59 Productions' collaborations with Improbable Theatre

59 has collaborated with Improbable Theatre and their associate artists on a number of theatrical and operatic productions. A selection of these is shown below:

The Enchanted Island

The Enchanted Island

Metropolitan Opera, New York
from December 31st 2011

This new opera, with a new libretto by Jeremy Sams, is assembled from the greatest hits of the Baroque opera era, and is based on the Shakespearean stories of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Tempest.

Satyagraha - Met Opera

Satyagraha - Met Opera

Metropolitan Opera / ENO / Improbable
Met Opera, New York, from November 4th 2011

Panic

Panic

Barbican, London
15th April - 16th May 2009

Metropolitan Opera 125th Anniversary Gala

Metropolitan Opera 125th Anniversary Gala

Metropolitan Opera, New York
March 2009

 Doctor Atomic - London

Doctor Atomic - London

English National Opera
London Coliseum, February 2009

This contemporary opera by American composer John Adams is transferring to London after a highly successful season at the Metropolitan Opera in New York

Alex - tour

Alex - tour

UK and International Tour
September - December 2008

Satyagraha - Met Opera

Satyagraha - Met Opera

Metropolitan Opera New York
April - May 2008

Alex

Alex

Alex Live on Stage - Video design by Fifty Nine Productions
The Arts Theatre, London

Satyagraha

Satyagraha

English National Opera / Improbable
London Coliseum, April 2007

This beautiful production of Philip Glass's extraordinary opera about Gandhi's years as a young lawyer in South Africa features some ravishing images courtesy of the ever-inventive Improbable Theatre Company, with projections by 59.