MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
GOT HER HEAD CHOPPED OFF
2009
NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND
A play by Liz Lochead
DIRECTOR
Alison Peebles
SOUNDTRACK INFO
Digital soundtrack, ranging from catwalk-style contemporary dance music to brooding vocal laments, with atmospheric wind samples to underpin the stark and chilling world at the heart of the production.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
The production premiered in April 2009 at Mull Theatre on the Isle of Mull followed by a tour of the Scottish Highlands & Islands.
RELATED WORKS
Soundtracks for other National Theatre Of Scotland productions include:
Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (2006)
Dolls (2009)
Our Teacher’s A Troll (2009)
The Missing (2011)
Collection of works from the theatre soundtrack to Mary Queen Of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off (2009).
Digital music featuring programmed strings, ambient atmospheres and original cast voice-overs. DPJ's vocals appear on Arrival Of The Crow and The Gallows.
Written & Produced by David Paul Jones
© ℗ 2009 Blue Banyan Music
Features in the albums:
’Theatre Works Vol 1’ & ‘Vol 2’
“so brilliantly vivid, intense and intelligent that it becomes irresistible."
THE SCOTSMAN
CREDITS
Written by Liz Lochead
Director: Alison Peebles
Composer & Sound Designer: David Paul Jones
Lighting Designer: Lizzie Powell
Set & Costume Designer: Kenny Miller
Choreographer: Marc Brew
Cast: Owen Whitelaw | Jo Freer | John Kielty | Lewis Howden | Joyce Falconer | Angela Darcy | Marc Brew
Images © Peter Dibdin Photography