Thursday Artist Spotlights
Max Welton
Max Welton (b. 1996) is a Glasgow based composer, writer, and performer. His credits as composer and lyricist include: Snakehead (Hope Theatre Islington), 5 Little Ducks (Spinning Wheel Theatre), Tangles with the Angles (Spinning Wheel). His pieces have been performed by the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Broderick Quartet and the Glasgow New Music Expedition. As a writer of film music he has written scores for short educational films as well as several online filmed conferences for Google.
My Current Project
Pothos
One of the projects max is working on is ‘Pothos’. Pothos is a lo-fi hip hop/musical theatre 2 hander. Astronaut lives on a tiny planet, just big enough for them and a radio transmitter through which they talk to the empty depths of space, sending out their musings to, seemingly, no-one. But it’s not no-one. Mariner lives in a submarine at the bottom of a deep ocean where almost nothing lives. They do, however, receive the broadcast from astronaut and their little planet Pothos, which, curiously, is also what the submarine is called. Pothos is a series of songs and monologues that discuss loneliness, communication, and what to do when you think no-one is listening,
What I'm Looking For
I’m looking for producing partners for any of my projects, particularly ones that are interested in small scale touring or non standard/ experimental venues