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MacAulay and Co, BBC RADIO SCOTLAND

On Friday 4th January 2008, The Rolling Stone's bassist Bill Wyman, along with Bréon Rydell, were guests on BBC Radio Scotland's MacAulay and Co. In the interview, Bréon talks to Fred MacAulay and co presenter Julia Sutherland about the background to his life and his latest work 'Dream Tower Inn'. Segments of two songs from the play, 'Strength In our Melody' and 'The Laddie Song' are featured in this popular radio show. Click here to listen to the interview.

The Laddie Song on iTunes

Dream Tower Productions are pleased to announce that 'The Laddie Song', from the musical Dream Tower Inn, is now available on iTunes. This fun song, tells the story of Breck McKinley's return home to his native fishing village, where he is greeted by his father and friends.

Steve Wright Show, BBC Radio 2

Host of the popular afternoon radio show, Steve Wright, met with Bréon Rydell and Gianni Scumaci. The discussion focused on the inspiration that led to the creation of Dream Tower Inn. Steve's show is the first public broadcast of music tracks from the play. Click here to listen to the full interview - courtesy of the BBC.

MacMusical documentary on BBC2

Dream Tower Inn has been included in MacMusical, a three part documentary produced by Endomol for the BBC. This programme covers a prestigious competition for a new musical with a Scottish theme, in which Dream Tower Inn reaches the final 10 plays out of a 150 entrants from all over the world. The television programme includes a live interview with Bréon and his musical collaborator Matteo Scumaci, which takes place in New York. Also included, is an excerpt from one of the songs in Dream Tower Inn called 'Sea of Souls'. This song has attracted particular attention because of it's emotive theme, that highlights the tragic loss of large numbers of fisherman off the East coast of Scotland on Oct 14th 1881.