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Healing and Harrowing
Heal and Harrow was a musical and visual performance about the Scottish witch trials in the 16-17th centuries CE. The musicians (Lauren McColl and Rachel Newton) were absolutely amazing and deserved 5 stars for their part, however, there were issues with access on the night. I feel that just some small tweaks could make all the difference; the staff were lovely and tried to help as much as they could. Taking everything into consideration though, the overall experience in this beautiful building was fantastic and I would definitely go again. I especially loved the combination of the haunting vocals, commentary, harp and violin standing alone in Part 1, followed by the powerful music and visuals in part 2. It was an outstanding performance and I loved it; without wishing to diminish the horrific and inhuman treatment of these women (and men) I could also relate to it to a certain extent (as could probably many disabled people) having been made to feel cast out of the community at some point in their lives. There was a certain irony in the fact that I've had to contact the organisers of this arts festival over the last few years to remind them of the importance of disabled access in their performances, maybe next year..........!
Heal and Harrow was a musical and visual performance about the Scottish witch trials in the 16-17th centuries CE. The musicians (Lauren McColl and Rachel Newton) were absolutely amazing and deserved 5 stars for their part, however, there were issues with access on the night. I feel that just some small tweaks could make all the difference; the staff were lovely and tried to help as much as they could. Taking everything into consideration though, the overall experience in this beautiful building was fantastic and I would definitely go again. I especially loved the combination of the haunting vocals, commentary, harp and violin standing alone in Part 1, followed by the powerful music and visuals in part 2. It was an outstanding performance and I loved it; without wishing to diminish the horrific and inhuman treatment of these women (and men) I could also relate to it to a certain extent (as could probably many disabled people) having been made to feel cast out of the community at some point in their lives. There was a certain irony in the fact that I've had to contact the organisers of this arts festival over the last few years to remind them of the importance of disabled access in their performances, maybe next year..........!
