‘The skill, the craft, is in controlling the pressure’

KELI tells the story of a fiery, sharp-witted teenager in a former mining town. Coal
means little to Keli, but the mines left music in the blood of this place.

As the best player her brass band has ever had, music is easy. Everything else is a
fight. Feeling trapped in small-town life, pressure mounts.

When the chance to change everything arises, can Keli keep a lid on it all?

Each performance will feature a live brass score by Ivor Novello winner Martin Green
performed by Whitburn Band and/or Kingdom Brass.

Marking 40 years since the miners' strikes and featuring a sharp, hilarious script,
KELI is a gripping show about community, creativity, and music.

“Riveting"
The Guardian (on KELI Audio Drama)

Written and composed by Martin Green
Directed by Bryony Shanahan

Produced by National Theatre of Scotland and Lepus Productions

KELI was developed with National Theatre of Scotland and The National Theatre,
London’s Generate programme and was originally commissioned as an audio drama
by The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.

KELI was developed with the support of Creative Scotland and The Space. The
music for KELI, Split the Air, was originally commissioned by PRS Foundation for the
New Music Biennial at The Southbank Centre, and UK City of Culture.