Who said smashing things up was a bad thing?
Three strangers are about to face their demons head on.
Balanced precariously on the tipping point, they might just be able to save one another if they can only overcome their urge to self-destruct.
Painful yet playful, poignant but uplifting, this play takes a long hard look at the extremes of everyday life. Questions of identity, heartbreak and hope are explored with vivid, poetic intensity.
Three strangers are about to face their demons head on.
Balanced precariously on the tipping point, they might just be able to save one another if they can only overcome their urge to self-destruct.
Painful yet playful, poignant but uplifting, this play takes a long hard look at the extremes of everyday life. Questions of identity, heartbreak and hope are explored with vivid, poetic intensity.
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Winner of a 2015 Fringe First
and the Scottish Arts Club Theatre Award Lyrical, witty and poignant in equal measure. ★★★★★ - The Public Reviews Both emotion and humour are brought to the stage by the remarkably outstanding cast. ★★★★★ - TV Bomb There are so many reasons to love this piece from playwright Stef Smith ... a must-see this Fringe. ★★★★ - The Independent Stef Smith's bloody great bruise of a play ... It has a shard-like lyricism that tears through the heart. ★★★★ - The Guardian A beautifully composed call to arms for emotional outlaws to take on the world once more on their own gloriously messy terms ★★★★ - The Herald An elegant and glowing piece of 21st century magic realism ★★★★ - The Scotsman [Stef Smith’s] writing sparkles with delicate observations, inventiveness and empathy. ★★★★ - The List Director Orla O’Loughlin places exceptional faith in the writing and performances, which is paid off in spades ★★★★ - The Times Smith’s script is clever and modern, tearful and funny ★★★★ - The Skinny The cleverly staged production from a largely female team has a spiky exterior hiding a warm and resonant core. ★★★★- All Edinburgh Theatre Stef Smith’s superb text is a mix of dialogue and stream of consciousness delivered directly to audience as these isolated individuals are given voice. ★★★★ - Edinburgh Guide The poetry of the writing matches up to the physical poetry of bodies in space ★★★★ - Fest Magazine A striking and important piece of theatre ★★★★ - Broadway Baby A relationship breakdown, a desire to stop living as a woman and an inability to leave the house – writer Stef Smith draws them together in a jumping narrative ★★★★ - Daily Record |
Images and press are from the premiere production at the The Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh during the Edinburgh Festival 2015.
Cast: Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Anita Vettesse & Emily Wachter
Directed by Orla O'Loughlin
Designed by Fred Meller
Lighting Design by Philip Gladwell
Sound design by Danny Krass with music from LAWHOLT
This production was part of Made in Scotland and The British Council Showcase, 2015
Photos by Mihaela Bodlovic
Cast: Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Anita Vettesse & Emily Wachter
Directed by Orla O'Loughlin
Designed by Fred Meller
Lighting Design by Philip Gladwell
Sound design by Danny Krass with music from LAWHOLT
This production was part of Made in Scotland and The British Council Showcase, 2015
Photos by Mihaela Bodlovic
