PHOTO: SUPPLIEDStanding in a hotel room surrounded by her audience, soprano Fiona McAndrew is close enough to hear them breathe. It is a production that is close to McAndrew’s heart — she has been involved since its inception in a living room in Western Australia when she came up with the idea of staging it in a hotel room. While she has tried to step back from performing, McAndrew is always tempted by something she loves. "We’re doing this in a hotel room, so we’re really, really close ... there was the inevitable hacking, coughing and sneezing going on." When the hotel room door shuts there are a variety of responses from the audience, ranging from discomfort to claustrophobia, she says.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 14, 2021 16:30 UTC