4Play - 4 New Plays from 4 Edinburgh Playwrights
A tantalisingly impressive evening.
A tantalisingly impressive evening.
About
The 4PLAY team are back with four new full-length plays.
Following on from their mega-successful scratch nights in both 2022 and 2023, we are delighted to be welcoming back Ruaraidh Murray, Mikey Burnett, Andrea McKenzie and Katy Nixon with four plays that are now full-length developed pieces. Come along and celebrate them taking to the stage for the very first time.
See detail on each of the plays below...
4PLAY is part of the Traverse's £1 Tickets Project.
Supported by the Traverse Theatre.
The Traverse Theatre is funded by Creative Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council
FUCKERS by Ruaraidh Murray (Wed 4 & Thu 5 Dec)
An actor and a comedian fall in love at the Edinburgh Festival and embark on a transatlantic romance but will ambition kill it? Can you have it all…love AND success?
Content warning: Contains strong language, nudity and adult themes.
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM:
- Director - Eleanor Felton
- Intimacy director - Sasha Harrington
- Lois - Olivia Caw
- Andrew - Liam Ballantyne
COLOURS RUN by Mikey Burnett (Wed 4 & Thu 5 Dec)
It’s Derby day. A violent Hibs football casual returns home to tell his brother something bad has happened. But has something far worse happened in their past?
Content warning: Contains strong language and adult themes.
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM:
- Director - Grace Baker
- Pongo - Ruaraidh Murray
- Pete - Sean Langtree
BUTTERFLIES AND BENEFITS by Andrea McKenzie (Fri 6 & Sat 7 Dec)
Maz dances through hedonistic 1999 where dark clubs and crazy after-parties spawn legendary nights out she’s destined to forget. But when life moves faster than a broken strobe can anything cradle her when she falls?
Content warning: Contains strong language and depictions of drug addiction & post natal depression/psychosis.
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM:
- Maz - Amy Glass
- Dee -Isla Campbell
- Mik - Michael Francis
- Abs - Lex Joyce
- Doc - Laverne Edmonds
CHEAPO by Katy Nixon (Fri 6 & Sat 7 Dec)
Kyla needs Jamie to do something for her. But he only wants to do what’s right. Two teenagers battle out their differences over a game of chess. There are no winners.
Content warning: Contains strong language and discussions of sexual violence and race.
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM:
- Director - Gwen M. Dolan
- Kyla - Heidi Steel
- Jamie -Dayton Mungai
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FUCKERS by Ruaraidh Murray & COLOURS RUN by Mikey Burnett
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FUCKERS by Ruaraidh Murray & COLOURS RUN by Mikey Burnett
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BUTTERFLIES AND BENEFITS by Andrea McKenzie & CHEAPO by Katy Nixon
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BUTTERFLIES AND BENEFITS by Andrea McKenzie & CHEAPO by Katy Nixon
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