KELI
Touring to Stirling, Edinburgh, Dundee, Perth and Glasgow
10 May - 14 Jun | Scottish Tour
Overview
'The skill, the craft, is in controlling the pressure'
KELI tells the story of a fiery, sharp witted seventeen year-old in a former mining town. Coal means little to Keli, but the mines left music in the blood of this place.
As the best player her brass band has ever had, music is easy. Everything else is a fight. Feeling trapped in small-town life, pressure mounts.
When the chance to change everything arises, can Keli keep a lid on it all?
KELI is set to a live brass score by Ivor Novello winner Martin Green (Lau) and each performance includes an appearance from a full brass band – featuring either Whitburn Band or Kingdom Brass.
Marking 40 years since the miners' strikes and featuring a sharp, hilarious script ,KELI is a gripping show about community, creativity, and music.
Written and composed by Martin Green
Directed by Bryony Shanahan
Produced by National Theatre of Scotland and Lepus Productions
KELI was developed with National Theatre of Scotland and The National Theatre, London’s Generate programme and was originally commissioned as an audio drama by The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
KELI was developed with the support of Creative Scotland, The Space and Freedom Festival, Hull. The music for KELI, Split the Air, was originally commissioned by PRS Foundation for the New Music Biennial at The Southbank Centre, and UK City of Culture.
RivetingThe Guardian (on KELI Audio Drama)
Performers
Team
- Name
- Hana Allan
- Role
- Lighting Supervisor
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- Martin Atkinson
- Role
- Producer [Freelance]
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- Josh Brown
- Role
- Relighter
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- Robbie Butler
- Role
- Lighting Designer
- Name
- Glenda Carson
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- Captioner
- Name
- Neal Clark
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- Production Sound
- Name
- Isla Cowan
- Role
- Associate Director
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- Adi Currie
- Role
- Lighting Technician
- Name
- Anna Dawson CDG
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- Casting Director
- Name
- George Dennis
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- Sound Designer
- Name
- Fi Fraser
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- Production Manager
- Name
- Karen Forbes
- Role
- BSL Interpreter
- Name
- Adam Gibson
- Role
- Sound Supervisor
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- Maddy Grant
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- Deputy Stage Manager
- Name
- Martin Green
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- Writer & Composer
- Name
- Fergus Hall
- Role
- Orchestrator
- Name
- Kyle Jessiman
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- Stage Supervisor
- Name
- Chinyanta Kabaso
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- Choreographer
- Name
- Alisa Kalyanova
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- Set & Costume Designer
- Name
- Fi Kennedy
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- Company Manager
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- Christopher McKiddie
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- Audio Describer
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- Stephanie Mitchell
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- Brass Consultant
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- Lauren Murison
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- Assistant Stage Manager
- Name
- Bryony Shanahan
- Role
- Director
- Name
- Claire Sharp
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- Costume Technician
- Name
- Aileen Sherry
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- Costume Supervisor
- Name
- Malcolm Stephen
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- Technical Manager
- Name
- Yvonne Strain
- Role
- BSL Interpreter
- Name
- Dexter Stokes-Mellor
- Role
- Sound Technician
- Name
- Holly Wright
- Role
- Stage Manager
Explore
Videos
- KELI | Competition Monologue
- KELI | Story in 30 Seconds
- "The Eyes of Others" is the new single from Martin
- KELI | Writer Introduction
- KELI | Why this Story
- KELI | Team
