Lockerbie: Lost Voices

For the 25th anniversary of the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland
31 July 2013 to 26 August 2013
Venue: 
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Venue 30a, 43-45 HighStreet, Edinburgh EH1 1SR
Country: 
Scotland
19:00
Web site: 
The Elements World Theatre
Tags: 
Edinburgh Festival Fringe theatre
2013 EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE A NEW PLAY FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LOCKERBIE TRAGEDY

LOCKERBIE:  LOST VOICES

By Lee Gershuny

Directed by Corinne Harris with James Bryce, Isabella Jarrett, Hannah Jarrett-Scott, Tim Licata and Doreen McGillivray
Designed by Scott Anderson     
Dramaturg: Donald Smith

This new play gives voice to six hypothetical characters grappling with their conflict between accepting the unacceptable and having the courage to stand up for their personal truth. Their conflicts unfold on board Pan Am Flight 103 on 21 December. 1988:T  a mother and her stepdaughter engage in a power struggle and a retired couple disagree on priorities – family versus personal dreams.  The third couple, a USA intelligence agent and a Scottish investigative journalist, face their profound fear of the consequences in speaking truth to power.  With humour, love and courage each couple discovers a surprising insight into their relationship.

 In the last of three scenes, “A Chorus of Angels,” the six dead passengers join together in presiding over their own funeral.  They speak from the neutrality of death in bearing witness to the investigation unfolding on the ground -- the care and effort of not only those trying to uncover the truth, but also those deliberately trying to hide and manipulate it. 

 In poetic language and original choral music, they shed new light on the worst terrorist attack in the UK.  www.the-elements.org.uk

 

 

 

Posted by: 
Lee Gershuny
17/05/2013