Mrs T
The Iron Lady Sings
Music by Joseph Phibbs
Libretto by Dominic Sandbrook
Exclusive premiere of scenes from Mrs T
Kings Place (Hall Two), London
12 June 2026, 8pm
Creative Team
JOSEPH PHIBBS, COMPOSER has been described as “one of the most successful composers of his generation” (BBC Music Magazine), with works written for Philharmonia, London Symphony Orchestra, and BBC Symphony Orchestra, including at The Last Night of the Proms. Much of his music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3. His opera Juliana was praised in 2018 as “that rare thing nowadays, a genuinely well-made, effective new opera that achieves exactly what it sets out to do” (The Guardian), “a naturalistic tragedy for our times” (Opera Today), and “brilliantly written” (BBC Music Magazine).
DOMINIC SANDBROOK, LIBRETTIST is the world’s leading historian on post-war Britain. Aside from publishing several widely praised books (White Heat, State of Emergency, and Who Dares Wins, among others), he has presented numerous radio and television programmes on the period, including The 80’s with Dominic Sandbrook (BBC Two) and Strange Days: Cold War Britain (BBC Two). He is the co-presenter of the hugely successful The Rest Is History podcast, launched in 2020, now in the top 10 in the US podcast charts, and recognised for its quality and cultural impact with the Apple Podcasts Award for Show of the Year 2025.
LUCY SCHAUFER, MRS T
Grammy Award–winning mezzo-soprano Lucy Schaufer is an artist who strives to embody the highest calibre of work on the stage and concert platform, and actively advocates for new works and her colleagues in order that “we all can have a vibrant cultural landscape now and in the future.” With well over 75 world premieres under her belt, she dedicates her career to performing and collaborating with composers, leading Gramophone Magazine to say that “she occupies an undefinable space in the ‘who’s who’ of classical music,” and The Independent’s classical music critic to call her “the go-to gal for contemporary opera.” Shortlisted for the 2023 Royal Philharmonic Society Singer of the Year, Lucy is a creative producer, educator, and Artistic Director of Wild Plum Arts.
LUCY BRADLEY, DIRECTOR is an opera director working across the UK, Europe, and the USA. In 2024, she debuted at San Francisco Opera as Associate Director on The Handmaid’s Tale. Her directing credits include National Opera Studio, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal Academy of Music, OperaUpClose, Tête à Tête, Handpicked Productions, and Glyndebourne. As Associate Director, Lucy worked on Nixon in China (2023) and Street Scene (2018) at Teatro Real, Madrid, and on The Handmaid’s Tale at The Royal Danish Opera (2022). She was the revival director of Tosca for the Royal Ballet and Opera, as well as Street Scene for Opera Köln and Opera Monte Carlo. Lucy became the National Opera Studio’s first Resident Director in Autumn 2024.
