Clear White Light - a play featuring the songs of Alan Hull

CLEAR WHITE LIGHT, the WORLD PREMIERE of a new play featuring the songs of ALAN HULL!

Live Theatre, Newcastle, 18th Oct - 10th Nov 2018 | Tickets on sale 25th July

Venue & ticket info: https://www.live.org.uk/whats-on/clear-white-light

A Live Theatre Production
Written by Paul Sirett
With the songs of Alan Hull
Directed by Joe Douglas
Musical Direction by Ray Laidlaw & Billy Mitchell

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It's been years in the making, and now Newcastle's Live Theatre have announced a contemporary retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher, set against the backdrop of cuts to our 70-year-old NHS.

Inspired by Alan’s spell as a psychiatric nurse at St Nick’s Hospital in the late 60s, Clear White Light features many of the classic songs he wrote at the time. Winter Song, Lady Eleanor, Clear White Light and more will be played by a live band featuring Ray Laidlaw and Billy Mitchell.

As the show's musical directors, Billy & Ray are incredibly excited to see the show come to fruition after years in the making.

Ray: 'We've been working with the wonderfully creative team at Live Theatre for a long time, searching for the perfect vehicle for Alan's great songs which doesn't rely on cliché. Clear White Light is just that - it's fresh and inventive, and I'm sure it'll introduce Alan's music to a whole new audience.'

Billy: 'Alan was profoundly touched by his time at St. Nick's, caring for people with mental health issues. The music he wrote around then - often while on duty - has stood the test of time. Unfortunately the NHS hasn't fared so well, something Clear White Light addresses head-on.'

Venue & ticket info: https://www.live.org.uk/whats-on/clear-white-light

4 comments

Pete Congleton
Jul 21 2018 9:38 AM

Awesome. Is the play likely to tour?

Awesome. Is the play likely to tour?
Malcolm Newcastle
Oct 29 2018 8:04 AM

I found the play incredibly moving and uplifting. The cast were amazing and lived their parts and the singing sent shivers up our backs. I was in the same class at Rutherford and remember "Hully" as a fun guy with positive views. The play deserves a nationwide run.

I found the play incredibly moving and uplifting.
The cast were amazing and lived their parts and the singing sent shivers up our backs.
I was in the same class at Rutherford and remember "Hully" as a fun guy with positive views.
The play deserves a nationwide run.
Paul London
Oct 29 2018 5:06 PM

My wife and I were in Newcastle at the weekend, and luckily managed to get tickets for the Saturday afternoon performance. The play itself was thought provoking and could only have been written by somebody with an appreciation of mental illness.The acting was excellent, and the music top notch. I first saw Lindisfarne in London the early seventies including twice top of the bill to Genesis. The music was great then and continues to be great, and all the members of Lindisfarne past and present, living and dead, should be proud of the pleasure they've given us over the years. PS Seeing Lindisfarne at the Union Chapel in London on 9th November.

My wife and I were in Newcastle at the weekend, and luckily managed to get tickets for the Saturday afternoon performance. The play itself was thought provoking and could only have been written by somebody with an appreciation of mental illness.The acting was excellent, and the music top notch.

I first saw Lindisfarne in London the early seventies including twice top of the bill to Genesis. The music was great then and continues to be great, and all the members of Lindisfarne past and present, living and dead, should be proud of the pleasure they've given us over the years.

PS Seeing Lindisfarne at the Union Chapel in London on 9th November.
Paul Live Theatre Newcastke
Oct 20 2019 8:38 PM

An experience I will never forget, not just for the music but also the story behind it, throughout the whole night I laughed, cried along with happy and sad. This should go on every year but I feel after speaking to the cast that the 12th October 2019 will probabably of been the the end. May I also say I spoke and had photos taking with Ray, Billy well all the cast "such lovely people". Met some of my heroes. I would like to thank the the cast, director and writer for such a fantastic experience. Hope we a meet again, maybe on a corner. Thank you from my heart. Paul Robbo

An experience I will never forget, not just for the music but also the story behind it, throughout the whole night I laughed, cried along with happy and sad.
This should go on every year but I feel after speaking to the cast that the 12th October 2019 will probabably of been the the end.
May I also say I spoke and had photos taking with Ray, Billy well all the cast "such lovely people". Met some of my heroes. I would like to thank the the cast, director and writer for such a fantastic experience. Hope we a meet again, maybe on a corner.
Thank you from my heart. Paul Robbo

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