BUTTERFLY
2014
RAMESH MEYYAPPAN PRODUCTIONS
A play without words inspired by Nobokov's ‘Lolita’ and ‘Madam Butterfly’ by John Luther Long
DIRECTOR
Ramesh Meyyappan
SOUNDTRACK INFO
My (soundtrack for violin, piano and digital soundscape), was composed at the final stages of the production process, in an almost film-like way; it is a continuous score played throughout the entire production.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Butterfly was created at Citizen's Theatre, Glasgow and the Beacon Arts, Greenock in Spring 2014 before transferring to the Esplanade, Singapore in July 2014, where the production premiered. Many performances have taken place throughout the UK and worldwide including the Manipulate Festival at the Traverse Theatre; Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 and 59E59 Theatre in New York.
RELATED WORKS
Soundtracks for other productions with Ramesh Meyyappan also include:
Drifting (2013)
The Coat (2021)
Love Beyond (2023)
Two tracks from the theatre soundtrack to Butterfly (2014).
Digital music with piano and sampled strings.
Written & Produced by David Paul Jones
© ℗ 2014 Blue Banyan Music
Features in the albums:
’Theatre Works Vol 1 - Instrumentals’
’Theatre Works Vol 2 - Piano Music’
“ravishing music like a lyrical-litmus,
underpinning the narrative's mood shifts”
THE HERALD
“Driven along on the shimmering and darkening textures of a flowing, unobtrusively powerful score…an exquisite 60-minute
piece of wordless theatre… beautiful, tragic, and true”
THE SCOTSMAN
“it sings to you like a dark lullaby, pulling at your heartstrings as if we too were puppets in its black, twisted world...
a triumphant piece of theatre”
EDINBURGH 49
“elegant soundscape of piano, strings, and synth”
THE EASY (New York)
CREDITS
Inspired by Nobokov's Lolita and Madam Butterfly by John Luther Long
Creator & Director: Ramesh Meyyappan
Assistant Director: Ross Mackay
Composer & Sound Designer: David Paul Jones
Choreographer: Darren Brownlie
Lighting Designer: Kate Bonney
Puppet Designer & Director: Gavin Glover
Set & Costume Designer: Neil Warmington
Original Cast: Ramesh Meyyappan | Ashley Smith | Martin McCormick
Images © Ross Gilmore | Ben Tan