Pitlochry Festival Theatre and National Trust for Scotland collaborate on sound installation at Moirlanich Longhouse
In a new collaboration between Pitlochry Festival Theatre and the National Trust for Scotland, a specially-commissioned soundscape, has been installed at Moirlanich Longhouse.
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First Published: 23 September 2021 15:57
Updated: 23 September 2021 15:58
Pitlochry Festival Theatre and the National Trust for Scotland collaborate on sound installation at Moirlanich Longhouse
In a new collaboration between Pitlochry Festival Theatre and the National Trust for Scotland, a specially-commissioned soundscape, has been installed at Moirlanich Longhouse, a beautifully conserved byre dwelling nestled in Glen Lochay near Killin. The installation can be heard until the end of September and then again when the property reopens in the Spring after its winter break.
Owned and managed by conservation charity, the National Trust for Scotland, the Longhouse offers a unique opportunity to visit a traditional rural home, virtually unchanged since its last inhabitant left in 1968.
The soundscape is the first in a series of projects between the Trust and Pitlochry Festival Theatre and is designed to enhance visitor experience and connect them with people in the past.
For the project’s lead, Amy Liptrott, Associate Director at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Moirlanich Longhouse is a time capsule. “It really felt like the outside world had been paused when I went inside. I knew immediately I wanted to create a soundscape inside the house to bring the sense of the hustle and bustle a busy, working house would have had.”
The installation, which was created by sound designer Fraser Milroy features the voices of three actors; Elspeth Turner, Iain McRae and Fergus Munro. Visitors can hear residents going about their daily lives, minding the fire, laughing, talking, singing, milking and praying before bed. The soundscape hints at the world outside too.
According to Amy, she wanted to share the trials and tribulations of people from the past with people now and show that we’re really not that different. She said: “The people who lived in and around Moirlanich Longhouse for 200 years between the early 1800s to late 1960s were skilled, in-tune with nature, got hungry and thirsty, wept at loss, rejoiced and celebrated, and didn’t always mind their manners.”
NTS’ Eleanor Murray said: “The project at Moirlanich Longhouse brings the site to life through the sounds of the past and lets us hear the echoes of the people from the past. Since being installed in early September, visitor feedback has been positive, with comments mentioning that it was like listening to the ghosts of the house and that they’d taken more time looking about the rooms and thinking about the inhabitants lives. It really does make you experience the property in a different way and connects us with the people who lived and worked in this extraordinary place.”
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