Trolleydarity’s Scratch n Sniff Staycation for the Discerning Static Traveller is an innovative new project by artists Shona Reppe and Alan Grieve co-created for patients and staff across NHS Lothian, presented by National Theatre of Scotland and NHS Lothian Charity: Tonic Arts. Shona and Alan will present Scratch n Sniff Staycation for the Discerning Static Traveller on wards at the Western General Hospital from 04 November 2025.

Scratch n Sniff Staycation for the Discerning Static Traveller is a series of artistic encounters with hospital patients, visitors and staff presented by Shona and Alan (Trolleydarity). These unique and surprising interventions will offer discerning travellers an opportunity to explore the world in a way that feels both real and magical, through the power of sound and scent. Participants will be transported on a journey without having to catch a plane or leave their beds.  

This project is part of an ongoing partnership between National Theatre of Scotland and NHS Lothian Charity: Tonic Arts, the Charity’s arts in health programme which improves and supports the health and wellbeing of NHS Lothian patients and staff. It follows on from an existing collaboration on the hosting of Portraits of an LGBTI+ Generation exhibition, at the Charity’s Tonic Galleries in both St John’s Hospital Livingston and the Western General Hospital.

Len McCaffer, NHS Lothian Charity’s Tonic Arts Manager:  

“We are thrilled to be partnering with the National Theatre of Scotland to bring these magical sensory adventures to patients in hospital - for the patients themselves, it gives them a gentle escape during their hospital stay and for staff, it provides a joyful shared moment to brighten a long shift. Trolleydarity reminds us that care is more than clinical — it’s sensory, human and about making connections. And this is exactly what our Tonic Arts programme is all about.”

Further info on Trolleydarity can be found here.