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'Tis Death to Break a Frame: The Story of a Stockinger

sinfonia ViVA: Residency
An interactive singing project
Tuesday 21st June 2011
Assembly Rooms, Derby

1.00pm Schools' Performance - Tickets: £1.50 per child for school groups with accompanying adults free - Schools' performance only. Box Office: 01332 207602

7.00pm Public Performance - Tickets £3.00. Contact the Derby LIVE Box Office: 01332 255800

'Tis Death to Break a Frame

Billy is the grandson of a Nottinghamshire Stockinger. Billy's Grandfather is getting old and ready to pass the stocking frame to Billy, but there is not much need for stockings anymore, rent on the frame has been raised and they don't have much money to run their frame and even less for their home. Billy's Grandfather has learned that a factory is to open on the hill and encourages Billy to go to work there, but Billy doesn't want to work in a crowded, cramped and noisy room, with unskilled women and children for less money than his Grandfather makes.

Our story charts Billy's quest to protect their way of life and his struggle to accept the new.

sinfonia ViVA returns with a brand new oratorio written by James Redwood and Hazel Gould in partnership with the Ruddington Framework Knitters' Museum to mark the 200th anniversary of the Luddite uprising. 180 young people from across Derby and Bolsover will join sinfonia ViVA to perform this new work themed around the Luddites.

The interactive afternoon performance is specifically designed for primary school groups, with supporting materials linked to the national curriculum provided in advance to help prepare you for the concert.

For more information on the afternoon performance please contact sinfonia ViVA on 01332 207602.

This project has been supported by Rolls-Royce plc, Derby City Council, Derby LIVE, Derbyshire County Council, Bolsover District Council, Orchestras Live and Arts Council England.