Vic Hoyland
Composer
Composer
Dumb Show
1st performance by members of Vocem: Alan Belk, Fran Lynch and, on percussion, Ian Gardiner. Recorded at The Barber Institute, Birmingham
for participants, male and female, plus Kit perc (+ amp voice)
Text: Six Anglo-Saxon riddles from the Exeter Book
17’ 00” duration
1st Performance
25 February 1984, St John’s College, York, Arts Council Network Tour
Reviews
Marvellous, vivid, atmospheric, perfect
York Evening Press
Startling!
Martin Dreyer
Cleverly, outrageous Dumb Show – a work that must surely travel
Martin Dreyer, Huddersfield Festival, Musical Times
In a festival marked by music theatre, Dumb Show made the strongest impact
Andrew Clements, Music in 1984 overview
By vivid contrast Dumb Show was slick and amusing. A large, enthusiastic audience brought out the best from the performers Alan Belk, Fran Lynch and Ian Gardiner (on percussion).
Paul Robinson, Arts Yorkshire
Ian Gardiner, Alan Belk and Fran Lynch in Dumb Show
Held by
Dress rehearsal images
Roger Marsh and Anna Myatt performing Dumb Show in York 1989; with Brendan Renwick on percussion (not pictured) at the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall.
