Sound Symphony: A sensory show for Autistic young people

A co-production between Independent Arts Projects and Oily Cart Theatre

Sound Symphony is a highly interactive, sensory performance by Ellie Griffiths made especially for Autistic young people.

The performance is a playful journey through music, sound and silence. The show provides a sensory rich environment, where you feel music through your whole body. It celebrates making music your own way, weaving together live classical instruments, singing and a wide range of weird and wonderful sounds.

The performance is low capacity to be able to accommodate and engage young people who experience the most barriers to access, who may find even a relaxed performance artistically inaccessible.

The show is touring Scotland 2nd – 29th May 2022, and England and Wales 30th May – 26th June 2022.

Originally produced by Independent Arts Projects in association with Capital Theatres, Edinburgh with support from Creative Scotland and Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

Photo credit: Eoin Carey

★★★★★ Mark Brown, The Herald on Sunday/The Sunday National

“Sublime… Ellie Griffiths’ entirely beautiful Sound Symphony… delightfully interactive… As beautifully conceived in its visual and tactile dimensions as in its music and sound, Sound Symphony is a brilliantly crafted, wonderfully benign, deeply moving piece of theatre.” (Read the full review)

★★★★ Mary Brennan, The Herald

“Hugely sophisticated… …it’s an inspirational piece of merry, joyous, interactive music-making that Ellie Griffiths and her team have fashioned with the spectrum of diverse sensory issues in mind…” (Read the full review)

★★★★, Dominic Corr, The Skinny

“Paying tribute to the sculpture of music, Sound Symphony has a keen interest in involving its audience in the sights, feels and environment of creating music through their own bodies, and the show accommodates a variety of senses for the whole audience.” (Read the full review)

★★★★ Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman

“A joyful and exquisite piece of work, beautifully designed by Katy Wilson and lit by Colin Grenfell, and composed and performed with terrific sensitivity and exuberance by three musician-theatre makers, Greg Sinclair, Sonia Allori and Shiori Usui.” (Read the full review)

92% Brian Tyrell, The Fountain

“I was compelled to review this show because of my own diagnosis… At this performance, I felt welcomed and comfortable. There was no dread of doing the wrong thing or interrupting. In this space, it was okay to be autistic, and stim, to laugh and squeal with joy, to clap whenever you were pleased or just watch and smile… thinking back, I tear up over the air of inclusivity and receptiveness in the room.” (Read the full review)