Red Dust Road
Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock; Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling; Eden Court Theatre, Inverness; Home, Manchester
August - September 2019
Overview
You are made up from a mixture of myth and gene. You are part fable, part porridge.
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.
Based on the soul-searching memoir by Scots Makar Jackie Kay, adapted by Tanika Gupta, and directed by Dawn Walton.
Cast
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- Stefan Adegbola
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- Irene Allan
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- Simone Cornelius
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- Elicia Daly
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- Seroca Davis
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- Sarah Frost
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- Lewis Howden
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- Elaine C. Smith
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- Declan Spaine
Creative team
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- Jackie Kay
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- Author
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- Tanika Gupta
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- Playwright
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- Dawn Walton
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- Director
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- Vicki Igbowe
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- Movement Director
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- Tayo Akinbode
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- Composer
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- Simon Kenny
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- Designer
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- Lizzie Powell
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- Lighting Designer
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- Richard Hammarton
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- Sound Designer
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- Raymond Short
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- Fight Director
Explore
Videos
- Red Dust Road | Trailer
- Red Dust Road | Meet Jackie Kay
- Red Dust Road | BSL introduction
- Red Dust Road | In Conversation
