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Susie Self: Quilt Song

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Priority booking for BOA students opens Sunday 1 April.
Tickets go on general sale Friday 1 June

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Quilt Song is an upbeat musical-opera composed by Susie Self for the Birmingham community. It emulates the hit Hamilton with charismatic music performed by professional soloists and orchestra with rising stars from Birmingham Ormiston Academy.

The show celebrates social inclusivity by using quilting as a metaphor. Its lyrics are sourced from John Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln which premiered at The Old Rep (then Birmingham Repertory Theatre) in 1918.

 

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Find out more about Susie Self on her website.

Quilt Song is an upbeat musical-opera composed by Susie Self for the Birmingham community. It emulates the hit Hamilton with charismatic music performed by professional soloists and orchestra with rising stars from Birmingham Ormiston Academy.

The show celebrates social inclusivity by using quilting as a metaphor. Its lyrics are sourced from John Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln which premiered at The Old Rep (then Birmingham Repertory Theatre) in 1918.

Find out more about Susie Self on her website.

Play Reading: John Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln

See a live reading of the play that inspired Quilt Song. A play reading of John Drinkwater’s play Abraham Lincoln to mark the centenary of its première on the very same stage. Led by Richard Simkin, Chairman of Friends of the Dymock Poets. John Drinkwater was the resident playwright of the Birmingham Repertory Company and an integral part of the company which began its life at Birmingham Repertory Theatre (now The Old Rep) in 1913.

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Play Reading: John Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln

See a live reading of the play that inspired Quilt Song. A play reading of John Drinkwater’s play Abraham Lincoln to mark the centenary of its première on the very same stage. Led by Richard Simkin, Chairman of Friends of the Dymock Poets. John Drinkwater was the resident playwright of the Birmingham Repertory Company and an integral part of the company which began its life at Birmingham Repertory Theatre (now The Old Rep) in 1913.

Find out more
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