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Some comments from the press

"John Pattison’s score is often gorgeously lush, a quality of tender yearning to rival anything in Phantom of The Opera. It must be a dead cert for a West End transfer."
Dreams From A Summer House
Daily Telegraph
"John Pattison who has long produced music for Alan Ayckbourn’s straight plays now becomes at least an equal partner."
Dreams From A Summer House
Financial Times
"The Keynotes of Alan Ayckbourn’s production of Othello are skilfully

struck by the music John Pattison has composed for it."
Independent
""I found their heightened prose, underpinned by John Pattison’s music, spellbinding"
John Godber’s production of Georg Buchner’s Woyzeck
Guardian
"Perhaps uniquely the production is underscored, as in a cinema thriller, with live music: John Pattison is in the auditorium reacting to the audience’s reaction to build up the tension. It’s pretty scary." Abiding Passions an adaptation of Zola’s Therese Raquin by Derek Goodwin
Guardian

"John Pattison’s highly atmospheric music underlines the tone and textures of the narrative to great effect."
Annie castledine’s production of Maria Marten
Western Mail
"John Pattison’s music from Rap to Ballads brings a fifth gear to Godber’s work"
Thick as a Brick
Yorkshire Evening Press

Last updated 1 February 2003 from original created on 7 Nov 2000. Page hosted in the UK at www.johnpattison.com. Text and page design © John Allsopp