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That's a wrap! Thanks for a fabulous tour of We Will Hear The Angels, and a special thanks to the following:
We Will Hear The Angels will be BSL interpreted to ensure access for D/deaf audience members. Watch the trailer to find out more about the show, dates, and how to book. 🪽 3 October | Citizens Theatre 🎟️ https://loom.ly/QdgANjA BSL by Bea Webster-Mockett
This week, our final Heartbreak Wednesday: we’re ending with Blur’s Tender - a song about trying to hold onto something when everything feels a little uncertain. Catch one of our final shows this week in Forres tonight or Citizens Theatre on 2 & 3 Oct! https://loom.ly/5WkF8Jo
Heartbreak Wednesday 💔 This week: Sweetest Decline by Beth Orton One for the heartbreak playlist, while We Will Hear The Angels is on tour! https://magneticnorth.org.uk/productions/we-will-hear-the-angels/
Heartbreak Wednesday 💔 This week: Love Is a Losing Game by Amy Winehouse From Back to Black, the song captures the moment when you know a relationship is over, but you’re still feeling everything that came with it. One for the heartbreak playlist, while We Will Hear the Angels is on tour!
Week two of We Will Hear The Angels Tour! We’ve loved hearing what audiences have made of We Will Hear The Angels so far. Here’s just a little of what you’ve been saying… Check out where to see a show near you: https://loom.ly/5WkF8Jo
Heartbreak Wednesday 💔 This week, we're staying a little closer to home with Paisley's Paolo Nutini – Acid Eyes. Next Tuesday, we'll be taking our own heartbreak, We Will Hear The Angels, to Paisley: 📍 Paisley Arts Centre | Tuesday 15 September 🎟️ Thttps://loom.ly/m8CuvlE
We've had a week's rest since our brilliant run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and now we're ready to hit the road for our Autumn tour. See you soon, across Scotland! 🎟️ https://loom.ly/5WkF8Jo
Heartbreak Wednesday 💔 This week: Frightened Rabbit – Backwards Walk Taken from the 2008 album The Midnight Organ Fight, the song captures the frustration of knowing a relationship is over while still wishing you could somehow retrace your steps. 🎟️https://loom.ly/5WkF8Jo
That’s a wrap on Fringe! 💔 22 days, countless heartbreak songs, a few too many pints, some brilliant reviews and lots (and LOTS) of memories made at Summerhall.
Today is our final performance of We Will Hear The Angels at the Fringe 🥲 What a journey it has been! If you haven’t had the chance to catch it yet, come see us off today at 4:30.
Some lovely words from audience members 🧡 Seen the show? Leave us a review on the Edinburgh Fringe website: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/we-will-hear-the-angels Only two more shows, 4.30 at Summerhall!
★★★★ MUSICAL THEATRE REVIEW ★★★★ THE STAGE ★★★★ BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE ★★★★ BINGE FRINGE ★★★★ THE SCOTSMAN ★★★★ ALL EDINBURGH THEATRE ★★★★ MERV’S PICK ★★★★ A YOUNGISH PERSPECTIVE Catch the final Fringe shows this weekend, or find us on tour this September and October. 🎟️ https://loom.ly/5WkF8Jo
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NICK! 🎂 Wishing a wonderful day to the man who wears many hats: Writer, Co-Director and Performer in We Will Hear the Angels, and Heartbreak enthusiast! Cheers to another year 🥳
⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Take a step back from the festival bustle, take a moment to be still and allow yourself to be wrapped in a cool blanket of music and story." Musical Theatre Review Only 4 more performances at Fringe to go! But catch us on tour across Scotland this September/October https://loom.ly/5WkF8Jo
Heartbreak Wednesday 💔 Today, we feel like the only proper song to listen to is Dolly Parton's “I Will Always Love You” 🕊️ Written and first recorded by Dolly, the song was originally a farewell - a goodbye to someone she loved, knowing that sometimes loving someone also means letting them go.
Final week at the Fringe 💔 We Will Hear The Angels is into its final week at Summerhall - what an incredible month we've had so far! Haven't seen it yet? Catch us before we finish up in Edinburgh, or find us on tour this September and October: 🎟️ https://loom.ly/5WkF8Jo
Did you catch us on BBC Unlocked last night? 👀 The cast were chatting all things We Will Hear The Angels with West End Mum, Zara Gladman 😂 Check it out!: https://loom.ly/nji23-4
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “We Will Hear the Angels feels as good for me as a gong bath, my body vibrates.” Binge Fringe 📍 Summerhall | 6–30 August 🎟️ https://loom.ly/2c7treo 📸Mihaela Bodlovic
Heartbreak Wednesday 💔 This week: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms This tender song from the Australian rock band captures the melancholy feeling of loving someone while also knowing you can’t protect them from harm.
We have loved reading the audience reviews coming in! 🧡 Seen the show? Leave us a review on the Edinburgh Fringe website: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/we-will-hear-the-angels
Nicholas Bone chatted to edinburgische dramaturgie about the ideas and influences behind the show - from Bach and Rear Window to Uncle Vanya and Wings of Desire. Read the full interview: loom.ly/qJmmZkY
We've got the @mervspick! 🏆💔 We're thrilled to be picked as one of Mervyn Stutter's Picks of the Fringe 2026 for We Will Hear The Angels! If you haven't seen us yet, now's your chance: 📍 Summerhall | 6–30 August | 4.30pm 🎟️ Tickets via link in bio.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A stirring and beautiful piece of theatre ... We Will Hear the Angels is an elegy to the loneliness of a broken heart." @BritishTheatreGuide 📍 Summerhall | 6–30 August 🎟️ https://loom.ly/2c7treo 📸Mihaela Bodlovic
Nicholas Bone chats to Corr Blimey about creating the show, the strange comfort of melancholy and why we're often drawn to sad songs when we're hurting. Read the interview: https://loom.ly/voXSMjQ
⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Intricately linked stories building to a beautiful conclusion" A Youngish Perspective 📍 Summerhall | 6–30 August https://loom.ly/2c7treo 📸Mihaela Bodlovic
Heartbreak Wednesday 💔 This week, our song choice is Orange Juice's Rip It Up - which proves that heartbreak doesn't always sound sad. Written by Edinburgh-born Edwyn Collins, “Rip It Up” is one of the songs featured in We Will Hear The Angels. 🎟️ https://loom.ly/2c7treo
We're thrilled to see We Will Hear The Angels included in Fergus Morgan's latest The Crush Bar recommendations for the Edinburgh Fringe. Fergus describes the show as an “evocative investigation into heartbreak and the impulse to seek solace in songs” 🎻 https://loom.ly/2c7treo
We Will Hear The Angels will be BSL interpreted to ensure access for D/deaf audience members. Watch the trailer to find out more about the show, dates, and how to book. 🪽 14, 21 and 28 August | @summerhallarts 3 October | Citizens Theatre 🎟️ Tickets via link in bio. BSL by Bea Webster-Mockett