Written by Nicola McCartney, Tawona Sitholé, Uma Nada-Rajah and Ben Harrison.
Directed by Ben Harrison
Commissioned by Edinburgh International Festival
An indoor, site-responsive promenade production in Leith Academy as part of Edinburgh International Festival.
15th – 26th August 2022
Leith Academy, 20 Academy Park, Edinburgh EH6 8JQ
View the Evacuation Information video here…
(The audience received this video by email, prior to attending the show)
Question: How are we to treat others?
Answer: There are no others
Ramana Maharishi
The seemingly unthinkable has occurred.
We have become those people from the remote places we see on our screens. Thrust into crisis and driven from our homes into uncomfortable proximity with others whom we had pretended to happily co-exist with but perhaps preferred to ignore, inside the Muster Station, our fragile prejudices and assumptions are exposed.
However, as time passes and stories are shared, will the barriers dissolve to reveal a common humanity united in crisis? Or will the disintegration continue beyond and hope of recovery?
Animating the spaces of Leith Academy, Muster Station: Leith brings together the distinctive voices of Nicola McCartney, Tawona Sitholé, Uma Nada-Rajah and Ben Harrison.
They are joined by a multi-award winning creative team which includes Set and Costume Designer Karen Tennent, Lighting Designer Simon Wilkinson, Composer David Paul Jones and Choreographer Emily Jane Boyle.
In the tradition of Grid Iron’s more political work, including the ground-breaking Roam at Edinburgh Airport, Muster Station: Leith promises to be an arresting and provocative promenade experience from the ‘magicians of site-specific theatre’ (Scotsman).
Muster Station: Leith signals Grid Iron’s third production as part of Edinburgh International Festival, following Variety in 2002 and Leaving Planet Earth in 2013. This year, Grid Iron are also proud to be Artists in Residence in Leith Academy as part of EIF’s residency with the school. Find out more about the Festival’s Learning and Engagement work at eif.co.uk/L&E.
Production photography by Jess Shurte & Ryan Buchanan.
Video
View the trailer for Muster Station: Leith here…
Filmed by Fiann Macleaod, edited by Ruidi Collins.
Dates & Information
| Date | Time | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Previews | Aug 15 & 17 | 7:30pm (2h) | £20 |
| Run | Aug 18-21, 23-25, | 7:30pm (2h) | £25 |
| Aug 26 | 4pm (2h) | £25 |
2hrs approx. (No interval. Toilet visits will be possible)
AGE RECOMMENDATION: 12+
ACCESS INFORMATION
BSL interpreted performances (including Front of House interpretation)
| Date | Time | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSL interpreted performances | Aug 20 | 2pm (2h) | £25 |
| Aug 24 | 7:30pm (2h) | £25 |
This is an indoor, promenade performance with audiences moving though the venue, with a mixture of seating and standing. All spaces are on ground level and are fully accessible to wheelchair users and people with other mobility issues. Although there is no interval it will be possible to visit the toilet as we move between spaces within the building.
If you have access requirements, please make yourself known to front of house staff on arrival.
PLEASE NOTE
There are no café/bar facilities at this venue and doors will open just prior to the performance. Please arrive no more than 15 minutes before the start time as there will be no access to the building before then.
Writers
Ben Harrison
Nicola McCartney
Uma Nada-Rajah
Tawona Sitholé
Cast
Shyvonne Ahmmad (Zara)
Rachel Bruce (Izzy)
Pauline Goldsmith (Clarissa/Claire)
Joseph Ogeleka (Rufus/Chamu)
Paul McCole (Steve/Billy)
Tijan Sarr (Dan)
Olivia Sikora (Lina)
Naomi Stirrat (Fran)
Creative Team
Director:
Ben Harrison
Producer:
Judith Doherty
Director of Finance & Development:
Deborah Crewe
Assistant Director:
Niloo-Far Khan
Dramaturg:
Joanne Skapinker
Set & Costume Designer:
Karen Tennent
Lighting Designer:
Simon Wilkinson
Composer & Sound Designer:
David Paul Jones
Choreographer:
Emily-Jane Boyle
Costume Supervisor:
Sophie Ferguson
Design Assistant:
Morven McLeod
Assistant Lighting Designer:
Laura Martin
Fight Director:
Carter Ferguson
Associate Movement Director:
Darragh O’Leary
Video Designer:
James Blake
Finnish Language assistance:
Maria Oller
Production Team
Production Manager:
Fiona Fraser
Technical Manager:
Roy Fairhead
Head of Sound:
Joe Connell
Head of Lights:
Andy Gannon
Company Stage Manager:
Michael Graham
Deputy Stage Manager:
Katy Steele
Stage Management:
Lee Davis
Stage Management:
Hannah Henderson
Production Technician (AV):
Andy Reid
Production Technician (LX):
Sophie Wright
Production Technician:
Joe Davis
Production Technician (Sound):
Neil Dewar
Operator:
Laura Martin
Operator:
Ewan Fraser
Front of House
Front of House Manager:
Kath Lowe
Front of House Supervisor:
Kirsty Eila McIntyre
Stewards
Ross Jamieson , Morris Jefferies, Zoë Mclean , Cara Moloney, Laurie Scott, Kim Stronach.
Assistants
Harry Barr, Ruby Bernard, Daniel Boston, Lauren Bryson, Jamie Buglass, Amelie Chisholm, Emily Combe, Paula Cordiner, Ace Duncan, Aleena Edwardson, Lily Enguidanos, Arran Gilfillan, Bella Gordon, Lovell Hearn, Magdalena Lipiec, Evan May, Ben Saunders Maze, Craig O’Brian, Magnus Ord, Codie Smith. Erin Wallace, Murrin Leah Wilshaw
Marketing
Programme and Logos:
Emma & Oliver Quinn
Artwork:
Andy Quinn
Social Media:
Rosie Bans
Publicity Image:
Laurence Winram
Printed blanket makers
Lead Artist & Workshop Leader:
Sophie Ferguson
Workshop Leader:
Amy Firth
Workshop Leader:
Niloo-Far Khan
Megan Adair, Nicola Milazzo, Patricia Kenny, Verity Sinclair
and 250 Leith Academy pupils in second and third year.
Lifeguards
Danny Johnston, Amahn Kasbia, Alex Third, Lewis Thomas
BSL/English enterpreters
Paul Belmonte (Show), Rachel Amey (FOH)
Script Development Workshops
Rachel Bruce, Raghad Chaar, Lesley Hart, Hannah Henderson, Edward Hutchings, Joanna Ignaczewska, Phil McKee, Thierry Mabonga, Rachael Marsh, Joseph Ogeleka, Benjamin Osugo, Wendy Seager, Sara Shaarawi, Malcolm Shields, Naomi Stirrat, Gail Watson, and Amahn Kasbia and Ellie Findlay for Lifeguarding.
View Our Programme
To read more information about the show, including the Director’s Note and team biographies, have a look through our production programme.
Video
This footage of the Water of Leith formed part of the scene, Rebellion, by Uma Nada-Rajah…
Find out more about our work with EIF’s Learning and Engagement department for
Muster Station: Leith in this short video…
Supporters
Past Productions
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