No eyes. No hope...
The true story of the man who made the impossible, possible.
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1682. Blind since infancy, Nicholas Saunderson is humiliated and rejected at every turn, as those around him write him off. But Saunderson has a unquenchable need to make sense of a world that he cannot see. And a will of iron. Is it enough to make something out of nothing...to prove the naysayers wrong? |
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No Horizon the musical
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No Horizon is the remarkable musical inspired by the story of blind Nicholas Saunderson; a story of family, faith, forbidden love, fierce ambition — and one man’s courage to defy convention and challenge a world determined to impose a life of banality upon him. Touchingly told through soaring music that will live long in the memory, it does more than entertain — No Horizon raises the spirit. Saunderson would rise from rural obscurity to scale the heights of academia at Cambridge University, to become the blind man who could explain the mysteries of vision, light and colour; the bluff Yorkshireman sought out by royalty; to gain election to the Royal Society; and to be destined to occupy the most prestigious mathematical seat in the land; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. |
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The Journey Continues...
The Edinburgh production proved that No Horizon could connect strongly with audiences, with attendances growing to around 200. Although it was an amateur production, it demonstrated genuine mainstream public appeal.
Since then, the musical has continued to evolve through professional development, creative reflection and feedback from those who have seen and worked on it.
We are now developing a new professional regional tour for Spring 2028.
This is not simply a return to the earlier version. The writing, staging and visual language are being revisited with the aim of creating a more focused, contemporary and theatrically imaginative production — one that builds on what has worked, learns from what has gone before and realises the piece at a new level.
It has been a long journey: from community musical, to Edinburgh, to a fully planned professional tour cancelled only days before opening.
And now, the journey continues — with a new production and an ambition greater than ever.
Since then, the musical has continued to evolve through professional development, creative reflection and feedback from those who have seen and worked on it.
We are now developing a new professional regional tour for Spring 2028.
This is not simply a return to the earlier version. The writing, staging and visual language are being revisited with the aim of creating a more focused, contemporary and theatrically imaginative production — one that builds on what has worked, learns from what has gone before and realises the piece at a new level.
It has been a long journey: from community musical, to Edinburgh, to a fully planned professional tour cancelled only days before opening.
And now, the journey continues — with a new production and an ambition greater than ever.
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