Synopsis

High society lovers, part-time students and full-time hedonists Andrew and Nicola are in financial trouble. With no money coming in from Daddy, they have borrowed heavily ... but forgotten about paying back. Now a group of dodgy loansharks are starting to get heavy – especially their leader, Wellard, who is after more than Nicola’s money.
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Andrew comes up with a death-defyingly cunning plan to con his father (Baron McCann) and Nicola’s aunt Alexandra (who just happens to be the Baron’s second wife) out of enough money to pay off the sharks and have a big lump left over. Soon the plot is as thick as Wellard, with Andrew and Nicola leaping in and out of bed in response to a variety of visitors, while the one who really wants to get into Nicola’s bed, namely Wellard, spends most of his time hiding in the bathroom.
Things get really complicated when a pack of tabloid hacks and paparazzi invade the flat just before the Baron and Alexandra arrive. There is a lot of explaining to do but Andrew wriggles off the hook and most of them live happily ever after.


Singspiel in one act

by Carl Maria von Weber


Performed at Wheatley House, Kingsley Hampshire in June 2000
and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 2000

New performing edition arranged for augmented wind quintet by Erica Kollek


Cast
Andrew McCanntenor Robin Snape
Nicola soprano Cara McHardy
Wellard bass James Gower
Baron McCann /
speaking
roles
/
Alistair Vartan
Alexandra Björg Árnadóttir
Malone Gunnar Cauthery
Suzanne Jeanette Gunston

Opera South Chorus

Linda Tolmie, Gunnar Cauthery, Judith Forde, Jeanette Gunston, Jenny Hill, Robert Hill, Tim Macer, Brockie Mytton, Alan Taylor


The Omnibus Ensemble

Conducted by Erica Kollek
Candice Hamel flute
Sarah Oakes oboe
Anna Rees clarinet
Jenni Cooper bassoon
Nicholas Leech horn
Tim Frost keyboard
Lauren Baker double bass

Stage directors: Björg Árnadóttir & Adam Forde
Production Manager: Robert Hill