Live-scored by electronic sound artist Anneke Kampman, Daphne Oram’s Wonderful World of Sound is a journey through the amazing life of one of the great, unsung composers of the twentieth century. Read more …
In 1942, a séance inspires seventeen-year-old Daphne Oram to found the world-famous BBC Radiophonic Workshop and shape the entire development of electronic sound, cutting a trailblazing path through uncharted musical territory. This is her incredible story.
Restlessly engaging.
It's compelling, good-humoured and life-affirming theatre.
There’s much to enjoy here, not least Anneke Kampman’s live sound score, but the final result verges on less than the sum of its parts.
A strange and powerful show.
Wonderful World is another ambitious work from a fearless young company, and a wonderfully warm-hearted introduction to one of electronic music’s forgotten trailblazers.
The four-strong supporting ensemble energetically portrays the peripheral figures in Daphne’s life, while McArthur inspires warmth and admiration for her unconventional heroine.
This play has little to offer an audience unless you are deeply, passionately interested in either Daphne Oram or BBC commissioning procedure. Ideally both.
There is a freshness and infectious enthusiasm to Daphne Oram’s Wonderful World of Sound. This, allied to a magnetic central performance, overcomes oddities in the script and staging to create a thoroughly pleasing whole.
Tron Theatre, Glasgow from Tuesday May 9, 2017, until Saturday May 13, 2017. More info: www.tron.co.uk
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday May 23, 2017, until Wednesday May 24, 2017. More info: www.traverse.co.uk
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