Rubble
(Associate Director and Movement Director)
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Photography: Sally Jubb
"Director Roxana Haines' insistence that neither the central abused child nor the perpetrator of the abuse is ever portrayed by an individual onstage is key to both the drama of the staging and that crucial ensemble feel to the production... ...the fluent choreography of the ensemble is as impressive as the singing" VoxCarnyx "A shatteringly powerful piece brought to life by an extraordinary group of young people...if this is the future of Scottish Opera, it is in safe hands" **** ScotsGayArts "deserving of many future performances" ***** Ear to the Ground |
Scottish Opera, July 2022.
Elmbank Studios, Glasgow. "Fae this rubble, we finally dared to dream that the sins fae this hoose might finally be wiped clean." A group of young people stand amongst the debris of Findenterran Farm, until recently a children’s care home for those abandoned and forgotten in a broken system. As they pick through the shattered fragments of their childhood, they speak of what really went on in that largely ignored property on the outskirts of town. Bold, moving and only too close to real life events, Rubble gives a voice to those who were ignored and overlooked by society while their youth was quietly stolen from them by those in unchecked power. And from the rubble, the healing can now begin… The cast and creative team worked with ARTiculate Art Therapy to bring this world safely to life. CAST Mrs Pearson - Shuna Scott Sendall Jude - Haydn Cullen Charlie - Imogen Bews Diana - Holly Jarvis Donnie - Dillon MacFarlane Angela - Anna Sophia Montgomery Callum - Ruaraidh McBain Ensemble: Helena Engebretsen, Ava Hickey, Rebecca West, Luke Francis, Elinor Macdonald-Gent, Caoimh-Ella Lundy, Hannah McCarey, Maria Wotherspoon, Abs Cassidy, Mollie Quigley, Marianne Walker, Rory McIver, Benjamin Smart, David MacDonald, Fraser Robinson CREATIVE Conductor - Chris Gray Director - Roxana Haines Repetiteur - Karen MacIver Set Designer - Karen Tennent Costume Designer - Jessica Brettle Lighting Designer - Emma Jones Associate Director and Movement Director - Flora Emily Thomson Assistant Conductor - Mark Sandon |