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Opera Della LunaDie FledermausSat 7 May 7.30pmBrilliant, not to mention hilarious... The mostenjoyable evening for ages - OPERA NOWIt’s hilarious, with impeccable timing and a perfectrapport with the audience - WHATSONSTAGE.COMDie Fledermaus (The Bat) is one of the world’smost famous operettas, and it now gets aglittering new look by the superb and innovativeOpera della Luna - the same company thatdelighted audiences with their two previousshows at The Maltings (HMS Pinafore in 2010and The Sorcerer in February). They now turntheir hand to the “waltz king”, Johann Strauss,and this most sparkling of scores.Dr Falke was once left to wander home, drunk,and dressed as a bat, by his friend Gabriel vonEisenstein. To exact his revenge he arranges forEisenstein to attend an extremely risqué party atthe home of the outrageous Russian aristocrat,Prince Orlofsky, and there Eisenstein seduces amysterious Hungarian countess, who is in fact hisown wife in disguise.Hilarious, brilliant, virtuoso, unmissable. Comesseriously recommended by The Maltings team.By Johann StraussDirected by Jeff ClarkeDesigned by Csanyi-WillsStalls £15.50 / £14.50 concs, Circle £16,Box Seat £17Visible Fictions and Scottish OperaClockworkFri 13 May 7.30pm Suitable for ages 8+, Running time: 1hr 10mins.The Maltings is delighted to welcome the resultof a ground-breaking co-production by VisibleFictions and the unrivalled Scottish Opera: asurreal and exciting adaptation of Philip Pullman’soriginal masterpiece which comes to The Maltingson its debut national tour.A dark folk tale of a Prince with a clockwork heart,and a story that won’t stop telling itself,no matter how much the characters try... A classicchildren’s book given the Theatre Alchemiststreatment - live music, puppetry, projection, anda few surprises!It is the night before the unveiling of anew clockwork figure for the great clock ofGlockenheim, but when the strange and sinisterDr. Kalmenius appears, things start to take a turnfor the worse... Something or someone must endup in the clock, but what... or who?Told through a captivating mix of puppetry, liveaction, music and song, Clockwork takes you to aworld where past merges into present, life mergeswith machine, and fiction becomes scarily real.visiblefictions.co.ukscottishopera.org.ukStalls £12 / £10 concs, Circle £14,Box Seat £1614Theatremaltingsberwick.co.ukBook now on 01289 330 999 Theatre 15