Propaganda
Propaganda: A New Musical
Music / Book / Direction by Conor Mitchell
Lyric Theatre / Belfast International Arts Festival
October 2022
Berlin, 1949.
An ‘iron curtain’ draws across war ravaged Germany.
Berlin divides in two.
Trapped in the East, two young lovers become embroiled in the chaos of circumstance, art, love and American jazz.
With a Broadway influenced score, a live 14-piece orchestra and stellar cast, Propaganda is a musical for our time.
Commissioned by the Lyric Theatre, and developed with the Lyric New Writing department, Propaganda: A New Musical by double Ivor Novello- nominated composer Conor Mitchell is an old fashioned Soviet love story.
Performance Diary
2022
Belfast International Arts Festival - Lyric Theatre - Belfast
Reviews
★★★★
★★★★
“Musical swagger, lavish presentation and theatrical ambition encase a wide-ranging, multi-layered narrative”
Helen Meany - The Guardian
Jane Coyle - The Stage
“a masterpiece…formed here in Belfast, with local talent on stage, in the pit, and behind the scenes.”
Chris McCormack - The Irish Times
★★★★
“Intelligent new opera”
Alan Meban - Alan In Belfast
Featured in Best Theatre of 2022
The Stage
TRAILER
Conor Mitchell
Beki Bateson
Kate Guelke
Aoife Magee
STAGING
Darren Franklin
Joanna O’Hare
Oliver Lidert
Sean Kearns
Rebecca Caine
Celia Graham
Matthew Cavan
CAST
Slavi
Hanna
Ruddy
Comrade Poliakoff
Magda
Margot
Gerhardt
Clare Hadwen
Alan McClure
Aoife Magee
David McCann
Peter Flanagan
Thomas Alford
Kevin Lawless
Gillian McCutcheon
Jarlath Mulholland
Tom Wall
Nathan Moore
Keith McAllister
Will Brown
Brian Rice
Leader / Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Wind 1
Wind 2
Wind 3
Trumpet
Trombone
Piano
Guitar
Drum Kit
MANAGEMENT
INSTRUMENTS
Director
Musical Director
Set & Costume
Lights
AV
Choreographer
Fight Director
Sound
Production Manager
Company Stage
Manager
Stage Managers
Assistant Stage
Managers
Credits
Conor Mitchell
Bob Broad
Conor Murphy
Mary Tumelty
Conan McIvor
Sandy Cuthbert
Ian Mcracken
Ian Vennard
Adrian Mullan
Siobhan Barbour
Aimee Yates
Louise Graham
Stephen Dix
David Willis
Codie Morrison
Kerri McGimpsey
Artistic Director
Executive Consultant
Associate Producer
Orchestral Associate
Credits
CAST
Darren Franklin
Joanna O’Hare
Oliver Lidert
Sean Kearns
Rebecca Caine
Celia Graham
Matthew Cavan
Slavi
Hanna
Ruddy
Comrade Poliakoff
Magda
Margot
Gerhardt
INSTRUMENTS
Clare Hadwen
Alan McClure
Aoife Magee
David McCann
Peter Flanagan
Thomas Alford
Kevin Lawless
Gillian McCutcheon
Jarlath Mulholland
Tom Wall
Nathan Moore
Keith McAllister
Will Brown
Brian Rice
Leader / Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Wind 1
Wind 2
Wind 3
Trumpet
Trombone
Piano
Guitar
Drum Kit
STAGING
Conor Mitchell
Bob Broad
Conor Murphy
Mary Tumelty
Conan McIvor
Sandy Cuthbert
Ian Mcracken
Ian Vennard
Adrian Mullan
Siobhan Barbour
Aimee Yates
Louise Graham
Stephen Dix
David Willis
Codie Morrison
Kerri McGimpsey
Director
Musical Director
Set & Costume
Lights
AV
Choreographer
Fight Director
Sound
Production Managers
Company Stage
Manager
Stage Managers
Assistant Stage
Managers
MANAGEMENT
Conor Mitchell
Beki Bateson
Kate Guelke
Aoife Magee
Artistic Director
Executive Consultant
Associate Producer
Orchestral Associate
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