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I, Spie

John Dowland and the Secret Service

I, Spie

Supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation

Supported by Continuo Foundation

John Dowland and his grisly dealings with the Elizabethan Secret Service with music by Dowland, his contemporaries and tavern, street & courtly music.

Centred around an extraordinary letter written by Renaissance composer/lutenist John Dowland to spymaster Sir Robert Cecil in 1595, this spell-binding concertplay (where music and theatre collide) by award-winning writer Clare Norburn and BAFTA-nominated director Nicholas Renton imagines what might have happened next.

I, Spie tells the story of how John Dowland manages to foil an Italian plot on the life of Queen Elizabeth I and his ensuing grisly dealings with the Secret Service. Think Blackadder meets Spooks with music by Dowland, his contemporaries and Elizabethan tavern, street and courtly masque music.

Location

Stratford Play House
Rother Street, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 6LU, United Kingdom

Other performances

In addition to the performance listed above, this concert will also be performed as follows:

I, Spie
  • 📅Sun 9 June 2024
  • 📍Raleigh Road United Church Hall, Richmond
  • 🕑7:30pm
  • 🎫£5 - £20
I, Spie
  • 📅Tue 11 June 2024
  • 📍St. Augustine's Arts & Events Centre, Brighton
  • 🕑7:30pm
  • 🎫£5 - £24
I, Spie
  • 📅Wed 12 June 2024
  • 📍The Coro, Ulverston
  • 🕑7:30pm
  • 🎫£6 - £19
I, Spie
  • 📅Thu 13 June 2024
  • 📍Websters Theatre, Glasgow
  • 🕑7:30pm
  • 🎫£7 - £22
I, Spie
  • 📅Fri 14 June 2024
  • 📍Ryan Centre, Stranraer
  • 🕑7:30pm
  • 🎫£14
  • 🎉Stranraer Music For All
I, Spie
  • 📅Sat 15 June 2024
  • 📍The Gregson Community & Arts Centre, Lancaster
  • 🕑7:30pm
  • 🎫£5 - £20
I, Spie
  • 📅Sun 16 June 2024
  • 📍Church House, Glan Conwy
  • 🕑7:30pm
  • 🎫£5 - £20
I, Spie
  • 📅Wed 19 June 2024
  • 📍Quarterhouse, Folkestone
  • 🕑7:30pm
  • 🎫£5 - £20
I, Spie
  • 📅Thu 20 June 2024
  • 📍Wimpole Road Methodist Church Hall, Colchester
  • 🕑7:30pm
  • 🎫£5 - £20
I, Spie
  • 📅Fri 21 June 2024
  • 📍Bunyan Meeting Church, Bedford
  • 🕑7:30pm
  • 🎫£5 - £20
I, Spie
  • 📅Sat 22 June 2024
  • 📍St Edward's Church, Cardiff
  • 🕑7:30pm
  • 🎫£5 - £20
I, Spie
  • 📅Sun 23 June 2024
  • 📍Ullet Road Church Hall, Liverpool
  • 🕑5:00pm
  • 🎫£5 - £20
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