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'Electra'
Written by Nick Payne
Directed by Elizabeth Swanson
Assistant directed by Jan Schneider
Designed by Áine O'Hara
Composed and musical-directed by Kim V Porcelli
Produced by the Lir Theatre, August 2014

The score featured seven discrete pieces of music, all of which were performed a cappella by a cast of five adults and two children. Several of the pieces utilised a single drum.

Singers/cast: Danielle Galligan (main soloist), Katie Honan, Úna Kavanagh, Gerard Lee, Robert Thompson, Ava and Ben

This moment in the play takes place very early in the morning. I really wanted to capture that feeling of being awake, outside in nature, before anyone else is up. I also wanted to write in musical lines that would open up like the morning sky. --Kim

lyrics

(original text, by Nick Payne):

Wide night,
open air,
before dawn.

She sings the same song,
the same song is sung.
She will not cease,
until she is done.

Only child,
bare breast,
left behind.

She sings the same song,
the same song is sung.
She will not cease,
until she is done.

Wide night,
open air,
bring help.

credits

from from 'Electra' (by Nick Payne) (2014), released August 1, 2014
Photograph: Instagram snapshot (by Kim) of part of the set, designed by Áine O'Hara

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Kim V Porcelli Dublin, Ireland

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