Some of the productions with music composed and performed by Savourna.
Hansel & Gretel : Sunday Times
THE SUNDAY TIMES 14 December 1997
Theatre
HANSEL AND GRETEL
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Forget the Christmas-show tag. Forget the children. Just go and see this wonderful play like you would any other. I defy any adult to leave this latest Stuart Paterson masterpiece without a tear in their eye. The kids, of course, are made of sterner stuff, but even they sit absolutely spell-bound throughout the two hours of chilling drama. Situated somewhere between a particularly sinister Midsummer Night’s Dream, and an extra-redemptive King Lear, Peterson’s play takes us deep into the forest to face the blackest and bleakest of evils.
Every aspect of Hugh Hodgart’s production is first rate, be it Billy Boyd and Caroline Devlin in lead roles they were born to play, Irene Macdougall excelling herself as the witch and stepmother, Savourna Stevenson’s stunning live score, or GregĀ Smith’s haunting design…
Sleeping Beauty
THE SUNDAY TIMES 15 DECEMBER 1996
Theatre
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Two Tales for the price of one as the brilliant Christmas show specialist StuartĀ Paterson weaves the story of the princess and the frog into the dream world of the Sleeping Beauty. In doing so, he creates a great rites-of-passage allegory, taking us through the adolescent minefield of temptation, deception and false appearances, finally reaching a rich and rewarding resolution.
As one character says: “The love that wakes between boy and girl, that is the true sleeping beauty.” The awakening is as affecting as it is hard won. With a creepily oppressive design by Greg Smith, and a beautifully delicate score by Savourna Stevenson, Hugh Hodgart’s production demands to be seen by every adult – with or without a child in tow…
Hello there, we are in the beginning stages of producing Snow Queen whose music was composed by Savourna but we cannot find the music for the show anywhere on the internet and it is not on this list. Could you point us to where we might be able to hear it?
Hi Lynda,
Thanks for your message. Savourna will email you about the Snow Queen music shortly.