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ELSPETH TURNER
Nationality: Scottish
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Elspeth is an actor, writer, musician, and founder of Edinburgh-based theatre company, Stoirm Og. Her first play, The Idiot at the Wall premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe 2012, and went on to tour throughout Scotland in 2013. Stoirm Og is the current Company in Residence at the Cumbernauld Theatre, and Elspeth's next play will be co-produced by Stoirm Og and Cumbernauld Theatre, for the Edinburgh Fringe 2015. The Idiot at the Wall will tour the UK & Ireland from January-April 2015. Born and raised in Dunfermline, Elspeth trained and worked in London before living in New York for 5 years. She now lives in Edinburgh
Research: http://www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/playwrights/elspeth-turner.aspx
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below is a list of Elspeth Turner's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
Idiot at the Wall, The SpectreTownIdiot at the Wall, The
Synopsis:
the Idiot At the Wall is a two-hour play based on a single, intense and chilling ballad song of the Western Isles. It tells the story of a woman so resentful of her sisters hold on the affections of the man they both love that she lures her to the shore at low tide, and plaits her hair into the seaweed on a rock, leaving her to drown in the rising waters.
Joyce McMillan, the Guardian
Joyce McMillan, the Guardian
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1st Produced:
The Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh 07 Jun 2012
Organisations:
First Bicycle
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Play/Drama
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Synopsis:
Inspired by the bothy ballads of Scotland's North East, explores the fraying boundaries between past, present, and future. Weaving poetry, Doric, wild horses, and song, this courageous new play deftly wrestles with tradition, power, and the loneliness of modern life
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A play about "cultural inheritance and how it shapes our lives", Elspeth Turners SpectreTown has been a long time in the making. Over the last few years Turner has been busy writing and researching, inspired by the folklore of her native North East coast of Scotland. Continually returning there to write, she became enthralled by the Bothy Ballad an ancient folksong born of a turbulent political landscape. These songs were sung by men "even if," Turner exclaims, "they were from a womans perspective! So, as a woman, exploring these songs gives a very interesting context." She was also intrigued by the city of Aberdeen and what life there has been like throughout history. What emerged from this was a play about the way our ancestors lived, worked and died, and how that shapes our personalities today.
1st Produced:
Assembly Hall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 06 Aug 2015
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Stoirm Og
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Genre:
play with music
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 2 Other: with doubling
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