Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, London: Based on the cult novel by Iain Banks, The Wasp Factory is a new one-act opera composed and directed by Ben Frost, premiered in August at the Bregenz Festival. The darkness of the subject matter - left to his own devices by his reclusive father, teenager Frank retreats into a feral fantasy world on his remote Scottish island - is reflected in a bleak production. Read the ful…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:59AM on October 3, 2013