The Battle in the Hills
The Storm Watchers
by George Mackay Brown
The Battle in the Hills and The Storm Watchers premiered at the Netherbow Theatre in the Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh on 6 and 7 October 2006.
To mark the 85th anniversary of George Mackay Brown’s birth and the 10th anniversary of his death, Theatre Enigma present the professional premieres of The Battle in the Hills and The Storm Watchers, lyrical plays for women’s voices.
The Battle in the Hills. Six women come together on the day of the battle to a green place on the safe side of the hill.
“Harder to be a woman, and wait, than to be out there among the flashings and the thunders.”
The Storm Watchers. A long shore. Darkness, a shut oyster. Seven women standing. Waiting.
“Sleep on, your fathers late tonight, he’s out beyond where the mermaids are, and the whales, and the drowned ships.”
Cast
Anna / Kirsty - Romana Abercromby
Gunnhild / Kittag - Helen Belbin
Ingerd / Ruth - Anne Lannan
Ragna / Merrag - Clunie Mackenzie
Thora / Seeny - Julia Taudevin
Solveig / Marget - Imogen Toner
Anna - Caroline McKellar
Director - Sean Kane
Assistant Director - Keith Hutcheon
Original Songs & Music - Victoria Balnaves
Stage Design - Sean Kane & Iain Munro
Production Manager - Iain Munro
Lighting Designer - Andrew Wilson
Assistant Stage Manager - Nigel Jarvis
Reviews
"The Battle In The Hills offers us a magnificent study of the dynamics of war, and the timeless role of women as angry, despairing, active observers of it....The Storm Watchers is an unforgettable hymn to marriage in all its forms, glistening with promise, rich in everyday fulfilment....driven by some powerful singing."
Joyce McMillan SCOTSMAN
“…it’s a rare treat to witness this double bill of one-act miniatures by Sean Kane’s theatre enigma…Victoria Balnaves’s vocal settings of Mackay Brown’s words becomes even more lyrical, its incantatory chorale swelling to become a heartbreaking lament…theatrical nuggets…a pair of iridescent and beautiful unsung curios.”
Neil Copper THE HERALD ★★★★
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