4. Prima Donna on Tour

Available for 27 days

Staging opera can be an exhausting and chaotic business. Keyboard Ken collapses and has to be rushed to hospital while Natasha, Opera Sunderland's prima donna, tours pubs, clubs and local radio stations trying to drum-up an audience. Comedy drama series written by Fintan Coyle and Tom Miles. The mishaps and adventures of the acting troupe at Opera Sunderland. Natasha ....... Caz Weller James ....... Simon Butteriss Derek ....... Andrew Branch Gareth ....... Godfrey James Dwight ....... Jonathan Kydd Keyboard Ken ....... Tom Miles Cilla ....... Carolyn Bonnyman Singers: Kathryn Jenkin Susan Jelley Henrik Wager Jochem van Ast Music by Tom Miles and Georges Bizet Producer: Chris Neill First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.