Music & Lyrics by Gwyneth Herbert from the new musical The A-Z of Mrs P.

Lovely London Town

Bananaman Theme

Every Great Medley

Acacia Medley

Eilidh stares out to sea and dreams of a new life beyond her lonely island. Myth and reality collide when the tide washes a mysterious stranger onto her beach, changing her life forever. Epic storytelling, intimately staged with a contemporary Scottish folk-inspired score.

The two-hander cast of Kirsty Findlay (Olivier Award Nominated, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour) and Bethany Tennick perform a whole host of characters, while weaving, building and layering their voices using looping technology to create an expansive, ethereal soundscape for the ears and imagination.

Winner of Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award – Edinburgh Fringe 2019, Islander is conceived and directed by Amy Draper with a book by Stewart Melton and music and lyrics by Finn Anderson.

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Part of Made in Scotland Showcase 2019 and originally developed in association with Comar.

The press on Islander at this year’s Edinburgh Festival:

★★★★ ‘It’s a gorgeous production, rich in wit, musicality and transformation’ The Guardian
★★★★ ‘A delicate call for empathy in divided times’ Fest Magazine
★★★★ ‘Although a new piece of work, it feels timeless, like an archetype or folk tale.’ The Stage
★★★★★ ‘Utterly heartwarming, and executes all of its ideas with magnificent aplomb’ Broadway Baby
★★★★★ ‘These eight creatives offer us an outer world of welcome, a theatrical world to open our senses and a mythic majesty for us to wonder about which is often, like our futures, “shrouded in mist and invisible by day’. Musical Theatre Review

Islander: A New Musical - Prologue

Starring Mina Temple, Jan Woods and John McRae
Scattering the ashes of Gwyneth’s late husband, she and best friend Rose reminisce about what might have been.

Puffins by Sophie Ellerby

In the far future, human lifespan has been extended to incredible lengths. But as seen through the eyes of sisters Amy, Minny and Lucy, such scientific innovation has to have consequences.

Time Lapse by Stewart Melton

Two estranged sisters separated by continents. Can they agree on the best way to deal with their ancestral land in Kenya? Or is it really their decision to make?

Red Tide by Justina Kehinde

Four friends gather for dinner. But their shared history still hasn’t quite been resolved.

Melancholy by Abraham Adeyemi

Dedicated to the memory of Elders Company member Leslie Gay, who passed away in 2020, travel across one hundred years of the important work done by Blind Veterans UK through the lives of some of those it has touched.

They Also Serve by Wendy Buckley and John McRae

Miriam is dying of a terminal illness. Can she persuade her daughter to help her kill herself to avoid suffering?

How To Kill Your Mother by Georgia Green

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