Islander at St. Luke's Theatre

The New York Times - Recommended

"...The island of Kinnan is grievously underpopulated. The school has closed. The last farm struggles. The mainland calls to anyone with the wherewithal to move. But in "Islander," a gentle new musical that arrives after runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and at London's Southwark Playhouse, that population seems to swell. Using live looping technology, its two young performers, Kirsty Findlay and Bethany Tennick, aided by the sound designers Sam Kusnetz and Kevin Sweetser, double and redouble their voices until Playhouse 46 at St. Luke's reverberates with bright sound."

TheaterScene.net - Recommended

"...Finn Anderson's complex score combines a deep respect for the reassuringly ancient with a similar appreciation for the bracingly new, blending the sounds of Scottish folk music with electronic rhythms that wouldn't be out of place if heard on a dance floor. It also simultaneously feeds off and infuses Findlay and Tennick's youthful energy, allowing them to harmonize in a way that essentially serves as a metaphor for the lovely bond that forms between Eilidh and Arran. Although, admittedly, you may give up attempting to decipher the lyrics because of the actors' occasionally impenetrable Scottish brogues, that's fine, since Findlay and Tennick's pitch-perfect expressions carry all the meaning the audience needs to understand."