Trip...

Overview

I have had difficulty describing Trip... in a few words. It is a 'Science-fiction rock musical' because the music is influenced by rock, and the theme is overtly science fiction. It is an 'eclectic electric musical' because there are bits of everything in it, and Allan Rae has provided a very complex sequence of electronic tape compositions which sometimes blend with the orchestra, sometimes appear on their own. It is a 'Gothic fantasy' because the characters become larger than life, for instance Gull goes further than we can: we put things out of our mind, he removes them from the world all together. - Christopher Newton, Director (from the House Programme for Trip...)