Just finished a glorious week of development on our new operatic adventure at the Volksoper Vienna, our adaptation of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. We start rehearsals proper end of January. Amazing team. So exciting. What. Larks. More about the show on the Volksoper website here: https://www.volksoper.at/production/die-piraten-von-penzance-2026.en.html
We are delighted to announce our next opera project at the Vienna Volksoper: a new adaptation of Gilbert & Sullivan’s THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. Following the success of ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD which has now enjoyed three sell-out seasons at the Volksoper since its debut in 2023, we are turning
‘Rakkaudesta Sähköön’ (‘For The Love Of Electricity’) opened at the Finnish National Theatre on 20th March 2025. Here Aitor reflects on directing Marc Gassot and his creative team. In 2019 Marc Gassot, a physical theatre performer from Finland approached me to direct a solo show for him. It was going
Our co-Artistic Director Aitor Basauri has been directing this show with Finnish mime and actor Marc Gassot since before lockdown. It finally opens in Helsinki tonight! More about the show on the Finnish National Theatre website.
We’re headed to Vienna for rehearsals of our box-office smash operetta! This will be the third revival of the award-winning production. Full details of performances on the Volksoper website Pictures, videos and reviews on our Orpheus show page 2025 performance dates: 6th Feb, 16th Feb, 21st Feb, 7th March, 11th
Insidious rehearsals are underway in New York… ON BROADWAY! (finally doing a Broadway show, even if that’s just where we’ve been rehearsing). Here’s a peak at what we’ve been up to. Pics by Ethan Lindhout. Full details about the show on the Insidious show page.
We were tucked up that Orpheus in the Underworld, Spymonkey’s first full-scale opera directed by Toby Park and Aitor Basauri, was awarded Best Design 2023 at the Austrian Music Theatre Awards on 1st September. We also received a nomination for Best Operetta. Here’s designer Julian Crouch accepting the award: IMG_3611
We just finished our 6th 3-weeker Theatre of the Funny Creation School. Great to be back at the BAC! – it holds some very warm memories for us since its where we spent a lot of time in our early days as a company, and we really enjoyed being there
Buoyed by an encouraging first raft of reviews from our opening of The Frogs at Royal & Derngate… ★★★★ “As engaging as it is audacious” THE OBSERVER “Inspiring” THE TELEGRAPH ★★★★ “Totally crazy but incredibly funny” REVIEWS HUB ★★★★ “Painfully funny” LIBBY PURVES THEATRECAT “Impeccable
Office 8, Old Courthouse, 118 Church St, Brighton BN1 1UD
email: info@spymonkey.co.uk
Spymonkey is resident ensemble company at Royal & Derngate, Northampton.
Spymonkey Company Number: 04228825
copyright (c) Spymonkey 2023 | Spymonkey Policies
