Edinburgh National Partnership 2023
Guffy
This year, we supported Glenna Morrison to take her new play Guffy to the Edinburgh Fringe 2023 in partnership with the Pleasance Theatre as part of their Edinburgh National Partnerships programme.
Guffy is an allegorical tale of the state of our nation.
Guffy is the present.
Alba is the past.
The bairn is the future.
They co-exist in the bottom end of Alloa a desolate world of no hopers and lost causes.
This guttural, visceral play takes us on the high and lows of Guffy’s night on the tiles and drags us through a maelstrom of an aftermath.
Directed by Glenna Morrison
Lighting & Sound Design by Dominic de Mountfalcon
Starring Ceit Kearney as Alba and Georgia Blue Ireland as Guffy
We were delighted to work with Eve Nicol on Svengali in 2022, and with Lila Clements on Look No Hands in 2021.
The Pleasance Theatre Trust works with partner theatres across the UK to identify and support exceptional artists and companies local to them who want to take work to the Fringe. Each partner is a leading national producing house, with a commitment to supporting and developing new artists.
Find out more about National Partnership: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/content/edinburgh-national-partnership
Svengali
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Eve Nicol has crafted a spellbinding script’
(Theatre Weekly)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘ the wild streak of poetry in Nicol’s text that fairly takes the breath away’
(The Scotsman)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Tylor has the audience completely captivated’
(Broadway World)
Look, No Hands
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘This piece incites us to ask questions of ourselves’
(West End Best Friend)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Clements’ show is clever and engaging’
(A Younger Theatre)
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