Introducing our latest project! — R&D for DEBUT/DRAG
Miss Davida Loca, illustration by Lucie Arnoux of Willoe
Pssst!!
- we’re developing a new show
We’re developing a groundbreaking new show, bringing together the worlds of opera and drag into an engaging and rejuvenating musical experience. This partnership will be a delight for both opera lovers and classical newcomers alike. DEBUT/DRAG will maximise the potential of drag as a fun, interactive and contemporary form of storytelling, merging this with the most dramatic and breathtaking moments of opera. The eventual aim is to create a flexible show which can be toured nationally to a wide range of venues.
Meet the Team
David Fearn
David Fearn
Miss Davida Loca is a drag Queen character created by David Fearn, who trained as a vocal scholar at the Royal College of Music as well as studying Musical theatre at the Guildford School of Acting. Miss Davida first appeared in a sold out self produced cabaret show at the Shoreditch Treehouse complete with a supporting cast of West End Guest Stars. As a performer David’s varied career includes performances with the London Musical Theatre Orchestra (A Christmas Carol, Candide), working around the world as Guest Entertainer for cruise ships and workshopping Between Worlds with the English National Opera. Davida combines David’s talents as an experienced classically trained/musical theatre vocalist with a flair for hosting and comedy/ satirical writing.
Felicity Green
Felicity is a director, producer, translator and facilitator specialising in opera. She was the co-founder and Artistic Director of HighTime opera, who were artists in residence at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. Directing credits include La Cenerentola, Hansel and Gretel, The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute.
Felicity Green
Benjamin Hamilton
Benjamin Hamilton
Benjamin is a conductor, translator and artistic leader most at home when using his experience to introduce high-quality musical experiences to all. Musically, he trained first with Paul McGrath (University of Warwick), is mentored by Mark Heron (RNCM) and Toby Purser (RCM) and cut his teeth conducting and translating operas, mentored by Kit Hesketh-Harvey (Kit and the Widow), for Warwick Arts Centre (Hansel and Gretel, La Cenerentola, Carmen) and Hampstead Garden Opera (Don Giovanni). He now artistically directs the Warwickshire Choristers (the UKs largest unauditionned children’s choir), sits on the board of Retrospect Opera (a charity recording label charged with recording forgotten gems of British opera) and co-founded HighTime Opera (which, whilst at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, used storytelling to introduce new audiences to classical music).
Lizzie Holmes
Lizzie Holmes
A versatile and dynamic singing actor, Lizzie is founder of DEBUT and Royal College of Music graduate, where she returns as a Guest Lecturer on Creative Enterprise. As a soloist, highlights include performances at the Royal Opera House’s Crush Room, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Grange Park Opera, Wexford Festival, Longborough Festival, Raymond Gubbay, The Lighthouse with Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, on the West End in The Phantom of the Opera, the Olivier Nominated La Bohème at Trafalgar Studios and Cunegonde in Bernstein’s Candide at The Minack.
Watch Now
Miss Davida Loca at Shoreditch Treehouse
Featuring Miss Davida Loca (a drag queen character created by David Fearn), pianist Dan Turek and Nuwan Hugh Perera on Cajon.
Filmed live at the Shoreditch Treehouse in March 2020 as part of Miss Davida Loca's charity concert for Crisis.