Men Don't Talk - Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2024

Name: Men Don't Talk - Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2024
Start: 2024-11-16T20:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-16T21:45:00+01:00
Location: 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Schedule

Sat Nov 16 2024 at 08:30 pm to 09:45 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Edinburgh, SC

(Sat 16 Nov: 7:30pm & Sun 17 Nov: 2:30pm)
Three men find banter, bird boxes and biscuits in a fictional shed. Clare Prenton’s poignant, hilarious, moving and thought-provoking play explores the myth that ‘men don’t talk’, celebrating companionship, camaraderie and custard creams.
Written following cups of tea, cake and spirited conversations with real ‘shedders’, the play welcomes audiences into a friendly fictional shed, inspired by real men's stories. Presented in conjunction with the Scottish Men's Shed Association, the play has been praised in the Scottish Parliament for promoting the benefits of this growing mental health and wellbeing movement - vital in Scotland today.
Funded by Creative Scotland Touring Fund
Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival
Supported by An Tobar & Mull, Men's Shed Association and Luminate
The Cast
Billy Mack - Jimmy
Greg Powrie - Tom
Dougal Lee - Ken
The Team
Writer - Clare Prenton
Director - Clare Prenton
Producer - Michelle McKay
Designer - Frances Collier
Sound Design - John Kielty
Lighting Design - Kate Bonney
Enhanced Performance
The Sun 17 Nov performance will be BSL interpreted.