Show of ‘superwomen’

A music-theatre company is bringing its show to Stirling’s Engine Shed next week.

It will be the first ever production performed in the building which houses Scotland’s buildings conservation centre.

Electric Voice Theatre features contemporary singer and composer Frances M Lynch and Margaret Cameron of the BBC Singers.

It celebrates the histories of Scotland’s forgotten ‘Scottish superwomen of science’ through the music of Scottish female composers, using the mediums of song, performance and spoken word.

Entitled Echoes from the Engine Shed, the show takes place on Tuesday, September 19, and, as well as featuring a cast of professional performers, will also involve the members of the community and school pupils.

And the performance tailored to the unique environment of the Engine Shed, which opened to the public in July, 2017. In advance of the show, the theatre company have been working with scientists Aurélie Turmel, Maureen Young and Sarah Hamilton from The Engine Shed and 70 schoolchildren from Stirling High School, and Raploch and Riverside Primary Schools, exploring the techniques used in building conservation.

Activities manager at the Engine Shed Brian Wilkinson said: “Science and technology underpin and inform everything we do here, from hands-on building conservation skills, analysis and investigation of materials, to digital documentation and visualisation of heritage sites. This autumn we are very excited to present Echoes from the Engine Shed, drawing on the research we undertake in building conservation science and technology.

“We aim to inspire our visitors by showcasing creativity, innovation and research, and this collaboration of artists, schoolchildren and scientists brings together those three strands in a fantastic celebration of our own superwomen of science.”

Tickets are now on sale and can be booked online at : http://ow.ly/RXal30lHKI9