A one-night-only response to the times we are living through,
presented by a host of leading Scottish artistic talent

Co-curated and directed by Cora Bissett and Hannah Lavery, Mayday features a vibrant mix of live music, theatre, poetry, comedy, dance and collaborative performance at Central Hall, Edinburgh, on 1 May.

Created as a rapid-response theatre project, in direct response to the turbulent social and political climate, Mayday gathers together a constellation of Scottish artists for a one-night-only flare of short, urgent performances and interventions. Meeting the “dark times” we are living through with wit, defiance, tenderness and imagination. 

This collective response honours the arts as a place where audiences can think together, dream together and begin to imagine the futures we are still reaching for.

Co-curated and directed by Cora Bissett and Hannah Lavery