk

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Elizabethan @ SHAKE IT UP!
Aug
24
5:00 PM17:00

Elizabethan @ SHAKE IT UP!

David William Hughes brings his critically acclaimed musical comedy Elizabethan to SHAKE IT UP! A Shakespeare Festival for Shoredich. Elizabethan is ‘a hoot, a bawdy entertainment, and a display of consummate musicianship’ (ScotsGay), which David is thrilled to present at the site of The Theatre, one of the oldest Elizabethan playhouses.

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Wit and Mirth
Aug
23
10:15 PM22:15

Wit and Mirth

In 1698 Thomas d’Urfey published the smash-hit book of comic songs “Wit & Mirth”. David William Hughes sings some of them, some of his own, and some of yours which he’ll make up for you.  ‘Hilarious’ – FringeGuru

**** Adelaide Advertiser
**** FringeGuru
**** The730Review
**** ScotsGay
**** MusicalTalk

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Elizabethan
Aug
23
6:05 PM18:05

Elizabethan

Join Tobias Bacon as he lutes and lusts his way through Elizabethan England in this new musical comedy based on genuine Renaissance songs. With the help of the audience – and some extremely dodgy wigs – David William Hughes plays Tobias and a trio of his lovers, all whilst singing and playing the lute. ‘It’s a hoot, a bawdy entertainment, and a display of consummate musicianship that brings tears to the eyes’ **** (ScotsGay). ‘An hilarious creation’ **** (FringeGuru.com). ‘Impressive, accomplished musicality and bawdy ribaldry... genuinely funny’ **** (The730Review.co.uk). ‘A witty gem’ **** (MusicalTalk).

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