World Premiere
Starts with a Letter
by Ian McMillan
Original Songs & Music by Carol Laula
Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock
7th & 8th November – 7.30pm (2.30pm matinee Saturday only)
She is a WAAF from Wigan going AWOL for love. He is a sailor from the Royal Navy on a 48-hour pass. Together, Olive and John risk everything in a true wartime romance told through letters exchanged during World War II.
...because in a world of fire, love might just be the bravest act of all...
Featuring original songs and live music from Carol Laula, “Scotland’s leading singer-songwriter” (The Herald), and an award-winning cast, this new musical play brings Olive and John together where every moment feels like stolen time.
Reviews across our productions
"…confidence and class…impressive production…powerful and promising…”
Joyce McMillan THE SCOTSMAN ★★★★
"It’s a rare treat to witness this double bill of one-act miniatures by Sean Kane’s Theatre Enigma…Victoria Balnaves’s vocal settings of Mackay Brown’s words becomes even more lyrical, its incantatory chorale swelling to become a heartbreaking lament…theatrical nuggets…a pair of iridescent and beautiful unsung curios."
Neil Cooper THE HERALD ★★★★
"…An intense drama full of dark humour… Malcolm Hamilton was completely inspired as Brito – edgy and dangerous one moment, comical the next. The sight of him beating a defenceless loaf of bread to death with an axe was worth the ticket price alone… Four Nights in Knaresborough is likely to become a minor classic."
EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS ★★★★
"Theatre Enigma return to the Netherbow with their simple but powerful staging of this much praised 1986 play by former squaddie Jonathan Lewis…Keith Hutcheon’s intense production draws a memorable ensemble performance…fine cast of Scottish based actors without a single weak link."
Joyce McMillan THE SCOTSMAN ★★★★
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