Ghost Quartet

Rose has a problem. She’s been betrayed by her lover, a local tree-dwelling astronomer, with her very own sister. Rose seeks vengeance and a passing bear might just offer the answer. But his services come at a price: a pot of honey, one piece of stardust, a secret baptism – and a photo of a ghost. 

A kaleidoscopic journey spanning continents, centuries and the cosmos ensues. But even through the fogs of time and a haze of whiskey, Rose can’t shake the feeling that she’s done this all before…

Ghost Quartet is an intoxicating musical of love, loss and spirits - of both the spectral and alcoholic kind.  Wildly inventive, Malloy’s piece draws inspiration from a rich tapestry of work from Arabian Nights and Edgar Allan Poe to Grimms’ fairy tales and Stephen Sondheim, woven together by gospel, honky-tonk, folk ballads, electro-pop and jazz. This hauntingly beautiful song cycle is a story about stories themselves; how we tell them, how we hear them, and how they evolve, intertwine and draw us in.

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Music, Lyrics and Text by Dave Malloy

Directed by Bill Buckhurst

Musical direction by Benjamin Cox

Design by Simon Kenny,

Movement direction by Georgina Lamb,

Lighting by Emma Chapman

Sound by David Gregory

Casting by Will Burton CDG.