Midsummer (A Play with Songs)

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Genre Musical

Venue

First Performance 12/01/2010

Closing 06/02/2010

Running Time 1h30

One of the hits of the 2009 Edinburgh Festival, Midsummer (A Play With Songs) is a quirky, charming love story of a great lost weekend, by leading Scottish playwright David Greig and top Edinburgh singer/songwriter Gordon McIntyre.

It is Midsummer’s weekend in Edinburgh. It is raining. Two thirtysomethings are sitting in a New Town bar waiting for something to turn up. He is a failing car salesman on the fringes of the city’s underworld and she is a high-powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people’s husbands. She is out of his league and he is not her type at all.

They absolutely should not sleep together. Ever. Ever… Which is why they do.

Midsummer (A Play With Songs) playwright Greig, has a second show opening in London this spring. Dunsinane, the tale of one man’s desire to restore peace in a country ravaged by war, is staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company at Hampstead theatre.

For more about Midsummer (A Play With Songs) read our First Night Feature or Introducing… Matthew Pidgeon.

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Cast

Cora Bissett, Matthew Pidgeon

Creative

Producer - Traverse Theatre Companyin association with Soho Theatre, Michael Edwards & Carole Winter

Designer - Georgia McGuinness

Lighting Designer - Claire Elliot

Author - David Greig and Gordon McIntyre

Music By - Gordon McIntyre

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