LOVE BEYOND

2023

RAW MATERIAL | VANISHING POINT

By Ramesh Meyyappan

DIRECTOR
Matthew Lenton

SOUNDTRACK INFO
Love Beyond (Act of Remembrance) is a love story. But not a typical one.

Harry has dementia. He also uses sign language. As he moves into a new home, he is accompanied by memories that dance like ghosts around him. Events from the past seem newly present; a visit from his wife rekindles their love - he imagines they are young and together again.

Harry’s carer provides him with some solace, but just as the determined nurse begins to learn Harry’s sign language, he begins to forget it, leaving him in a unique world where he must confront the only thing that remains – himself.

My soundtrack is a digital soundscape which plays throughout the entire production. I was awarded Best Music for my soundtrack at the Critics Awards For Theatre In Scotland 2023.

PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Traverse, Edinburgh (Manipulate Festival) 10-11 Feb 2023
Tron Theatre, Glasgow 17-18 Feb 2023

Love Beyond will return to the stage at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival followed by a UK tour in the autumn.

RELATED WORKS
My previous work with Ramesh Meyyappan includes:
The Coat (2021)
Last Woman Left (2018)
Butterfly (2014)
Drifting (2013)

Soundtrack coming soon …

“a searching and beautiful score by David Paul Jones, which leads us straight into the surges of thought and emotion in Harry’s mind, that cannot be expressed in words.”

THE SCOTSMAN

“All these scenes and more flicker and fade to David Paul Jones’ ethereal, insistent score.”

THE STAGE

“the beautiful performances and elegant score provides something that is passionate, powerful, and poignant.”

EDINBURGH GUIDE

CREDITS

Written by Ramesh Meyyappan
Director: Matthew Lenton
Composer & Sound Designer: David Paul Jones
Lighting Designer: Simon Wilkinson
Set & Costume Designer: Becky Minto

Cast: Rinkoo Barpaga | Elicia Daly | Amy Kennedy | Ramesh Mayyappan