Damon Albarn’s Monkey opera extends London run

Damon Albarn‘s opera Monkey: Journey To The West is extending its run of London performances.

The opera, scored by Albarn and featuring sets and costumes designed by his Gorillaz collaborator Jamie Hewlett, will now be performed over the Christmas period until January 4 2009.

Monkey: Journey To The West is performed at the specially-constructed Monkey’s World at Greenwich‘s Meridian Gardens.

For more information, go to the Monkey website.

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