ID, Please, my opera about immigration and borders with a libretto by Daniel Hirsch, received its European premier as part of the 2017 Tête à Tête opera festival. It was previously premiered at Pittsburgh Opera in April 2017.

It was performed on 25th July at The Place at 9:15pm and was preceded by a free panel discussion at 6pm alongside Counterpoints Arts – an organisation promoting art by refugees and migrants – in which we discussed the recent tide of xenophobia in the UK and asked what role the arts should play in responding to anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Tickets can be purchased here.

ID, Please is gratefully funded by Carnegie Mellon University, Arts Council England and Iran Heritage Foundation.