Dead Stations tour dates announced
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The Dead Stations by Charlotte Hathaway and Mike Vass
We are excited to announce the dates of our 2016 Dead Stations launch tour featuring Mairi Campbell:
- Friday 26th February, Skye (SEALL at Sabhal Mor Ostaig)
- Saturday 27th February, Inverie (Knoydart)
- Sunday 28th February, Ardfern (Craignish Village Hall)
- Saturday 5th March, Banchory (Woodend Barn)
- Sunday 6th March, Drumnadrochit (Glenurqhart Public Hall)
- Friday 11th March, Edinburgh (Queens Hall, also featuring Yoann Mylonakis)
“The whole forest has this feeling of going on forever. And if you lose track of the train line then you’re lost…”
A story told through live music, recorded actors and projected animation. Mike Vass and Mairi Campbell come together to create a haunting landscape of music and song.
Dead Stations are out of use platforms on a remote train line through the forested mountains.
The piece came about as a result of the 2013 Remembered/Imagined project which commissioned pairs of composers and writers to create a collaboration of words and music inspired by the School of Scottish Studies Sound Archives; and performed by Mr McFall’s Chamber, an actor and a singer.
It was the first time Charlotte and Mike had worked together creatively and they wanted to develop this concept to create a longer, more ambitious and more immersive piece.
The Dead Stations brings together music, sound design and recorded voice actors to build the atmosphere, with animators creating accompanying images.
It’s a story designed to be listened to: a mystery about loneliness and the mind, inspired by a train ride through Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest and abstract ideas about Little Red Riding Hood.
Written and conceived by Charlotte Hathaway, music and lyrics by Mike Vass.
Collaborating with: Nica Harrison and Atikah Zailani (animation); and Lewis Jones of Red Eye Sound Design and Yoann Mylonakis (sound design)
Featuring performances by:
Mairi Campbell (vocals and viola)
Mike Vass (tenor guitar and violin)
Yoann Mylonakis (piano)
Ishbel McFarlane (voice actor)
Tommy Herbert (voice actor)
Ian Watt (voice actor)
Kathleen MacInnes (voice actor)
Poster design by Lizzy Doe and additional material from Iain Hutchison, Euan Burton and Scott Mackay.
Supported by Creative Scotland, Arts Trust Scotland and Edinburgh College of Art
For more information contact charlotte@unroofed.com
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