Over the course of five years, playwright Gary McNair spoke to people at all stages and in all walks of life on the subject of regret. This play marks the results of those conversations. A collection of scenes from the silly to the profound, that charts our relationship with the things we should have done but didn’t and the things we shouldn’t have done, but did.
SHOW ADVISORIES:
Strong language | Description of violence | Mention of alcohol & addiction | One scene of a mugging & stabbing | References to death
Festival Party
Join us after the first performance of the National Theatre’s Connections Festival for an epic Open Mic Party in the Upper Foyer!
Expect an evening filled with exciting performances from talented young artists, bringing music, comedy, spoken word, and more to the stage. Let’s celebrate youth theatre and kick-start this year’s Connections Festival in style!
As Part Of…
Playwright
Gary McNair
Gary McNair is a writer performer based in Glasgow.
He aims to make work that will challenge and entertain audiences in equal measure. His
work has been translated into several languages and been performed around the world
from America to Australia, from Germany to Japan, and from Portugal to Possilpark. He
is a mainstay of the Edinburgh Fringe where his last seven shows have sold out and he
has won the coveted Scotsman Fringe First Award three times.
He is an Associate Artist at both the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh and the Tron in
Glasgow. He loves telling stories and is delighted that people want to hear them.
Recent works include; Dear Billy (National Theatre of Scotland), Nae Expectations (The
Tron) Jekyll and Hyde (Reading Rep/The Lyceum) Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil
(The Lyceum), The Alchemist (The Tron), Square Go [co-authored by Kieran Hurley]
(Francesca Moody Productions/Paines Plough), McGonagall’s Chronicles (Oran Mor),
Locker Room Talk/Letters to Morrissey/Donald Robertson Is Not a Standup Comedian
(The Traverse) A Gambler’s Guide To Dying (Show and Tell/The Traverse).