MISS LINDSAY'S SECRET

I was involved in finding letters concealed behind a cabinet at the Glenesk Folk Museum , Scotland. This play comes from that experience.

The Curator, The Musician and The Man take audiences from the Angus glens to the Klondike goldrush during the turbulent years of the early twentieth century. Using original live music and archives the show conjures an onstage alchemy in which the unknown story of separated lovers becomes a quietly powerful allegory of global forces continuing to shape our lives and identity. It binds the past to the present, Scotland to the world, and in this time of invaded privacy questions the morality of reading such private mail and turning it into entertainment.   

Should the Curator reveal this intimate tale of a Scottish seamstress, purposefully hidden long ago?

Come in. Shut the door. Open the box. What’s inside? ‘An outstanding and heartbreakingly beautiful play’. @JennyGilruth, Scottish Culture Minister , twitter 17.08.21.

Five four star reviews Fringe 2021 ‘Powerful’ (Broadway Baby) , ‘A delight’ (British Theatre Guide) . ‘Confidently sweeps us away’ (Wee Review)

Please see 17 minute film we made in Glenesk, in the true locations of the true story. Miss Lindsay’s Love in Lockdown     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyC1gIYlg94..  This short film is not a promo. It enhances themes within the play.

TO CREATE AN INTERVAL after the performance (just over an hour), the evening can include a reading of letters not included in the show; a showing of our sixteen minute film Miss Lindsay’s Love in Lockdown (see above – if venue provides equipment); further music performance; Q and A – audiences have very many questions we have discovered