09, 10 & 11 AUGUST 2019 | SILK MOTH
Ruthless Jabiru to make Grimeborn Festival debut with all-female programme of music
London chamber orchestra Ruthless Jabiru will deliver its first fully-staged production for fringe opera stalwart Grimeborn Festival at London’s Arcola Theatre over a five performance season from 09–11 August 2019.
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Diverse cast unite in Bushra El-Turk’s Silk Moth
Ruthless Jabiru welcomes lauded British-Egyptian mezzo Camille Maalawy to perform the principal role of Mother in the orchestra’s forthcoming production Silk Moth for Grimeborn Festival 2019.
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Press coverage
- Tempo: a Quarterly Review of New Music | Bushra El-Turk and Eleanor Knight, Silk Moth; Grimeborn, 9 August 2019
- I Care If You Listen | Grimeborn Festival stages daring triple bill featuring El-Turk’s Silk Moth
- Composers Edition | Kelly Lovelady: On staging Bushra El-Turk’s Silk Moth this August for Grimeborn
- BBC Radio London | Inspirit with Jumoké Fashola
- Meet the Artist | Camille Maalawy, mezzo-soprano
- Planet Hugill | Complex tragedies of honour crime and family violence: Ruthless Jabiru at Grimeborn Festival
- University of Brighton | Lecturer’s libretto returns to the stage
- Silk Moth and honour
- Arcola announces 2019 Grimeborn Opera Festival
“Energy was conjured from the air, swirled around menacingly and evocatively, and then, abruptly, dispersed.” Florence Anna Maunders reviews Ruthless Jabiru’s collaboration with Decibel New Music Ensemble and soloist Cat Hope, The Holy Presence of, for Planet Hugill. 
Ruthless Jabiru is joined by Australian-based friends Decibel New Music Ensemble in a programme for bass orchestra by Cat Hope, Tansy Davies, Kaija Saariaho, Lindsay Vickery, Pedro Alvarez and Julius Eastman at south London’s Brunel Museum on 02 December. 
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