" .... Kate Gaul’s sharp, fat-free direction ....holding the contrasting modernistic/rustic elements of the opera in perfect balance....The immediacy of this chamber opera reminded me of what is exciting about theatre – where performance overrides production, where the footfalls and prop squeaks are within earshot."  John Haraker, Words About Music

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"...SCO has smartly brought in acclaimed theatre adventurer Kate Gaul to direct the modernist Janacek fable; and if this production were much fresher it would leap right off the stage. Director Kate Gaul choreographs the company with precision and purpose so that the cycle of Nature is uppermost – birth and death, love and loss, time and tide."  Diana Simmonds, Stage Noise

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