Arloe the Anteater (2018)
Three Singers, Violin and Cello
Arloe the Anteater doesn’t want to eat ants anymore. He enjoys eating them but is envious of the other animals who get to vary their diet. Determined, he tries the food of a variety of (slightly crazy!) critters, all of which unfortunately end up giving him a tummy ache. Time passes, and hungry Arloe wanders on, sure he will find a solution to his diet. Then he meets a displaced sloth, whose home is overrun by ants. The starving Arloe eats the ants ecstatically and clears the sloths home, finally realising that he was meant to eat ants all along and that he is perfect the way he is!
PERFORMANCES:
Première: 11 June 2018 - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, Wales - Flatpack Opera
2 December 2018 - Belmont Cinema Cafe Bar, Aberdeen - Flatpack Opera
Performances 20/21/22 February 2019 - various schools in Aberdeen - Flatpack Opera