Beware the Mackerel Sky - Community based Opera

This April, 180 local Sussex school children from primary, prep, and secondary schools unite with musicians from the Yehudi Menuhin School, Bernardi Music Group String Academy and Lancing College Choir alongside professional Opera soloists for a musical spectacular presented by Sing with Strings.

Presenting ‘Beware the Mackerel Sky’, a dramatic tale of smugglers and spies, conflict, mystery, heartache and kindness, this one-act folk opera brings to life the rich smuggling heritage of an early 19th-century Sussex community in Shoreham and Lancing, weaving real-life characters and events with fiction. Including a musical blend of influences from opera, musical theatre, choral and orchestral music with exciting memorable songs.