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World premiere

Rubble

Music by Gareth Williams  /  Words by Johnny McKnight

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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…

‘What a crazy vibrant experience! It was a real treat to see everyone performing so enthusiastically and the design was a triumph!’  
— Audience member, The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken 2021


Directed by Roxana Haines, this new piece from acclaimed composer Gareth Williams with text by Scottish theatre legend Johnny McKnight was commissioned for Scottish Opera Education’s 50th Anniversary. Members of Scottish Opera Young Company are joined by soprano Shuna Scott Sendall (The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken 2021), to tell this searingly honest, at times darkly comedic story. The cast and creative team have worked with ARTiculate Art Therapy to bring this world safely to life.

Don't miss! All ticket holders are invited to a conversation with the creative team after the matinee performance on Saturday 30 July.

 

Kindly supported by Scottish Opera's Education Angels and Scottish Opera's New Commissions Circle

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Cast & Creatives

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

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

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