The Pirates of Penzance
English National Opera
Cooperation Projects
England
2015
Total project grant (euros)
€200,000
Percentage of budget funded
6.82 %
Programme
Creative Europe
Sub-programme
Culture
Call number
EACEA 32/2014
Project date
7 May 2015 - 31 Dec 2015
Number of partners in project
3
Lead organisation
English National Opera
Partners
Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg;
Saarländische Staatstheater, Germany
The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan is a rarely professionally performed English operetta that is being co-produced by English National Opera, Les Theatres de la Ville de Luxembourg and Saarlandisches Staatstheater. This project is a European collaboration that explores audience development and a new business model. All partner organisations are looking to engage audiences that would not usually attend our theatres as part of a joint audience development strategy. They will also be testing a new business model of circulating work by sharing the costs of creating the physical aspects of the project (sets, props and costumes) and with performers travelling from ENO and Saarbrucken to perform in Luxembourg and Caen.
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