GIE'S PEACE- SONGS AND STORIES OF WOMEN’S PEACE ACTIVISM

Name: GIE'S PEACE- SONGS AND STORIES OF WOMEN’S PEACE ACTIVISM
Start: 2024-10-26T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-26T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Quaker meeting house, 98 Crown Street, Aberdeen

Schedule

Sat Oct 26 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Quaker meeting house, 98 Crown Street, Aberdeen | Aberdeen, SC

Northeast Scotland CND will be hosting the following play on Saturday 26th October
GIE’S PEACE
SONGS AND STORIES OF WOMEN’S PEACE ACTIVISM
Created and performed by Morna Burdon
The play will take place between 7- 8pm at the Aberdeen Quaker Meeting house 98 Crown Street Aberdeen----- Donations welcome
Gie’s Peace is a one woman show about women’s activism for peace
Proud recipient of Edinburgh Fringe Laurel ( 2023)
Following 5 star sell-out shows at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 and 2024 and widespread audience acclaim at Prague Fringe 2022, and Adelaide Fringe 2024, Gie’s Peace comes to Aberdeen
with this captivating tribute to remarkable women who have rebelled against war.
With Gie’s Peace Morna Burdon combines inspirational storytelling with evocative songs of protest, to create a moving and timely tribute to the struggle for peace. Threaded through with first person accounts and punctuated with humour, this show also looks at how war affects those the women love.
Morna comments “In a world where war can sometimes seem to be everywhere, Gie’s Peace is about brave women who refused to give up on peace and hope. Having played to audiences from Romania to Estonia, from Ukraine to Russia, from the U.S.A to Australia and to have had this show resonate so strongly with their lives and experiences, it is an honour to be invited to perform for It is an honour to perform for CND North-East Scotland
“Beautiful. Thank you. We Shall Overcome “Artistic Director Pro-English (speaking) Ukraine Theatre Co. who rehearsed in an air raid shelter in Ukraine and saw the show in Prague.
“Magical storytelling – I love, love your work” Dr.Ruth Mitchell, Nobel Peace Prize-winner for her work as part of ICAN ( International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons)
“A moving and powerful performance” 5 stars Northwest End UK Edinburgh Fringe 2023

“Using contemporary accounts, and singing songs of struggle, she creates powerful and eloquent theatre “Murray Bramwell, Theatre/ Music Reviewer, Bonnie Fechters , Adelaide Fringe 2023.