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From Rowan Tree Theatre Company News
Rowan Tree Theatre Company can claim to be amongst the best in Scotland after scoring national success at the CATS (Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland) Awards announced in Edinburgh on Sunday 14th June. The young, innovative musicians Lilias Kinsman Blake, Rachel Newton and Seylan Baxter, who performed the music which was so integral to The Lasses, O were announced as winners of the Award for Best Use of Music and Sound. The commendation was as follows: "There is a school of thought that theatre musicians, unlike Victorian children, should be heard and not seen. Not so in Rowan Tree's The Lasses, O which opened with Seylan Baxter, Lillias Kinsman-Blake and Rachel Newton on stage. Two wind-buffeted, labour-panged, song-filled hours later, they had not left it for a second, but had helped create a world in which the play could live and breath. The play thrummed with music from start to finish. Music accompanied the action, provided backing for the songs and created a soundtrack that was woven into the production. But it is for the skill, wit and style with which it was performed and integrated into the play itself that the award goes to Seylan Baxter, Lillias Kinsman-Blake and Rachel Newton." The huge success of The Lasses, O, written by Janet Paisley and directed by John Bett, now firmly places Rowan Tree Theatre Company at the top of the tree for Scottish Theatre, an acknowledgement of all the hard work put in by so many people over the years. © Copyright 2004 by Rowan Tree Theatre Company |
