(photographs by Patrick Baldwin and Hannah McCulley) 

The devil’s got all the best tunes.

by Tom Hughes and the Company

The devil is supposed to possess this special relationship with music.
Tabloids cry that he waits within the grooves of cursed records.
That if you play the record backwards, you can actually hear him speak.
Or that he lies dormant, waiting within the algorithm.

An estranged son makes a mixtape of stories for his music-loving father.

A triptych of tales about music, the demands of a creative life and the Devil.

I’m going to be a little playful with the facts, just like you were.
Because the truth is,
I’m an actor.
And he’s an actor.
Look at this! The set’s moving!

May 2021, Webber Douglas Studio, Central School of Speech and Drama

A show made by:

Cameron Tapplett
Frída Frostadóttir
Hannah McCulley
Harry Lacey
Heather Smith
Hugo Pilcher
Jack Freestone
Jack Heath
Jehona Shapeta
Jonny Peyton-Hill
Jordan E. Bryan
Kiren Kebaili-Dwyer
Lauren Hastings
Luca Serra
Matthew Allen
Megan Curson
Natalie Moreton
Patrick William Hatch
Seb Slade
Shad Lungenyi
Steven Frost
Tom Hughes