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Trunk

Trunk is an exciting, interactive performance created by Julia McGhee for children aged between 4 and 6 years.

Designed to meet outcomes of the Early Years Curriculum for Excellence, the performance centres on a large travelling trunk containing a collection of objects. As each object appears or new sound is heard from inside the trunk, the children become participants in an exciting adventure which sees them going on a train journey, enjoying a day on the beach, and exploring the wonders of a fast flowing river until they complete their journey underneath the stars.

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 Creative Team: 
 Created and Devised by Julia McGhee
 Directed by  Frank McConnell
 Performed by  Julia McGhee
 Costume  Heidi Soos
 Video  Robbie Synge
 Print Design 16K

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Away From Here 

Set in the dramatic West Highlands of Scotland, Away From Here is a dance film that examines

the fleeting relationship of people to a sense of place and belonging; exploring the incongruity

of our relationship to an ancient landscape.  A collaboration between plan B and multi-award

winning Goat Media, the project was filmed in HD, entirely on location with an international

cast and crew in August 2011.  ....................................................................................................................................................................... 

 Creative Team: 
 Director Katrina McPherson
 Choreographer Frank McConnell
 Director of Photography Jono Smith
 Editor Simon Fildes
 Composer Luke Sutherland
 Dancers Robbie Synge, Julia McGhee, Juta Campbell
  Anne-Gaelle Thiriot, Mekbul Jemal Tahir

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A Wee Home From Home

A highly charged and compelling dance-theatre piece, A Wee Home From Home explores

the dizzying emotions and memories that one man’s homecoming can provoke. Told

with affection and wandering through other familiar territory that would rather be forgotten,

the show is a roller coaster ride down an unpredictable memory lane. Frank McConnell’s

inspired and well-observed choreography perfectly partners the caustic and heart breaking

observations contained in Michael Marra’s exceptional live music.

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 Creative Team: 
 Director Gerry Mulgrew
 Music Michael Marra
 Choreography Frank McConnell
 Design Karen Tennent
 Lighting Design
 Jeanine Davies
 Movement Director
 Christine Devaney
 Performed by
 Frank MConnell and Michael Marra
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parallel | parallels

Performed in traverse and exploring the real possiblities of parallel worlds, this production
was visually and musically unique, blending song, narrative and movement into two co-existing performances. plan B performed parallel | parallels at Dance Base during the 2008 Edinburgh
Festival Fringe.
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 Creative Team: 
 ChoreographyFrank McConnell
 MusicMichael Marra
 TextJohn Harvey
 DesignKaren Tennent
 Lighting Design
Jeanine Davies
 Movement Director
Christine Devaney
 Performd by Libby Daye, Christine Devaney, Lina Limosani, Tom Ward, Malcolm Shields and Michael Marra
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Far Horizons

Performed as a solo by Frank McConnell and accompanied by the electric improvisations of

Fraser Fifield plus four of Scotland’s best jazz musicians, Far Horizons explores the contrast

between a serenity you can find on the inside by meditating on the Far Horizons on the outside. 

Far Horizons was commissioned by Dance Base, with funding from City of Edinburgh Council

and was performed at the DNA Festival in Inverness in 2007.

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 Creative Team: 
 ChoreographyFrank McConnell
 MusicFraser Fifield
 Performed by
Frank McConnell
 Musicians
Fraser Fifield, Graeme Stephen, Guy Nicholson,

David Robertson, Mario Caribe


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