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Gareth Malone to be Knight Crew chorus master

November 19th, 2009

Gareth recruits the Knight Crew Chorus

Big News! Gareth Malone, he of The Choir and Boys Don’t Sing, has been appointed Chorus Master to Knight Crew and the making of the opera is to be filmed by the BBC for Gareth’s new series Gareth Goes to Glyndebourne. The good news is Gareth is as nice in person as he is on the telly. The bad news is – he filmed in my kitchen. To understand this, you’d have to see my kitchen. And – unfortunately – you will.

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Anthony Thwaite, OBE, delivers Knight Crew

October 8th, 2009

Here is Anthony Thwaite, OBE, poet and literary executor of the Larkin estate, helping deliver packs of Nicky Singer’s Knight Crew, to publisher CB editions. Does Faber employ such distinguished unloaders? OUP? Random House? Any other publisher?

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Knight Crew Opera Official Site Goes Live

August 11th, 2009

The official site for Glyndebourne’s opera version of Knight Crew has gone live.

Click here to visit.

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You can come and chat to me (for FREE!) on Tuesday June 29th 4.30pm at Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, London N6. I’ll be talking about Feather Boy and Knight Crew – my re-telling of the King Arthur legend. Watch out for the BBC2 documentary of the making of Knight Crew the novel into [...]
Knight Crew BBC2 17th June 9pm

Well – it’s just about to happen. In ‘Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne’ (three consecutive Thursdays from 17th June) you can follow the journeys of some of the amazing kids who took part in my operatic version of Knight Crew the novel (check under Books on this site) with music by the wonderful Julian Philips. [...]
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At St Mary’s Primary school in East Grinstead to give a workshop to some 10 and 11 year olds. It’s such a privilege to work with people with such glorious, open minds.
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