To Save The Sea, the new Scottish musical inspired by the protests of environmental activists in the North Sea nearly 30 years ago.
North Sea protest against oil giants has inspired a new Scottish stage musical nearly 30 years later
Theatre makers Andy McGregor and Isla Cowan joined forces in lockdown to start creating To Save The Sea, which will tell the story of the group of Greenpeace activists who occupied a vast oil store in the middle of the North Seas in protest at Shell's plans to dump it at sea. Their actions, which led to a boycott of Shell boycotts across Europe in 1995 and forced a rethink from the company, will be recalled in the new musical which is said to feature "heartbreaking ballads, outrageous villains, rock music and comedic cabaret" while asking important questions about Scotland, oil and the environment
North Sea protest against oil giants has inspired a new Scottish stage musical nearly 30 years later
Theatre makers Andy McGregor and Isla Cowan joined forces in lockdown to start creating To Save The Sea, which will tell the story of the group of Greenpeace activists who occupied a vast oil store in the middle of the North Seas in protest at Shell's plans to dump it at sea. Their actions, which led to a boycott of Shell boycotts across Europe in 1995 and forced a rethink from the company, will be recalled in the new musical which is said to feature "heartbreaking ballads, outrageous villains, rock music and comedic cabaret" while asking important questions about Scotland, oil and the environment
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00:00I'm Cara. I am playing Rachel in the show. She's one of the activists.
00:07I think quite a lot of people relate to Rachel. I think she's one of these people that's sort of
00:11kind of ended up where she is in her life without actually asking herself if it's what she wants
00:16or if it makes her happy and I think you either ignore that feeling or you address it and she's
00:23choosing to address that. It's a full-blown musical which I don't think we see a lot of in Scotland.
00:30I think it's a really good balance between the two. I think between the activists what we're
00:52doing is, you know, it's the real sort of heart of the story. It's quite serious a subject matter
00:57but at the same time you've got the three politicians who are telling Shel's side of the
01:01story which is very very funny. It's very light-hearted what they're doing. If you love
01:05musicals you'll love this. It's a great night out. It's got a good mix of everything, of song,
01:10of like serious storytelling and lots of humour as well. I think it's a very well-rounded night
01:16out at the theatre.
02:16you