Roam

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T1661837412 (NTS06) Inspired by a diversity of texts from Michel Serres, Pico Iyer, Alain de Botton and many others, as well as testimoies from refugees and airport workers, Grid Iron's production combines a multinational company of ten performers together with a large group of non-professional participants aged five to eighty-five.Producer National Theatre of Scotland. Producer Judith Doherty. Company Grid Iron (in association with BAA Edinburgh). Director Ben Harrison. Music Philip Pinsky. Design Cliff Dolliver. Lighting Paul Claydon. Costume Joan Hickson. Choreographer Fleur Darkin. Other Zinnie Harris (Dramaturg). Performer Sarah Belcher. Performer Andy Clark. Performer Claire Cochrane. Performer Saseen Kawzally. Performer John Kazek. Performer Itaxso Moreno.

4 Apr 06 to 22 Apr 06

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh :: V605 listing details L104617158

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Play :: Set in and around the lounges and gates of Edinburgh International Airport, the production explores the phenomenon of mass global air travel. Are modern air passengers the contemporary equivalent of angels, bearing messages across the globe, or nomadic wanderers for whom home is no longer bound by national boundaries?

Author

Ben Harrison