Glorious - a musical in three acts

From 2009 to 2012, Rajni Shah and collaborators are creating and touring Glorious - a  haunting and unusual new musical. Each time we perform Glorious, we work with a new set of musicians and local residents - dismantling, reinventing and re-assembling the raw material of the show over a few weeks. The show is about people, about what it means to live in a place, and about what it means to gather together in a theatre.

To read a selection of reviews about the show, click here

If you're a journalist or blogger looking for more information, please download our press pack

If you're interested in presenting Glorious or just curious to know more, please visit www.rajnishah.com/about-glorious for a full description of the show including technical details 

Tour Dates 2010-12

October 2012 Live at LICA, Lancaster - further 2012 dates to be announced shortly!

1st November 2011 Wunderbar Festival in Northumbria University Theatre (Stage 2), Newcastle

April 19th, 20th and 21st 2011 SPILL Festival world premiere at the Barbican - watch an extract on SPILL TV

February 26th 2011 NottDance festival preview

December 3rd 2010 InBetween Time festival in Bristol - songs (a capella) from Glorious

Newcastle participants

Performers: Paul Bodie, Pauline Frost, Hannah Goudie, John Paul Hewitt, Kate Taylor - with additional texts by Charlotte Bolam, Catherine Cullen and Keith Stephen Wearn 

Musicians: Richard Hetherington (guitar), Stephen Oliver Jones (bass), David Marshall and Dominic Reed (percussion), Destra Orsheena Ross (voice), Mahsa Salali and Tyron Spence (keyboard)

London participants

Performers: Collin Clay Chace, Shauna Concannon, Vicky Cowell, Trixi Hartmann, Jyoti Narayan, Brian Warby

Musicians: Karina Deyanova (Violin), Nathan Gregory (Percussion), Venetia Jollands (Violin), James Leveridge (Percussion, Keyboard), Chavdar Mazgalov (Piano) , Katie Miner (Flute), Tom Murray (Voice), Lorena Paz (Voice), Kakie Taylor (Voice), Rob Wells (Keyboard)

Nottingham participants

Performers: Moira Balmer, Adam Davis, Christa Jackson, Safeeya Khan, Necia Walker, Joss  
Musicians: Kieran Ahern (Percussion), Ney Corte Real (Angolan instruments), Will Flynn (Electric Guitar), Kamal Joory (Electronics), Emma Maraio (Guitar), Iryna Muha (Guitar, Mouth Organ, Jews Harp)

Act One (Chisenhale Dance Space) participants 

Performers: Alison Andrews, Tiffany Charrington, Collin Clay Chase, Jesse Meadows, Chandrika Patel, Katherina Radeva 

Creative team

 Lucille Acevedo-Jones, Lucy Cash, Karen Christopher, Sheila Ghelani, Mary Paterson, Ben & Max Ringham, Rajni Shah and Chahine Yavroyan

Project Director: Helena Suarez

Technical Director: Steve Wald, with Marty Langthorne

Musical Director: Suzie Shrubb

Documentation (film): Becky Edmunds

Producer: Rajni Shah

External Evaluation: Elizabeth Lynch

The back story - development of Glorious

June 2009 - ideas development at the Live Art Development Agency Study Room in London

August 2009 - Not Knowing, a DIY6 workshop in London - click here to read the call for proposals and final report

September 2009 - (It's Going to be) Glorious! - a public intervention and open workshop in Lancaster - click here for writing by Mary Paterson

February 2010 - Rajni, Lucille and Lucy development during residency at Wooda Farm (Wooda Arts Award 2010)

August 2010 - performance of Song of Letters at Duckie's Performance and Cocktails

September 2010 - Glorious launch party at Artsadmin's Toynbee Studios - click here for photos

December 2010 - Act One informal performance at Chisenhale Dance Space and Songs at InBetween Time Festival, Bristol

January 2011 - Rehearsals at People Show, lettter-writing interventions at Whitecross St Market in London and the Meadows Library in Nottingham

Feburary 2011 - Production week and preview performance as part of Nottdance

April 2011 - Premiere at the Barbican as part of SPILL Festival 2011

Glorious is commissioned by SPILL Festival at the Barbican, London

Co-commissioned by Live at LICA (Nuffield Theatre Lancaster), Wunderbar Festival and InBetween Time Productions

SPILL logo

Wunderbar logo

Glorious is supported by:

Paul Hamlyn Foundation logo

Royal Victoria Hall Foundation  PRS for Music Foundation

and you!

Other supporters:

People Show, Chisenhale Dance Space, Eldon Square shopping centre, NE1 Rangers, Diana Kaye florists, 25 Stratford Grove (25SG), The Settle Down Café, Wooda Farm, Errollyn Wallen Songclub, Meadows Library, Whitecross St Market, Fix Coffee