Shrapnel

“Set in Edinburgh, in areas not unlike those featured in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting”
– Aonghas MacNeacail, Scottish Review of Books

Set in the darkest depths of Leith, Shrapnel follows the journey of a man on the run for a crime he did not commit. With brilliantly anarchic humour, we follow our enigmatic narrator as he leads us through darkest Edinburgh and meets an array of extraordinary misfits, avoiding the psychopathic former detective, Walter Shrapnel. Adapted from Tormod a Bhocsair’s seminal Gaelic novel with animations, subtitles and live music, Shrapnel is for Gaelic and non-Gaelic speakers alike and not to be missed.

Air a’ stèidheachadh ann an dorchadas dubh Lìte, tha sinn a’ leantainn aithrisear neo-aithnichte ’s e air teicheadh bho chasaid murt. Le fealla-dhà agus dìth-bhearsain gu leòr, tha sinn a’ leantainn an aithrisear ’s e a’ siubhail air feadh a’ bhaile a’ coinneachadh ri iomadach charactar annasach agus a’ seachnadh faileas dhorch a’ phoileis bhrùideil, Walter Shrapnel. Tha an dealbh-chluich stèidhichte air an nobhail leis an sàr sgrìobhaiche, Tormod Caimbeul le dealbhachadh, fo-thiotalan agus ceòl, tha Shrapnel freagarrach airson fìleantaich agus luchd-ionnsachaidh.

Co-produced by Tron Theatre and An Lanntair.
Supported by Creative Scotland, Bòrd na Gàidhlig, NTS, Comhairle nan Leabhraichean, Playwrights’ Studio Scotland, Glasgow Life and Leabhraichean Beaga.

NB. Suitable for ages 14+