DOLLS
2009
NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND | HUSH PRODUCTIONS
A multimedia production based on the film Dolls by Takeshi Kitano
DIRECTOR
Carrie Cracknell
SOUNDTRACK INFO
The soundtrack was a collaboration with the Glasgow indie band Zoey Van Goey (MJ McCarthy, Matt Brennan, Kim Moore) and featured a series of live songs and extended instrumental pieces. Songs included Zoey Van Goey's I Owe You and my song Ode To A Seafarer from my song collection Palmstar Poppy.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Premiered at Tramway in Jan 2009.
RELATED WORKS
Soundtracks for other National Theatre Of Scotland productions include:
Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (2006)
Our Teacher’s A Troll (2009)
Mary Queen Of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off (2009)
The Missing (2011)
CREDITS
Written by Jenny Worton from the film Dolls by Takeshi Kitano
Director: Carrie Cracknell
Composers & Live Musicians: Zoey Van Goey | David Paul Jones
Lighting Designer: Katharine Williams
Set Designer: Simon Daw
Choreographer: Ben Duke
Cast: Tam Dean Burn | Alison O'Donnell | Ben Duke | Laura Wheatley | James Browne | Kim Moore
Images © National Theatre Of Scotland
“Exquisitely realised reimagining of Takeshi Kitano’s film ... The show’s emotional pulse, though, comes through its live contemporary chamber pop score, written and played by Glasgow-based band Zoey Van Goey in an inspired pairing with composer David Paul Jones."
THE HERALD