RIGHT NOW
2016
A BUSH THEATRE | BATH THEATRE ROYAL | TRAVERSE CO-PRODUCTION
A play by Catherine-Anne Toupin
DIRECTOR
Michael Boyd
SOUNDTRACK INFO
The soundtrack is a series of episodic piano fragments, woven throughout the production as intensely slow-paced repeated single piano notes, and at times as deliberate, exaggerated flourishes (often for comedy effect). The sound design is dominated by the sound effects of a crying baby from an unseen room, symbolising the play's ambiguously referenced themes of post-natal depression or the death of a child.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Premiered at Ustinov Studio, Bath Theatre Royal in February 2016, followed by runs at the Bush Theatre, London and Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.
RELATED WORKS
Soundtracks for other Traverse Theatre Company productions include:
The Tree Of Knowledge (2011)
Bloody Trams (2014)
Tracks Of The Winter Bear (2015)
Sketches from my soundtrack to Right Now form the core material of my piano solo collection From A High Window (2022).
Extracts from the theatre soundtrack to Right Now (2016).
Written & Produced by David Paul Jones
© ℗ 2016 Blue Banyan Music
“as if this was not carefully enough constructed; as if Madeleine Girling’s Parisian design was not suitably elegant, Toupin’s script was not razor sharp, David Paul Jones’ sound design was not all encompassing and Boyd’s direction was not audacious enough.”
ALL EDINBURGH THEATRE
CREDITS
Written by Catherine-Anne Toupin
Translation by Chris Campbell
Director: Michael Boyd
Composer & Sound Designer: David Paul Jones
Lighting Designer: Oliver Fenwick
Set & Costume Design: Madeleine Girling
Cast: Maureen Beattie | Guy Williams | Dyfan Dwyfor | Lindsey Campbell | Sean Biggerstaff
Images © Simon Annand