LATEST NEWS. THE CORMORANT TREE ALBUM NOW ON GENERAL RELEASE.
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Performed by Ian McIntosh, Laura Pitt-Pulford, Louise Young, Savannah Stevenson, Steven Serlin, and James Reeves. Music by Glenn Tollett and lyrics by Steve Darlow. Produced by Glenn Tollett and Nick Magnus.
Come Walk With Me. Anna (Savannah Stevenson) and Pasco (Ian McIntosh) walk the shore of Highsands Bay. (Ian McIntosh and Savannah Stevenson)
Saint Hedrok. Clare’s (Laura Pitt-Pulford) sea shanty tells of Saint Hedrok’s lack of humility in assuming the catch would be bountiful, his pilgrimage, and the founding of his church on the cliffs above Highsands. (Ian McIntosh, Laura Pitt-Pulford, Louise Young, Savannah Stevenson, James Reeves, Glenn Tollett)
The Pennies. All the villagers have gathered and Clare (Laura Pitt-Pulford) sings a ballad about an annual ritual at Highsands, and the myth of the maiden, the fisherman, and Neptune’s revenge. (Laura Pitt-Pulford, Louise Young, James Reeves, Glenn Tollett)
The Cormorant Tree. Passions run high as the villagers dance and sing. The cormorants have been roosting on a fallen tree, that overlooks the village. (To enter the Garden of Eden the Devil disguised himself as a cormorant.) (Ian McIntosh, Laura Pitt-Pulford, Louise Young, Savannah Stevenson, Steven Serlin, James Reeves, Glenn Tollett)
Sun to Sea. Anna (Savannah Stevenson), fearing Pasco (Ian McIntosh) is lost in the storm, stands at the edge of the cliffs, on the verge of ending her life. She appeals to the natural world, asking why she deserves such a fate. But of out the mist comes … (Ian McIntosh and Savannah Stevenson)
Bartholomew Tope. As leader of the local gang Tope (Steven Serlin) gathers his cronies and warns everyone to ‘look away the eye, the smugglers go by!’ (Ian McIntosh, Steven Serlin, James Reeves, Glenn Tollett)
As Year Follows Year. Looking out to sea, Anna (Savannah Stevenson) stands on the quay from where her husband set sail years ago. He has never been seen again. She prays that one day her love will return. (Savannah Stevenson)
Spirits at Rest. The Sunday morning service has just ended at St Hedrok’s church. Parson Caleb (Steven Serlin) has just received his delivery of smuggled liquor and tobacco and dances around the graveyard secreting the contraband in the various graves and tombs. (Laura Pitt-Pulford, Louise Young, Steven Serlin, James Reeves.)
My Father and My Friend. Pasco (Ian McIntosh), who has just laid his father to rest, asks whether nature or God will take care of his father’s soul. (Ian McIntosh)
Her Lonely Way. Clare (Laura Pitt-Pulford) opens our show singing about a young girl who meets her lover, a soldier, on the clifftops. But he tells her that duty calls, he must leave, and go across the seas. At the end of the song Clare reveals that she was, in fact, that young girl. (Laura Pitt-Pulford, James Reeves, Louise Young)
If Only You Were Here. Pasco (Ian McIntosh) contemplates what advice his father would give if he were alive. Should he risk telling the truth no matter what the cost? (Ian McIntosh)
To Love Again. Clearly having feelings for one another, Anna (Savannah Stevenson) and Pasco (Ian McIntosh) wonder if they can find love again. But what must they sacrifice? (Ian McIntosh, Savannah Stevenson)
Hey-o-Hey. The villagers of Highsands call to the fisherman out in the bay. They answer with the news that the day has gone well and everyone is called to the shore to land the catch. (Laura Pitt-Pulford, Louise Young, Savannah Stevenson, Steven Serlin, James Reeves.)