Armitage

Choreographer Karole Armitage, who bases the Nimoy production on the original one she created for Boston Lyric, operates, however, on extremes.

They move with dancers’ ease, allowing Armitage to create a sense of flow in the episodic opera.

In some ways, Armitage seemed to be compensating for the small, bare Nimoy stage.

It is an intimate space, which meant that Armitage had to do without decor, and which may have led her to overemphasize theatrics.

The subtle magic of the Shipping Forecast is celebrated in a special concert, in Belfast's Ulster Hall, featuring Radio 4's continuity announcers and a new work by poet laureate Simon Armitage.