Forewarned of the anarchists' attack, Thomas Pitt of the Special Branch arrives in time to chase the bombers to a tenement in Long Spoon Lane.

' - Publishers Weekly 'Although there are a few forays into the arena of Victorian fashion and several references to previous novels, Perry does stay with the plot, making Long Spoon Lane fairly easy to follow. Early one morning, two bombs explode in an East London street. 'Perry manages to paint a convincing historical backdrop with echoes of modern-day fears of urban terrorism. With support of enoa, PRS Foundation, Fedora en AFAC. You need a very long spoon indeed to dine with the devil. Early one summer morning while the pavements are still empty, two bombs explode in an East London. As a contemporary chorus of female voices – once brutal, damaged and ashamed – they now claim their stories with wry humour, tender intimacy and savage freedom.Ĭoproduction with LOD muziektheater, All Arias (deSingel, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Concertgebouw Brugge en Muziektheater Transparant), Royal Opera House London, Shubbak Festival London, Snape Maltings UK, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg. You need a very long spoon indeed to dine with the devil. Lyrical poetry and genre-defying music are intertwined with compelling testimonies of contemporary women who have committed similar crimes. By interweaving different creative insights and challenging prevailing conventions, they reinvent opera as a powerful voice for a new wave of feminism across borders. Composer Bushra El-Turk, director Laila Soliman, writer Stacy Hardy and filmmaker Aida Elkashef turn this universal story of exploitation, sacrifice and an unending quest for freedom into a gripping multimedia production.

Long Spoon Lane by Anne Perry