A new musical retelling of
Wuthering Heights is being performed in Cambridge:
St Edmund's Music Society presents...
Cathy: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights
by Michael Bascom and Emily Brontë
9:30pm, Tue 13th November 2018–Sat 17th November 2018, at Corpus Playroom, Cambridge
Director - Jade Franks
Music Director - Michael Bascom
Cathy - Maryam Dorudi
Nelly - Faith Colenutt
Edgar - Dàire Toal
Heathcliff - William Batty
This new musical tells the story of Heathcliff and Cathy, two lovers almost psychically bound to each other but continually thwarted by family, society, and God. Heathcliff has just returned to Wuthering Heights after mysteriously disappearing for several years having made his wealth, but Cathy is now bound by other circumstances. The sun shines over the moors, but inside the storm of vengeance is brewing. In a retelling of Emily Brontë’s classic, this new musical tells the story of a passion which transcends life – and death – itself.
Listen to excerpts:
https://soundcloud.com/michael-bascom/sets/cathy-a-retelling-of-wuthering
A review of the production can be read on
The Cambridge Student:
Michael Bascom’s haunting musical adaption of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, directed by Jade Franks, captivates from the opening scene and keeps its audience transfixed until the very end of the tragic love story between Cathy and Heathcliff. These two characters are central to each other’s very understanding of existence, but Heathcliff’s vengeful and violent nature is never far from the surface of this production. (...)
Overall, this musical is a highly moving production, brilliantly depicting the tragedy and passion of Brontë’s novel, which is set over 30 years, in a performance which lasts only an hour. The intensity of Cathy and Heathcliff’s relationship is successfully portrayed with authentic emotion, leaving the audience compelled to believe that their love exists beyond the ephemeral world; it is their very souls that are connected. (Eleanor Antoniou)
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