Quiet Songs
TalentLAB // opera
A bullied teenager feels their voice breaking. Can it ever be fixed?
Quiet Songs is a coming-of-age tale led by the Oscar-nominated actress Ruth Negga. Featuring a string quartet who use swords as musical instruments, it is the first production from Finn Beames & Company, the winner of the 2024 Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award, and was shortlisted for The Stage Awards 2025 in the Innovation category. After an acclaimed run at the Barbican, London, Finn returns to Luxembourg with a daring vision to revive the production in a creative residency with United Instruments of Lucilin and an engagement programme including workshops, open rehearsals and a post-show discussion.
Language: English
Duration: 1 hour
Writer, Composer & Director, Finn Beames
Performed by Ruth Negga & string quartet led by Chihiro Ono with musicians from United Instruments of Lucilin:
Wan-ru Cheng, violin
Ketevan Roinishvili, cello
Vincent Alves De Palma Delia, double bass
Set & costume Designer, Samal Blak
Lighting Designer, Bethany Gupwell Sound
Designer, Tingying Dong
A co-production of Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; Barbican, London; Finn Beames & Company Quiet Songs was originally commissioned by the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award & the Barbican, London, and supported by the Maria Björnson Memorial Fund & the Garrick Charitable Trust.
This presentation is supported by the Romilly Walton Masters Award.
Photos: © Helen Murray