Theatre REVIEW: KELI - ★★★★★

Mix Up Theatre (Stewart)
18 hours ago
2 min read

'The skill, the craft, is in controlling the pressure'

KELI tells the story of a fiery, sharp witted seventeen year-old in a former mining town. Coal means little to Keli, but the mines left music in the blood of this place.

As the best player her brass band has ever had, music is easy. Everything else is a fight. Feeling trapped in small-town life, pressure mounts.

When the chance to change everything arises, can Keli keep a lid on it all?

KELI is set to a live brass score by Ivor Novello winner Martin Green (Lau) and each performance includes an appearance from a full brass band – featuring either Whitburn Band or Kingdom Brass.

Marking 40 years since the miners' strikes and featuring a sharp, hilarious script ,KELI is a gripping show about community, creativity, and music.

Written and composed by Martin Green

Directed by Bryony Shanahan

Produced by National Theatre of Scotland and Lepus Productions

Where?

Lyceum, Edinburgh - Part of Scotland Tour

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Skye (Age 15) - ★★★★★

"Keli, felt well cast and relatable as the issues that the characters had were very realistic to issues real people have. Such as over built stress or pressure from others. The mum made me feel empathetic as I felt I could understand the pressure she was under and the issues she had to deal with.

The music was out standing and really showed the sound of the brass band in all different forms from the beautiful harmony’s of a band to the up beat tunes of the solo horn,the whole cast were extremely talented and I found it rather funny that the main character of Keli, couldn’t actually play the horn. overall it was a great show."