Storytelling from Scotland to Pakistan

Yellow Brick is super excited to be a part of When Mountains Meet

Presented by Anne Wood and Authentic Artist Collective

Anne Wood – Co-Deviser and Composer

Kath Burlinson – Co-Deviser and Director

Niloo-Far Khan – Co-Deviser and Performer

John McGeoch –Digital Artist

Kate Taylor – Producer 

Taboo in a culture where I longed to belong.

This is my story. My mother is Scottish. My father was Pakistani. In my early twenties I found the father I had never met, visited Karachi and experienced generous hospitality and cultural riches. I also discovered that being a professional musician and an illegitimate woman accorded me little status in Pakistan. I had arrived but didn’t know who to be. I needed to find my own way to thrive.

Through story, original music and digital art When Mountains Meet explores contemporary Scottish/Pakistani identity through immersion in the food, textiles and geography that define cultures.

When Mountains Meet is a music theatre production in development, funded by Creative Scotland. Inspired by Lead Artist, musician Anne Wood’s true story, it explores universal themes: connection with family, relationships, love and nurture, how we root ourselves in communal religious, linguistic or musical practices and how we navigate prejudice, conflicting emotions and yearning to belong.

As part of the development process, we are hosting three digital events to showcase the artistic media being used, music, story and digital art and to document our progress.

Register here to join the journey

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcuupqzkrE93C8HXtO-q80p1dalhpJZOq