Blog from RJ McConnell about the sound for 'Formel'

RJ McConnell, the sound designer for ‘Formel’, has done an excellent post about his work, and posted a piece that was used in a prologue/overture to the show.

‘Field Recordings, flutes and drones – creating the sounds of Formel’

Prologue – FORMEL – Reeling & Writhing 2011 by . . . → Read More: Blog from RJ McConnell about the sound for ‘Formel’

Formel

Just a quick note about my current project, quick because most of what I’d say is already on-line here:

http://www.reelingwrithing.com/formel.html

I’m doing a good deal of work for it in Islay this summer. And, no, I can’t deny that’ll be as good as a holiday.

P.S. If you’re a promoter you can download . . . → Read More: Formel

Tadpoles!!

Courtesy of Roger Boughton, this is the recording of the tadpoles mentioned in the earlier post (Tadpoles sound like sausages).

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Thanks Roger!

I’m Just A Mouse

‘I’m Just A Mouse‘ is a downloadable book to go with our production of ‘If I Was A Mouse I Would Hide In Your Hood‘. The words are by me and the pictures are by Helen Nunn.

Download.

Enjoy.

And if get a sec let us know what you . . . → Read More: I’m Just A Mouse

Tadpoles sound like sausages

Last weekend I had a fantastic time at the Kindrogan Field Studies Centre on their first ‘Wildlife Sound Recording’ course. We were under the learned and expert instruction of Roger Boughton and Phil Riddett who are both part of the Wildlife Sound Recording Society. Doing the course was justified as work for a new . . . → Read More: Tadpoles sound like sausages

Tank Man

On 11 July 2009 I spent an hour on the fourth plinth of Trafalgar Square as part of Anthony Gormley’s ‘One and Other’. During my hour I wrote a ten minute play inspired by the ‘Tank Man’ of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations of 1989. ‘Tank Man’ will be performed  by Gillian Lees at the . . . → Read More: Tank Man

Background to ‘Funny’

In the late ‘80s I was campaigning against human rights abuse. Around 1989 I was shown a document by a researcher that was very sensitive at the time. It documented the abuses meted out by the UK security services in and had been leaked by an official with inside knowledge and first hand experience. . . . → Read More: Background to ‘Funny’

Hannah and Harvey in Shetland (just)

Weather was bad. Oops. Flights were cancelled and ferries delayed. And we set off for Shetland. For a show the size of Hannah and Harvey the tour company consists of three stage management and the three actors. As this was our first time in Shetland, and was also likely to be a pressurised get-in, . . . → Read More: Hannah and Harvey in Shetland (just)

Nearly Hannah and Harvey

Just under a month to the start of rehearsal of ‘Hannah and Harvey’. Eek. The draft of the script for the start of rehearsal is nearly ready, artwork is coming in for the projections, welding and hammering is about to start on the set, music has been written and more auditory magic is on . . . → Read More: Nearly Hannah and Harvey

Fill

‘How small a thought it takes to fill someone’s whole life’ – Ludwig Wittgenstein

Fill

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‘Fill’ was a Reeling & Writhing collaboration between: Brian Hartley, Gillian Lees, Katherine Morley, Tim Nunn, Suhayl Saadi and Vanessa Smith.

We took the above quote . . . → Read More: Fill