THE ATTIC
2010/2018
STARCATCHERS
An immersive theatre production for early years children
DIRECTOR
Heather Fulton
SOUNDTRACK INFO
A live piano score accompanying the tender story of a young girl and her grandmother and their adventures in an old attic.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Premiered @ The Byre, St Andrews
October 2010. Followed by UK Tour including the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival.
Remounted @ Festival Theatre Studio, Edinburgh followed by Scottish Tour 2017-2018 as part of the Theatre In Schools Scotland (TISS) programme.
RELATED WORKS
The Attic was transcribed for solo piano in 2021.
The piano sheet music is available here.
Soundtrack to The Attic (2010).
Written & Performed by David Paul Jones
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“David Paul Jones’s gorgeous and shapely piano score, which he plays live throughout, is absolutely irresistible, conjuring up that special zone of fun, play, and magic that children often enter with their grandparents.”
THE SCOTSMAN
“Performed through some gentle clowning, and accompanied by a dusty coated David Paul Jones at the piano playing sounds whose mood chimes beautifully with each scene, like the crescendo of surprises as the tower of tiered boxes reveals their contents, The Attic is an innocent, intergenerational delight that encourages looking out and up and forward no matter what age.”
EDINBURGH GUIDE
“the real icing on the cake is composer/ musician David Paul Jones, ensconced throughout at the piano, weaving a filigree web of melody that heightens the whole experience so that ears, as well as eyes, can help shape perceptions.”
THE HERALD
CREDITS
Written by Hazel Darwin-Clements
Director: Heather Fulton
Music: David Paul Jones
Set Designer: Karen Tennent
Costume Designer: Alison Brown
Lighting Designer: Bee George | Craig Fleming
Cast: Hazel Darwin-Clements | Vari Sylvester | Carol Ann Crawford | Gowan Calder
Pianists: David Paul Jones | Keith McLeish
Images © Neil Thomas Douglas