Jon Nicholls - Music and Sound Design
Wig
A short story written and performed by Patrick Gale. A live reading of Wig, a black comedy about a housewife in suburban hell and a hairpiece with a will of its own, set to Jon's specially commissioned soundscape.
When downtrodden mother and wife Wanda impulsively buys a blond wig, it's just a bit of morale-boosting fun. She has no idea that the wig will tempt her into breaking all her careful suburban rules, drawing out a dangerous side to her personality...
When downtrodden mother and wife Wanda impulsively buys a blond wig, it's just a bit of morale-boosting fun. She has no idea that the wig will tempt her into breaking all her careful suburban rules, drawing out a dangerous side to her personality...
'...Gale's performance is assured and paced to perfection, our attention never strays. The text in his hand soon disappears and we enter the world of Wanda's home, car and emotions. Jon Nicholls' soundscape, grumbling and growling like a creaking portal of hell opening just under the thick pile carpet, adds a chill at the appropriate moments without intruding on the rhythms of the prose...'
In-house review, 'Lit Up' Festival of Live Literature, 2006