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DVDs of Tim Benjamin's Herakles on sale 8th July 2017

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DVDs of the world premiere performance in Todmorden will be available for purchase, cost £10, at the film premiere on Saturday 8th July. For more information and to buy tickets for the event, please see our Film page.   After the event DVDs will be available through the University Store at £10 + post and...

A successful premiere of Herakles

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On Sunday 30th April, Tim Benjamin's Herakles premiered to a packed house in Todmorden Town Hall. Audience ratings of the work were overwhelmingly positive with the music, performers and occassion all received more than 4 stars. Lively, intense, interesting, good combination of music and speech. Most enjoyable. For more information and photographs please see the Musical...

First Orchestral Rehearsal for Herakles

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Todmorden Orchestra and Choral Society have had their first joint rehearsal for this Sunday's premiere of Tim Benjamin's ‘Herakles’ in Todmorden Town Hall.  The dramatic soundscape created by the music was perfectly complemented by the sonorous spoken narrative delivered by Time (the fabulous Claire Benedict).  Come Sunday, the instrumental forces will be further augmented, and...

Interview with Tim Benjamin

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The composer of the new dramatic work Herakles (premiering in Todmorden in 14 days), speaks to the Hercules Project about his interest in Hercules and Hercules' Choice, about the process of adapting an ancient story to the modern world, and his compositional process, influences and changes. This recording has been lightly edited, but you may...

Herakles narrator confirmed

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Todmorden actress Claire Benedict will play the narrator in the upcoming production of Tim Benjamin's Herakles. Claire Benedict, whose theatre work includes numerous productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, is familiar to many from roles in television dramas such as Waking the Dead and Prime Suspect, among others. Her film credits include Felicia's Journey (1999)....

Herakles advertised

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The new musical drama by Tim Benjamin premieres in 15 days time and is now advertised with this rather fetching display in Todmorden Tourist Information Office, where tickets can be purchased, please follow this link for the phone number. Posters are also on display in Leeds, in the Town Hall, Music Library and Tourist Information....

Herakles - tickets now on sale

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Tickets: £10 (£8 concession) from Todmorden Tourist Information Office, telephone 01706818181 to pay by credit/debit card. If you wish to print out a poster with full details to display, please do so with our thanks. herakles-poster-no-bleed (2Mb pdf)   Composer Tim Benjamin has written a new work, Herakles, premiered by Todmorden Choral Society and Todmorden Orchestra.  Herakles is based on the...

Herakles: rehearsals have begun

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Rehearsals for Herakles, the new musical drama by Tim Benjamin for Todmorden Choral Society are now under way. The first rehearsal on Wednesday 4th January introduced the work to Todmorden Choral Society through short talks by Emma Stafford and Tim Benjamin, both of which were very well received. Emma Stafford’s talk on the origins and...

Herakles: a new oratorio by Tim Benjamin

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Associated with the project is a new Hercules-themed musical drama, Herakles, to be premiered by Todmorden Choral Society, West Yorkshire, from the composer Tim Benjamin. The work is currently in the final stages of development and has taken Dio Chrysostom's  version of the "Choice of Hercules", with the choice between Kingship and Tyranny, as it's starting point. Herakles...