WILLIAM GARDNER. THE PRISONER.

'How long have I been here? Pressed between these four walls...'

In a lightness cell, as a prisoner faces his execution, a lawyer and a priest fight for his life and soul, whilst a guard observes their struggle.

William Gardner's and Matthew Green's second opera 'The Prisoner' is a taut psychological drama that questions whether our beliefs liberate or imprison us. The opera won the Stephen Oliver Award. Performances in the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, & the Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, as part of Tête à Tête Opera Festival 2023 & 2024.

Music by William Gardner 
Libretto by Matthew Green

Alex Papp conductor  
Eleanor Burke director
Emma Warner The Lawyer 
Abbie Ward The Guard  
William Gardner The Priest 
Michael Temporal Darell The Prisoner