The Cast: 'The Red Earth' and 'Revival!'

from Emily Smith

 

The Cast: Mairi Campbell & David Francis present THE RED EARTH & REVIVAL!

New Cample Farm

Sunday 16th September

7.30pm

£8

To book call: 01848 332325

THE CAST:David Francis and Mairi Campbell have been working as The Cast since meeting in Edinburgh in 1992.  The duo has travelled widely while working closely together in songwriting, dance bands and teaching.  They have produced three CDs, the most recent ‘greengold’ released in 2007.  In 2007/8 Mairi was voted ‘Scots Singer of the Year’ at the Scots Trad Music Awards.  In 2011 Mairi released an album of new songs written by the duo, released under her own name.  David and Mairi live in Portobello, Edinburgh with their two daughters.

Mairi Campbell and David Francis

They bring their show THE RED EARTH & REVIVAL! to New Cample Farm:
‘The Red Earth’ is a love story, first performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010, which follows two generations of Mairi’s family to China and back to Scotland, and tracks their encounters with danger and death and their resilience in the face of great trials.‘Revival!’ turns around the story of Mairi’s grandfather (on the other side of the family) from his childhood in Argyll through his adventures in music, religion and war.  Performed for the first time at this year’s Festival Fringe one viewer described the show as ‘beautiful, subtle, funny, brilliant, and spellbinding’.

The Cast tell the stories in words, music and original songs in a simple but powerful presentation.