We Will Hear The Angels, The Fruitmarket, Edinburgh Review:

“Powerfully Performed!“

**** 4 Stars

2024 saw acclaimed and award winning Edinburgh based Magnetic North celebrate 25 years of producing the most creative, intimate and though provoking theatre. The kick off 2025 with a residence at Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery with a revival of their 2023 production, We Will Hear The Angels.

Written by Nicholas Bone who also co directs, alongside fellow co director and Video Designer Marisa Zanotti. We Will Hear The Angels is an hour long exploration of loss, loneliness and pain of 5 individuals. By shattering the silence and forcing other to listen to their stories can they find hope and they way to put back together their broken hearts? This powerfully performed piece will give the answers.

The wonderfully talent performing troupe of Nicholas Bone, Apphia Campbell, Caitlin Forbes, Marie-Gabrielle Koumenda and Greg Sinclair redefine the power of ensemble theatre making each one shines in their moments in the spotlight but equally when the stories intersect there is a rich sense of humanity that comes across. 

The shows music runs the gamut from Bach to Hank Williams to Orange Juice and music director Daniel Padden as truly delivered the goodies with each musical choice perfectly embracing each element of the stories being told. The company also make the best of the space at the Fruitmarket gallery and Zanotti’s delicate video design adds sophistication to the production which is boosted by Nigel Edwards’s evocative lighting design.  

The only drawback to the show is its just touching an hour in duration and as the show ends it feels like there is more to tell but equally there does feel like the show is perfectly formed, perhaps that’s the paradox the directors and creator have set out to achieve.

We Will Hear The Angels makes a beautiful start to an evening in the city and a unique opportunity to explore not just what’s on stage before you but your own lived experience and for that it reaffirms just how much theatre can move us. Wonderful stuff indeed.

We Will Hear The Angels, runs until Thursday 6^th February for more information and tickets go to: We Will Hear The Angels