Caring Scotland
One Hundred Voices
Interactive Installation
Touring to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dumfries, Stranraer, Forfar & Glenrothes
12 Aug - 18 Oct 2026 | Scottish Tour
Overview
One Hundred Voices is an interactive, audio-guided installation, bringing creative insight into living in the care system. It serves as an artistic act of recognition and celebration of the one hundred testimonies recorded through the Caring Scotland project.
Step into a guided immersive experience which walks you through an intimate landscape of memory, resilience and imagination, drawn from the lives of one hundred voices from Scotland’s Care Experienced community. Fragments of stories unfold across sound, light, and space, as the audience journeys through a series of spaces.
This interactive installation transforms oral history into artistic encounters, and asks us to imagine together a more compassionate Scotland where every child is cherished, every voice amplified, every future honoured.
One Hundred Voices is part of Caring Scotland, a three-year listening project led by acclaimed playwright Nicola McCartney documenting and recording the lives of Care Experienced people in Scotland.
The One Hundred Voices installation opens at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on 12 August 2026 where it will be part of the Festival of Politics, before touring to Glasgow, Dumfries, Stranraer, Forfar and Glenrothes. Booking will open in January 2026.
Lead Artist and Script Nicola McCartney
National Theatre of Scotland in partnership with Who Cares? Scotland and the National Library of Scotland, funded with an award from The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Supported by The Weir Charitable Trust and The Rayne Foundation
About The National Lottery Heritage Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder for the UK’s heritage. Using money raised by National Lottery players we support projects that connect people and communities to heritage. Our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. From historic buildings, our industrial legacy and the natural environment, to collections, traditions, stories and more. Heritage can be anything from the past that people value and want to pass on to future generations. We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past.
Using money raised by National Lottery players, The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports projects that connect people and communities with the UK’s heritage. Caring Scotland is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
| Venue | Dates | Times |
|---|---|---|
| Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh | Wed 12 - Fri 28 Aug 2026 | tbc |
| Citizens Theatre, Glasgow | Wed 2 - Sat 12 Sep 2026 | times vary between 11am & 9pm |
| Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries | Thu 17 - Sat 19 Sep 2026 | times vary between 11am & 8pm |
| Millennium Centre, Stranraer | Thu 24 - Sat 26 Sep 2026 | times vary between 11am & 8pm |
| Reid Hall, Forfar | Thu 1 - Sat 3 Oct 2026 | times vary between 12pm & 8pm |
| Rothes Halls, Glenrothes | Thu 8 - Sat 10 Oct 2026 | times vary between 10am & 8pm |
Team
- Name
- Mal Fraser
- Role
- Artist Facilitator
- Name
- Kai Fischer
- Role
- Lighting Designer
- Name
- Kevin P. Gilday
- Role
- Artist Facilitator
- Name
- Roxana Cole
- Role
- Artist Facilitator & Dramaturg
- Name
- Jo Mango
- Role
- Artist Facilitator
- Name
- Nicola McCartney
- Role
- Lead Artist and Script
- Name
- Chris Scott
- Role
- Photographer
- Name
- Karen Tennent
- Role
- Designer
- Name
- Niroshini Thambar
- Role
- Sound Designer