{"id":48140,"date":"2026-09-05T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T04:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=48140"},"modified":"2026-09-05T00:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T04:00:25","slug":"soundwaves-the-playboy-of-the-western-world-with-original-music-by-anna-mullarkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=48140","title":{"rendered":"Soundwaves: The Playboy of the Western World with Original Music by Anna Mullarkey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins \"\"<\/a>\u00c9anna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobh\u00e1n McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge\u2019s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.<\/p>\n

Pegeen Flaherty\u2019s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he\u2019s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene\u2026<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Caitr\u00edona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.<\/p>\n

Directed by: Caitr\u00edona McLaughlin<\/p>\n

Written by: John Millington Synge<\/p>\n

Starring: Nicola Coughlan, Siobh\u00e1n McSweeney, \u00c9anna Hardwicke<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Album Track List:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Opening Lament<\/li>\n
  2. Stoirm<\/li>\n
  3. Dead Husband<\/li>\n
  4. Dreaming<\/li>\n
  5. Love Them<\/li>\n
  6. A Rich Man<\/li>\n
  7. Or\u00f3 Mo Bh\u00e1id\u00edn<\/li>\n
  8. Tail of the Rat<\/li>\n
  9. Rats<\/li>\n
  10. Wheat and Barley<\/li>\n
  11. Prison Bound<\/li>\n
  12. The Jailor<\/li>\n
  13. Sacrifice<\/li>\n
  14. Final Lament<\/li>\n
  15. Bean Ph\u00e1id\u00edn<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    ABOUT ANNA MULLARKEY<\/p>\n

    Anna Mullarkey is an award-winning composer and performer from Galway, whose music weaves electronics with piano and voice. Having grown up in the West of Ireland, Anna draws inspiration from the sea for her compositions.The Irish Times called her \u201cphenomenal\u201d and Irish Theatre Magazine described her music as \u201cif a sultry m\u00e9nage of Bj\u00f6rk\/Billie Holiday\/Philip Glass got together at the Wickerman Festival.\u201d Her original score for the film The Passion (2021) has won awards in Ireland and Europe. Anna\u2019s debut album, Falling, which will be released August 19th this year, is all about falling in and out of love. It is a shapeshifting soundscape, with sometimes comforting and sometimes haunting melodies that evoke summer afternoons and winter evenings, that speak to a haunted past and a radiant present. Blending acoustic instruments and electronica, this album captivates the body and soul.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    ABOUT THE NATIONAL THEATRE<\/p>\n

    The National Theatre offers the widest access to high-quality theatre in the world. This year, we will produce 18 plays, following over a thousand shows that have shaped British theatre since 1963. <\/p>\n

    Our productions transfer from our home in London to the West End, Broadway and beyond, winning awards on both sides of the Atlantic. We champion bold storytelling that inspires, challenges and entertains, bringing the world to the National Theatre, and taking the best of British theatre to the world. Through our online streaming service NT at Home; our education platform, the NT Collection in schools; and in cinemas with NT Live, we reach audiences digitally in almost every country worldwide – 184 out of 195 and counting.<\/p>\n

    We operate as a registered charity with a deep social purpose and a nationwide footprint. We partner with regional theatres to tour our shows, are active in more than 90% of state secondary schools, and our Skills Centre trains 5,000 people each year.<\/p>\n

    Our dedicated New Work Studio champions new writing, and we are central London\u2019s \u2018biggest factory\u2019 with workshops that craft every aspect of our productions. We host the world\u2019s most extensive theatre archive, and our Green Store houses more than 150,000 reusable props and costumes as part of our sustainability commitments.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    ABOUT BROADWAY RECORDS<\/p>\n

    Broadway Records is the leading, Grammy\u00ae winning record label dedicated to releasing the most popular and current Broadway cast recordings, as well as preserving legacy musical theatre and theatre vocalists’ repertoire. Under the leadership of Broadway Records’ president and founder Van Dean, recent releases include the New Off-Broadway Cast Recording of ASSASSINS, the New Broadway Cast Recording of Caroline, Or Change,  If The Fates Allow: The Hadestown Holiday Album,  Grammy\u00ae Nominated Burt Bacharach & Stephen Sater’s Some Lovers,  Grammy\u00ae Nominated Stephen Schwartz’s Snapshots, The Lehman Trilogy, Randy Rainbow’s A Little Brains, A Little Talent, Legacy: Two Song Cycles by Ahrens and Flaherty, the Grammy\u00ae and Tony Award-winning revival of The Color Purple, the Tony Award\u00ae winning and Grammy\u00ae nominated revival of Once On This Island, the Grammy\u00ae nominated Matilda The Musical, Fiddler on the Roof (2015 revival) and My Fair Lady (2018 revival), Anastasia, Bandstand, Groundhog Day, The Lightning Thief and NBC’s television events, “The Wiz Live!” and “Peter Pan Live!” as well as solo albums from Patti LuPone, Lea Salonga, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessica Vosk, Kyle Taylor Parker, and many more. The label’s critically-acclaimed “Live at Feinstein’s\/54 Below” series features top Broadway stars including Aaron Tveit, Annaleigh Ashford, Norbert Leo Butz, Sierra Boggess, Laura Benanti, Robbie Rozelle, Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp, Micky Dolenz, and many others. Broadway Records philanthropic endeavors also include the “Broadway For Orlando: What The World Needs Now is Love”, “We Are The World” by Broadway United and “Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a Voice” music videos and From Broadway With Love benefit concerts for Sandy Hook, Orlando (Emmy Award for Sound) and Parkland. www.BroadwayRecords.com<\/a><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins \u00c9anna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobh\u00e1n McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge\u2019s riveting play of youth and self-discovery. Pegeen Flaherty\u2019s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[13745,10977,13744,13742,13743,13747,13746],"class_list":["post-48140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soundwaves","tag-anna-mullarkey","tag-broadway-records","tag-eanna-hardwicke","tag-nicola-coughlan","tag-siobhan-mcsweeney","tag-stage-production","tag-the-playboy-of-the-western-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48142,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48140\/revisions\/48142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}