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Writer and Edinburgh Makar, Hannah Lavery, offers a deeply moving, poetic exploration of loving and losing her father, and an unvarnished insight into how it feels to grow up, and raise children, 'mixed-race' in Scotland - belonging yet not belonging.

"I didn鈥檛 do the play to make a political point, It鈥檚 about my family history, and it鈥檚 about how racism plays out, and how painful it is when you鈥檙e told you don鈥檛 belong. It鈥檚 also a Scottish play about a daughter who鈥檚 lost her father, who just happens to be of colour. When you lose a parent, your world shifts. The play is about sharing that.鈥� - Hannah Lavery.

With powerful resonance in the continued struggle for justice, equality and harmony, Finding Seaglass challenges us to see Scottish history and our public memory in a different light through Hannah鈥檚 personal journey and almost-daily experience of casual racism.

鈥淗ow do you find your authenticity in a moment which is asking you to find your "tribe", demanding that you constantly choose your side. How do you find your humanity, your own voice, when you're being pushed to find safety in numbers? Finding Seaglass explores my intergenerational trauma - in particular, the legacy of colonialism and racism, the reality of living through last years of political and cultural shifts and shocks, and how I have found a way to healing and hope.鈥� - Hannah Lavery

A captivating spoken-word sound journey that interweaves poems with drama, Finding Seaglass pulses with Hannah鈥檚 lived experience, underscored by haunting music and the sounds of Scotland鈥檚 shores.

Written and performed by Hannah Lavery.

With ensemble voices by Tam Dean Burn, Irene MacDougall, Beth Marshall, Jim Monaghan, Clare Perkins, and Tom Vanson.

Director - Niloo-Far Khan
Sound Designer/Composer - Pippa Murphy
Producer - Charlotte Melen
Associate Producer - Dallis Murray
Production Coordinator - Cait Irvine
Executive Producer - Lucinda Mason Brown
Dramaturg - Rosie Kellagher

With special thanks to Charlotte Gross, Lorna Ferguson, Gareth Beedie and Margarita Veberaite.

This production gratefully acknowledges the inclusion of quotes from "Recovering Scotland's Slavery Past" (Tom Devine), "From Remedial English to Edinburgh Makar" (The National, Rachel Loughran), "Book review: Blood Salt Spring, by Hannah Lavery" (The Scotsman, Stuart Kelly)

An Almost Tangible and National Theatre of Scotland debut production for 91热爆 Radio 4.

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