Red Dust Road
10/08/2019 - 21/09/2019
Greenock, Edinburgh International Festival, Stirling, Inverness, Manchester.
"Sasha Frost [is] touchingly radiant"
10/08/2019 - 21/09/2019
Greenock, Edinburgh International Festival, Stirling, Inverness, Manchester.
"Sasha Frost [is] touchingly radiant"
Growing up in 70s’ Scotland as the adopted mixed raced child of a Communist couple, young Jackie blossomed into an outspoken, talented poet. Then she decided to find her birth parents…
From Nairn to Lagos, Red Dust Road takes you on a journey full of heart, humour and deep emotions. Discover how we are shaped by the folk songs we hear as much as by the cells in our bodies.
Opening at the Edinburgh International Festival in August 2019, and at HOME, Manchester in September 2019
Touring to Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling and Eden Court Theatre, Inverness in autumn 2019.
A National Theatre of Scotland and HOME, Manchester co-production. Developed with the support of Macrobert Arts Centre.
130 minutes (with one interval)
BSL British Sign Language Performance
Captioned
Audio Described
Relaxed Performance
Touch Tour
12+
Read the full review"See this show… and feel how good it is to be alive, and to share the world with this truly splendid cast."
Scotsgay
Read the full review"Sasha Frost [is] touchingly radiant"
The Herald
Read the full review"A celebration of life, laughter and acceptance"
Lothian Life
Read the full review"A touching and gripping adaptation of a very special work by the current Scottish Makar"
The Wee Review
Read the full review"Full of moments that break the heart and stir joy"
The Times
Read the full review"Colliding two worlds and forging a state-of-the-nation drama"
The Telegraph
Read the full review"Quiet and sensitive"
The Stage
The music in Red Dust Road is a mixture of new composition from Tayo Akinbode and his arrangements of existing songs.
Scotland’s Most Loved Haggis was kindly donated by MacSween of Edinburgh.
The National Theatre of Scotland reserves the right to alter casts, performances, seating or ticket arrangements.