Welcome to backstage! Here, you will find the Ladies of the Chorus getting ready for opening night of a small-scale production of Verdi's Macbetto. You may have seen them before as Cigarette Girls, Nuns, and Geishas... tonight, they are the Witches! Despite their numerous appearances, would you recognise them in The Lanes? Or know their names? Who really are the people you only seem to see 'upstage'?

Set in a theatre broom cupboard, next to the building’s only toilet, Destination: ‘Old Hag’ is a Buxton Fringe- nominated production that draws on the Ladies’ many years in the world of opera, so join them as they chart the ups and downs of life - on stage and off - with humour, heart, and some live opera singing!

Destination: ‘Old Hag’ was created and written by Samantha Houston, Bridget Hardy and Penny Rossano. It stars Bridget Hardy, Penny Rossano and Samantha Houston – three opera singers with more years’ stage experience than they care to mention...