Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour (2015)

August - October 2015

A group of schoolgirls in uniform lean into microphones as they sing on a colourfully tiled stage

Overview

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour is the critically-acclaimed stage adaptation of Alan Warner’s cult Scottish novel The Sopranos, by Lee Hall and directed by Vicky Featherstone. The show opened at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 19 August 2015, and enjoyed a hugely successful sell-out run at the Traverse Theatre, earning eleven five-star reviews and picking up four awards, including a Scotsman Fringe First, a Herald Angel, and The Stage Award for Acting Excellence.

Alan Warner’s novel and Lee Hall’s musical stage play tell the story of six girls on the cusp of change. Love, lust, pregnancy and death all spiral out of control in a single day. Funny, sad, rude and beautifully sung, Our Ladies .... is a tribute to being young, lost and out of control, featuring a soundtrack of classical music and 70s pop rock, with music by Handel, Bach and ELO including the songs Mr Blue Sky, Don’t Bring Me Down, Long Black Road and more.

Vicky Featherstone returns to the National Theatre of Scotland for the first time since her appointment as Artistic Director at the Royal Court Theatre, to collaborate with Lee Hall, (Shakespeare in Love, Billy Elliot and The Pitmen Painters), to create a funny, sad and raucously rude production about singing, sex and sambuca.

A National Theatre of Scotland and Live Theatre production.

Tour Venues

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, (18 to 30 August); Tron Theatre, Glasgow (8 to 12 September); Lemon Tree, Aberdeen (15 & 16 September); OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness (18 to 19 September); Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy, Fife (22 & 23 September); The Brunton, Musselburgh (September 25 &26); Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne (1 to 24 October).

Cast

  • Name
    Melissa Allan
  • Name
    Caroline Deyga
  • Name
    Karen Fishwick
  • Name
    Joanne McGuinness
  • Name
    Kirsty MacLaren
  • Name
    Frances Mayli McCann
  • Name
    Dawn Sievewright

Creative team

  • Name
    Lee Hall
    Role
    Adaptation
  • Name
    Vicky Featherstone
    Role
    Director
  • Name
    Martin Lowe
    Role
    Music Arranger & Supervisor
  • Name
    Chloe Lamford
    Role
    Designer
  • Name
    Imogen Knight
    Role
    Choreographer
  • Name
    Lizzie Powell
    Role
    Lighting Designer
  • Name
    Mike Walker
    Role
    Sound Designer
  • Name
    Debbie Hannan
    Role
    Associate Director
  • Name
    Chris Simpson
    Role
    Associate Sound Designer
  • Name
    Stuart Morley
    Role
    Associate Music Supervisor
  • Name
    Amy Ball
    Role
    Co-Casting Director
  • Name
    Laura Donnelly
    Role
    Co-Casting Director
  • Name
    Amy Shackcloth
    Role
    Band Leader / Keyboard
  • Name
    Laura Bangay
    Role
    Band Leader / Keyboard
  • Name
    Becky Brass
    Role
    Percussion
  • Name
    Emily Linden
    Role
    Guitar

Explore

  • A group of schoolgirls in uniform lean into microphones as they sing on a colourfully tiled stage
  • A group of five girls in school uniform giggle as they watch as a classmate stands obediately at the front of the stage
  • A row of girls in school uniform stand in a line singing with clasped hands
  • School girls dressed in green jumpers and tartan skirts sing into microphones, a band playing in the background.
  • School girls dressed in green jumpers and tartan skirts sing into microphones, a band playing in the background.
  • Girls in school uniform stand in a v shape, singing with their arms behind their backs

Videos

  • Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour - international
  • Meet the cast of Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour
  • Vicky Featherstone & Lee Hall introduce Our Ladies