Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Friday 21 July 2023
As part of the John Weaver Festival in Shrewsbury
Theatre Severn, Frankwell Quay
Teatru Manoel, Vallettta, Malta
Sunday 15 January 2023
As part of the Valletta International Baroque Festival
The Remarkably Talented Mr Weaver presents.......
— an evening of drama, baroque music, song and dance set in London 1717
Marylebone Theatre, London
Saturday 22 January 2023
The Remarkably Talented Mr Weaver presents.......
The Loves of Mars and Venus and The Loves of Pygmalion
Richmond, North Yorkshire
Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 June 2019
The Georgian Theatre Royal, Victoria Road, Richmond DL10 4DW
These performances were part of the Swaledale Festival.
Thursday 6 June 2019
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Ringmead, Bracknell RG12 7PA
‘...what a transcendent experience your latest show was. We loved it — and so did our American visitors. It was so intimate and immediate… and with some of the finest music I can remember.’ An audience member
Bracknell, Berkshire
The Loves of Mars & Venus has now successfully taken the stage five times.
Hastings
Sunday 26 February 2017
St Mary in the Castle, 7 Pelham Crescent, Hastings TN4
“All in our party were totally thrilled … it really deserves as wide an audience as possible.”
Cambridge
Thursday 2 March 2017
Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Storey’s Way, Cambridge CB3 0DG
“A truly delightful show, congratulations to all for bringing this vital date from ballet’s history so entertainingly to life! Here’s to many more performances …”
London
Sunday 5 March 2017
Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN
“Yesterday’s performance was superb! The ‘ballet within a play’ was brilliant, …”
Richmond, North Yorkshire
Thursday 8 June 2017
The Georgian Theatre Royal, Victoria Road, Richmond DL10 4DW
This performance was part of the Swaledale Festival.
“The Loves of Mars and Venus was an outstanding highlight of this year’s Swaledale Festival … brilliantly conceived, immaculately prepared and beautifully performed.”
London
Wednesday 13 December 2017
St Peter's Church, Notting Hill Gate, London W11 2PN
"A magical evening of music and dance at St Peter’s Church in Notting Hill. A must see for ballet fans. I particularly enjoyed what may be the first ballet, with its exciting drama of romance among the gods. The two young dancers were elegant as they paused in an ‘attitude’ as they moved through their dances. The eighteenth century costumes were beautiful."
Other
Exploring the creation of "The Loves of Mars and Venus"
15-17 February 2019
Institute of Continuing Education, Cambridge
A lecture in "The Age of Extravagance: Baroque painting and music 1630-1730"
"It was a delight to experience the aesthetics of the Baroque being brought to life with such scholarship and artistry.
This illustrated talk was both was erudite, underpinned with incredible primary academic research, and entertaining, with beautiful music and fascinating, magical dancing. The musicians and ballerina really brought to life the music and dancing of the period, beautifully demonstrating the complexity of the dancing at the time.
This period has always absolutely fascinated me and I was utterly delighted to have it opened up with music and dancing.
Evelyn is a wonderful speaker and above all a truly magnificent and inspirational recorder player whose richness and virtuosity is a unique and marvellous talent.
Thank you so much, loved every quaver and dance step; riveting. Please can I hear and see it again soon."
Alex Hirtzel
“It was a delight to experience the aesthetics of the Baroque being brought to life with such scholarship and artistry.”
Jonathan Steffen
Royal Academy of Music Research Event
Wednesday 9th January 2019
Royal Academy of Music
The Loves of Mars and Venus by John Weaver was the first modern ballet, telling a story through dance, gesture and music. Its first performance was at Drury Lane in 1717. The history books say the score and choreography are lost, but did they ever exist as such?
A detective story led by Evelyn Nallen recorder with Chiara Vinci dance and David Gordon harpsichord