Shows

Within Sight is a narrative, one-woman poetry performance about running, the Paralympics, and societal attitudes towards disabled people. The show combines poetry, physical movement, and multimedia elements to create a story that has notes of humour, tenderness, pain, and sincerity.

Within Sight follows its protagonist, who has albinism, as she goes out for a run in an attempt to clear her head after receiving some bad news: she had been training to compete in the 1500 metres at the Paralympics, but has narrowly missed out on being picked for the team. As she runs, she recalls the events that led up to this moment, reflecting on the relationships between her body, her senses, and her sport.

The show premiered at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in October 2019. The first dates of a planned Scottish tour took place at The Traverse in March 2020, before the rest of the tour was postponed due to COVID-19.

A digital version of the show was created with support from Unlimited and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. The film premiered at the Southbank Centre’s Unlimited Festival in January 2021, and was shown as part of Summerhall’s hybrid Edinburgh Fringe programme. Since September 2021, Within Sight has been slow touring around Scotland to venues including Macrobert Arts Centre and The Byre Theatre – check the News page for upcoming dates.

Five years after the death of their friend, Emily, Avery, Fi, and Mac reunite to celebrate his memory. They take the 900 Megabus from Glasgow to Edinburgh where there is no escaping old memories – hilarious, heartbreaking, or otherwise. Finally ready to confront each other, themselves, and the past, the four estranged friends get together for a reprise of their annual camping trip. The audience are invited to join the journey and eavesdrop on the sometimes heartwarming, often awkward reunion of the foursome.

The 900 Club takes the long view on grief, guilt, and friendship. Created in 2018, the show challenges how we deal with mental illness and our memories of the dead. The show debuted at the Scottish Poetry Library as part of the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe. It then went on to feature at UNCON 2.0 at Perth Theatre and the To Absent Friends festival in Glasgow, and was performed on buses as part of UKYA City Takeover: Nottingham 2019 and Festival of Audacity in Birmingham. The show returned to the Scottish Poetry Library for a short run during the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe.

A Matter of Time is a four-piece, narrative-driven, existentially devastating spoken word show, crammed with energy, poignancy, and time travel. It takes you through a lifetime- and then a life again, as the protagonist is thrust back in time to revisit every mistake made and every euphoric moment lived through. Four different voices represent the four different ages we see them experience. First in a linear order, but them, as we return to the past, in a collective bickering over the life lived, each from the perspective their own experience gives them. The show asks difficult questions about responsibility and choice, and deals with themes of love, time, and climate change.

The show was created during the first half of 2017 and premiered at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe, where it had a successful week-long run at the Banshee Labyrinth as part of the Free Fringe. AMoT was also performed as part of the 2018 Hidden Door festival in the Leith State Cinema.