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Theatre listings > Sunset Song Set in the Mearns , this production of Alistair Cording's adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's novel rings with the musical words and cadences of that often forgotten corner of Scotland. Cora Bisset is a spirited Chrissie, learning young that things good or bad will always change, that nothing abides but change itself. She is also possessed of a fine natural singing voice and Dougal Lee has written some songs which are powerful descendents of Scottish ballads. The music and the acting comes from a cast enlarged by two from Prime Productions last touring production. Douglas Russell's Ewan Taverndale is here again, a man who has no real cares until he enlists, Paul Morrow is chilling as Chrissie's father John Guthrie, tied in by his fear of religiion, and increasingly monstrous when his faith is unrewarded. But the production has lost a little of its dynamism translating to larger
stages. Twist's direction finds his cast in the first half with scenes
practically confined to a corner at the back of the stage. When using
Neil Warmington's stepped cornfield the height transcends the distancing
effect. But when a scene occurs in the other corner the audience is very
distanced from the action, especially in the Upper and Grand Circle of
a traditional theatre. The production's only flaw is its forgetting that
larger stages demand a more dynamic set and acting which uses the powerful
parts of the stage more frequently. Theatre listings >>
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