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The Song From The Sea -
tour
Playwright - Mike Kenny
Director - Douglas Irvine
Designer - Caroline Grebbell
Puppet designer/Consultant - Shona Reppe
Company - Visible Fictions (
company website)
Dates - 22 Sept - 30 Oct 2001 now going to tour in 2002
Run Time approx 1 hr
Reviewer - Thelma Good
Keeps the production afloat and moving.
A spiral of ever decreasing wooden stairs is the set with a tiny bed on
the final flight. This is Josh's bed in the noisy house he lives with
his older sister, his mum and granny. One day he hears a noise he senses
is special and he gets his Gran to take him to the sound.
The young audience immediately tuned in to this production which uses
simple theatrical devices and a lovely character in the puppet of Josh
to bring alive this tale. They create a world at first rooted in the reality
of older people's rush and not really listening when young people want
to be heard. Later after Josh is bathed and in bed the worlds of dream
and wonder come in with the sea and wash us all into this tale of a boy,
his family and how imagination can set us free.
Cries of delight greeted quite a few scenes, and when Josh and his Gran
arrived in the centre of the busy city there were concerned cries telling
Josh to watch out. They know how easy it is to get confused in the city
roar. Josh and Gran get to the sea and Josh goes in with his flippered
and goggled teddy and the girl beside me bounced up and down with increasing
delight at what appeared from beneath the waves.
The ending is a little flat, but the buoyancy of the rest especially Josh
as moved by Stewart Cairns and the inventive musical score created
and performed by Yngvil Vatn Guttu, keeps the production afloat and moving.
© Thelma Good 13 October 2001 seen Adam Smith Theatre Kirkcaldy
Review of other Visible Fictions' Productions
Emily's House. I Beethoven's
Brother | The Pearl
| Bill's New
Frock.
Tour Dates
22 September 1pm Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley 0141 887 1010
26 September 5pm WYSIWYG Festival at Lemon Tree, Aberdeen 01224 642230
- Schools Show 30 September 3pm Lemon Tree, Aberdeen 01224 642230
6 October 3pm East Kilbride Arts Centre, East Kilbride 01355 261000
11 October 11am & 1.30pm Invergordon Arts Centre, Invergordon 01349 868487
13 October 2pm Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy 01592 412929
14 October 2pm & 3.30pm Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal 01539
722833
20 October 11am Corran Halls, Oban 01631 567333
25 October 11am & 2pm Mercury Theatre, Colchester 01206
573948
28 & 29 October 3pm Linenhall Arts Centre, Co. Mayo 094
23 733
30 October 2.30pm Belltable, Limerick 061 319 866
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