Doppler had everything. He thought.

Wife, two kids, 23-hour working week and time to ride his bicycle. Until the accident. Now he lives in a forest just outside Oslo with a baby elk.

Come into the woods with Grid Iron for this funny and subversive fable about existence, consumerism and trying to live life in isolation when people just won’t leave you alone.

In August 2020, Grid Iron came so very, very close to giving some live performances of this show but, thwarted at the eleventh hour, we changed plans and decamped to a gorgeous woodland in Gifford, East Lothian, to film the production. Our plans were thwarted even further by the arrival of Storm Francis on our shores…

We took the footage we were able to gather between the downpours, edited it together with Zoom recordings of production meetings and rehearsals and added interviews with the cast, production team and leading industry figures to create a documentary film called Doppler: The Story So Far.

Viewed during it’s first release by just under 10,000 people, the documentary is once again free to view on YouTube via the link below so please watch if you haven’t already.

But in August 2021 we were finally able to bring Doppler fully to life in a shady woodland glade in the beautiful grounds of Newhailes House, a National Trust for Scotland property on the outskirts of Musselburgh, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

While still adhering to 1m social distancing and other Covid-safety protocols, the show played to sold-out audiences and received a fantastic response from the critics.

Most of all, it was just good to be back, doing what we do best – making live theatre, for live audiences, in a glorious setting.

There was a BSL interpreted performance on Doppler. Two were scheduled but unfortunately one was lost to bad weather.

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