DESCRIPTION:
A video opera with improvised singing by non-professionals, accompanied by some unusual instruments. The loose narrative centres around the Queen, whose personal joys and emotions, and those of her subjects, are woven into a unique collage of sound and imagery.

The piece was developed in Wolfsburg and Berlin around the time of the Reunification of Germany, and shot in London with mostly German cast. The music was composed in parallel to video post production.

Produced & directed by Akiko Hada
Script: Wolfgang Müller
Music: Lester Square & Helen McCookerybook

With Hermoine Zittlau, Gunter Puttrich-Reignard, Mark Brandenburg, Julia Eckey, Johnny Langer and Charlotte Greig.
Produced for Channel Four and the Arts Council of Great Britain.