Paul Brangan

Casting has been announced for The Clockmaker’s Daughter, an original musical by new writers Daniel Finn and Michael Webborn which has its world premier at the Landor Theatre in May. The Clockmaker’s Daughter is a folk musical with a specific, yet timeless, feel with a story built around the themes of prejudice, discrimination, animosity and fear of the unknown. Spindlewood, like most towns of age, has its traditions. But no practice, custom or Old Wives Warning is so firmly adhered to as ‘The Turning of the Key’. Every year, on the last night of winter, as the first day of spring unfolds, the townsfolk gather to take part in a strange ritual. They meet in the centre of the town square, where a statue bearing the likeness of a young girl stands, poised and still, one hand raised as if to toast the sky. Constance has stood in the square for … Read more