Anything That Gives Off Light

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA; Appalshop, Whitesburg KY; Joe's Pub, New York NY

March 2019

Three actors on bended knee, mid-song making a rowing motion with their hands.

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Every light casts a shadow, every fire ends in dust.

In a pub at the end of the road, an American woman drinks alone, trying to forget the home she left behind in West Virginia.

Two old Scottish friends, one of whom left for London long ago, wrestle with a fresh grief and a festering sense of betrayal.

The three collide and set off on an increasingly blurry journey through the Highlands and across the seas, digging down into layers of national mythology, and bringing to the surface memories of migrations forced and chosen.

Anything That Gives Off Light features a throbbing score by award-winning duo The Bengsons that mixes the Scottish-American folk tradition with stomping punk and the TEAM’s trademark athletic performance style.

The TEAM, National Theatre of Scotland, and Edinburgh International Festival co-production

Created in collaboration with Matt Hubbs, Nick Vaughan, Brian Hastert, and Libby King

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