Sound of My Voice

Company Name:  Citizens Theatre Ltd

Company Website: www.citz.co.uk

Contact: Anna Stapleton/Administrative Director Tel:0141 418 6242 Email: anna@citz.co.uk 

Show Name:  The Sound of My Voice

You are forty years old and already two-thirds
destroyed. When your friends and colleagues meet you,
they shake your hand and say, ‘Hello, Morris.’ You reply,
‘Hello,’ usually smiling. At home your wife and children
– the accusations, as you call them – love you and need
you. You know all this, and know that it is not enough.

Morris Magellan is an executive who runs a biscuit company in Scotland. He has a house in the suburbs, nice wife and kids…but there’s one major problem.  He is a chronic alcoholic and his life is falling apart.

Adapted from an original novel by Ron Butlin that has been described by Irvine Welsh as “One of the greatest pieces of fiction to come out of Britain in the 80s” and by Ian Rankin as “One of the most inventive and daring novels ever to have come out of Scotland”, this will be the first stage adaptation of the novel that is considered Butlin’s masterpiece.

Production Info:
Director:Jeremy Raison 
Playwright:From a novel by Ron Butlin, adapted by Jeremy Raison 
Designer:Jason Southgate 
Lighting & Sound Designer:  Graham Sutherland 
Size of Company (including no on the road):  3 (2 cast & 1 technician)
Freight: Transit van  
Minimum Performance Space:  7m x 4m 
Target Audience:  adult contemporary drama
Supporting Activities: post show discussion
Lighting Designer: Elspeth Murray
Size of Company (including no on the road):   4 (usually 3 on the road)
Freight:   Small – all fits in an estate car
Minimum Performance Space:   We can perform almost anywhere