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Mull Theatre celebrates the darkness of ‘Our Carnal Hearts’ The singing of a ‘Celtic coven’ will be heard round the halls of Mull and UK-wide in April and May as An Tobar tours its production Our Carnal Hearts: ‘a brilliant, grubby, morally questionable celebration of our darkest impulses to compete and conquer’. Written by award-winning theatre maker Rachel Mars, with original music by Louise Mothersole, this choral piece is ‘a gleeful, thrilling and murky celebration of envy, competitive spirits and all the round the fires of jealousy times we screw each other that rage when we don’t; over’. four glorious singers join This new Hebridean in a raucous cacophony of co-production with An Tobar surround sound, calling on and Mull Theatre reimagines the gods for advantage and this contemporary classic crowing over the bodies of through a Gaelic lens, rootthe losers. ing a primal ritual to all con‘Audiences can expect a suming envy in the aesthetic joyous confession of everytraditions of one we’ve ever ancient Britain. wanted to be Directed by a gleeful, thrilling and everything the artistic we’ve ever and murky director of wanted to own. celebration of An Tobar and Our Carnal envy, competitive Hearts is a Mull Theatre and Arch spirits and all the place to whoop 468 Rebecca times we screw at our own fraAtkinson-Lord, gility and delight each other over it’s a show ‘filled against our with women better nature, unashamed to show us their a toast to our competitive ugly bits’. spirits and a rumbling dance A spokesperson for the for the ugly gutter-tramping company said: ‘The show parts of our souls. features a Celtic coven sing‘It is a show that seeks to ing hymns to the powerful prove envy makes us better.’ urge to win and dancing Director Rebecca Atkin-
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son-Lord added: ‘Rachel Mars is one of this generation’s most innovative theatre writers. ‘Her work captivates the audience with cleverness and delight before leaping out from behind a curtain to make us squeal in surprise. ‘She has a knack for capturing the essence of our complicated modern existence and distilling it into stories that feel infused with ancient knowledge that will resonate for years to come. ‘Having worked with Rachel for more than a decade, I’m honoured to be granted the opportunity to direct this first major revival of her work.’ Our Carnal Hearts is being staged at Byre Theatre, April 28; Dunoon Burgh Hall, April 29; Rosehill Theatre, April 30; before heading to Oxford, Reading, Hampshire, Cardiff and Oldham.
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