Collaborations
Dance
BLOB (2009)- a collaboration with choreographers Emilie Gallier and Clemence Coconnier
- Royaumont, France, February 2009
- La Festival Echappee Belle, Blanqufort, France, June 2010
video on vimeo no. 2
As if is was my first and last (2008 - 2009)
- a collaboration with choreographers Christina Towle and Laurence Pages
- Royaumont, February 2009 - christinatowle.com
In-halation (2006)
- a collaboration with choreographer Liv O'Donoghue
- Riley Theatre, Leeds, November 2006
- Lecture Demonstration, York University, December 2006
"It was a handkerchief-prepared harmonica. A stirringly sinister, breathy sound and it was perfect. The cloth-wrapped instrument, played by an ensemble of nine musicians, each following the minutiae in breath and movement of the duet of dancers before them. It was the idea of Christian Mason, the first composer I ever collaborated with. Who would think to use such an instrument in such a way? It was like making a discovery and I instantly fell for the collaborative experience."
Quote from: vulgo.ie
Theatre
The Breath of Life (2011) – Lyceum Theatre Sheffield, February 2011
"When celebrated novelist Frances Beale arrives at Madeleine Palmer's home, she is looking for a story, but not a work of fiction. She wants to hear the true story of how their lives became inextricably linked over forty years ago… Over the course of a single night, the two women reflect on their lives, united by their love for the same man. A witty, brutal and poignant play from Sir David Hare."
A Sheffield Theatres Production.
Cast: Isla Blair and Patricia Hodge
Written by David Hare (2002)
Director Peter Gill
Designer Alex Eales
Lighting Designer Paul Pyant
Composer Christian Mason
Sound extracts
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Scene change 1 - 2 |
Scene change 3 - 4 |
Another Door Closed (2009) – Theatre Royal Bath, August 2009
'Have you grown hard? Is that it? You were never hard then, you know. Just two spoiled daughters. Two little, selfish daughters. Two unemancipated daughters. Without her you have become hard, is that it? She was so soft, you see.'
Two elderly sisters get an unexpected visit from a younger man. It appears, many years ago, the sisters' mother had been very kind to him.
faber.co.uk
Part of the Peter Hall Company Season
Cast: June Watson, Marjorie Yates and Sean Chapman
Written and directed by Peter Gill
Lighting Designer Paul Pyant
Composer Christian Mason
Sound extract
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Introduction music |
Other
Songs for the Last Slam Door Train (2006)
- A collaboration with performance artist Barbara Keal, this piece for twenty amateur singers took place on the last ever slam door train from London to East Grinstead.