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TESS SHOWCASE

Q&A and performances at the Mill Arts Centre, Banbury

'an evening with tess'

Q&A and performances at Rugby Theatre

tess album wrap party

Celebrating the completion of the Tess album

tess album studio shots

Take a look behind the scenes as Tess gets its first studio recording 

West End leading lady Siobhan Dillon sings Tess of the d'Urbervilles

West End and Broadway star Tam Mutu sings Alec d'Urberville

West End leading man Simon Bailey sings Angel Clare

Jacqui Tate with TESS composer Michael Blore

James Dinsmore performs Tess's ale-addled father, John Durbeyfield

Tam Mutu with recording engineer Conor Manning and TESS creators Michael Blore and Michael Davies

Jacqui Tate sings the role of Tess's mother, Joan Durbeyfield

James Dinsmore sings Tess's father, John Durbeyfield

Nathan Dowling sings farm manager Groby

Aaron Gibson sings the role of Parson Tringham

Sally Jolliffe sings dipsomaniacal dairymaid Marian

Nikki Cross sings the role of dairymaid Izzy

Philippa Cottle sings the role of dairymaid new recruit Retty

Chorus member and soprano Cathy Craddock between takes

Sophie Craddock sings soprano in the chorus

Chorus member Maddy Kerr with recording engineer Richard Watson

Chorus alto Janette Summerfield also takes on the role of trouble-maker Car Darch

Chorus member Lexy Knibbs with the TESS creators

Chorus member and alto Tricia Anderson

Tenor Michael Barker takes on the roles of Postman, Priest, Gambler and Servant

Mark Tolchard records the opening number of the show "The First Day Of May"

Charles Withall plays the French horn on the TESS album

Dana Morgan records the flute and piccolo parts on the TESS album

Cellist and TESS administrator Isabella Worrall recording her part on the TESS album

Mick Curtis records the clarinet part for the TESS album

Trumpeter Nigel Beer plays on the TESS album

Rosie Curtis plays oboe and cor anglais on the TESS album

Richard Dry recording one of the many percussion instruments for the TESS album

Trombonist Stuart Braithwaite records his part on the TESS album

Natasha Pattinson records both violin parts and the viola for the TESS album

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