KELI

"The skill, the craft, is in controlling the pressure"

KELI tells the story of a fiery, sharp-witted teenager in a former mining town. Coal means little to Keli, but the mines left music in the blood of this place.

As the best player her brass band has ever had, music is easy. Everything else is a fight. Feeling trapped in small-town life, pressure mounts.

When the chance to change everything arises, can Keli keep a lid on it all?

KELI is set to a live brass score by Ivor Novello winner Martin Green (Lau) and each performance includes an appearance from a full brass band - featuring either Whitburn Band or Kingdom Brass.

Marking 40 years since the miners' strikes and featuring a sharp, hilarious script, KELI is a gripping show about community, creativity, and music.

"Riveting" - The Guardian (on KELI Audio Drama)

Written and composed by Martin Green. Directed by Bryony Shanahan.

Produced by National Theatre of Scotland and Lepus Productions.

KELI was developed with National Theatre of Scotland and The National Theatre, London's Generate programme and was originally commissioned as an audio drama by the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh.

KELI was developed with the support of Creative Scotland and The Space. The music for KELI, Split the Air, was originally commissioned by PRS Foundation for the New Music Biennial at The Southbank Centre, and UK City of Culture.

BSL/English Interpreters: Yvonne Smith and Karen Forbes

Captioner: Glenda Carson

Audio Describer: Christopher McKiddie