KATE MARLAIS
I CANNOT MAKE NOISE WHEN I SCREAM
Composer | Writer | Creator
IN COLLABORATION WITH LUKE BROWN DANCE
I CANNOT MAKE NOISE WHEN I SCREAM is a physical theatre/music theatre piece about toxic female friendships, bullying, warped realities and psychosis. The story exists within a world where the subconscious and conscious intertwine through a synth-pop song score, movement and narrative.
We follow the story of Mia, the girl who kept dead moths stuck on her ceiling as a teenager, Jenni, Mia’s despotic childhood ‘best friend’ and their unwitting partners. Now, in their dinner-party-fuelled 30s, hidden conflict and a subconscious crisis force a bloody, buried past back up to the ruptured surface of their friendship until everything is upturned. Funded by the Arts Council and LEH Emerging Talent Award, Kate is currently creating a concept album of songs from ICMNWIS. ICMNWIS was first workshopped at Lyric Hammersmith in 2019
Writer/Composer/Co-Music Producer/Performer - Kate Marlais
Choreography/Movement - Luke Brown (Luke Brown Dance Company)
Co-Music Producer - Jon Gaskin
ABANDON
Composer
Stage Debut Award Best Composer nomination
Lyric Hammersmith, 2018. Abandon is a series of intimate glimpses into the day-to-day lives of 15 Londoners, their hopes, dreams and disappointments. It examines how we see ourselves, how others see us and our place in the world
Director - Anne Louise Sarks
Written and devised by Laura Lomas and the Lyric Ensemble
Composer - Kate Marlais (Best Composer Stage Debut Award nomination)
Sound Designer - Owen Crouch
ANAHERA
Composer | Sound Design
Finborough Theatre, 2019. European premiere of Emma Kinane's multi-award-winning play, a 'blistering family drama'
Director - Alice Kornitzer
Writer - Emma Kinane
Composer/Sound Designer - Kate Marlais
FRAGMENTS
Composer
Staged in New York, 2020
Based on a true story, Fragments is a live audio story of Herta, an elderly woman struggling with Alzheimer’s, who must confront painful memories of her childhood in Nazi occupied Austria
Director/Choreographer – Mandie Rapoza
Writer – Brian Kettler
Composer – Kate Marlais
Sound Designer – Maxine Gutierrez
HERE - A MUSICAL
Co-composer | Co-writer
WINNER OF S&S AWARD 2015
A selection of tracks from HERE - a new musical
Composed and written by Kate Marlais and Alex Young, recorded at Resident Studios
CLASSICAL works
Composer
static motion - chamber piece for 2 clarinets (in b flat), bass clarinet (in b flat), piccolo, flute, glockenspiel and vibraphone
4'35''
Recording conducted by Odaline de la Martinez (2006)
Composed by Kate Marlais
MUSIC scratches
Composer
A selection of composition scratches
Composed and produced by Kate Marlais