Sunset Song

Friends Earlybird Offer - £5 off Thu 16 May performance (limited + subject to availability) “…two Chrisses there were that fought for her heart and tormented her.” Scotland’s most loved literary heroine Chris Guthrie is brought to the stage in this thrilling contemporary adaptation. From harrowing family roots and crushing poverty, to stirring love and the awakening of self, Chris’s coming-of-age journey to womanhood is one of enduring strength, persistent survival and joyful renewal. Exploring human resilience and the loss of a way of life, through a scorching female protagonist, Sunset Song has a profoundly lyrical intensity that echoes throughout the years and still resonates today. This radically reimagined production brings together an award-winning Scottish creative team including writer Morna Young (Lost at Sea, The Stamping Ground), director Finn den Hertog (The Enemy, Square Go) and composer Finn Anderson (Islander, A Mother’s Song) to tell this sweeping story of heart-breaking love, and a land and people in turmoil. With rich Scots language text, dynamic and physically charged staging, and raw and vivid live music, Sunset Song is a celebration of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s symphonic, astounding and ever-relevant novel. CAST Chris Danielle Jam Jean Rori Hawthorn Ewan Murray Fraser John Ali Craig Chae Ann Louise Ross Long Rob Sam Pashby Will Naomi Stirrat Marget Kirsten Henderson CREATIVE TEAM Written by Morna Young, after Lewis Grassic Gibbon  Co-conceived by Finn den Hertog and Morna Young  Directed by Finn den Hertog  Music by Finn Anderson  Movement and Intimacy Director – Vicki Manderson Set and Costume Designer – Emma Bailey  Lighting Designer – Emma Jones  Sound Designer – Ritchie Young  Assistant Director – Vaila Anderson Dramaturg – Jackie Crichton Voice Coach – Jean Sangster Casting Director – Anna Dawson