**** The Herald

A photographic memory. Thick brown hair that goes frizzy in the rain. A cameo brooch that belonged to my grandmother. An obsession with list making and thank you letters. Small ears. Asthma. The ability to achieve ten things before breakfast. The knowledge that it’s always important to wear clean underwear as you never really know when you might have an accident… These are some of the things I got from my mother.

Hand Me down is an original show made with ten women from the same family which aims to explore female relationships  in families.

Hand Me Down was performed at the Arches in Glasgow and the Traverse in Edinburgh as part of the Arches Platform 18 Award for New Work 2010.

Check Out Rehearsal Footage:

Hand Me Down Reviews:

Mark Fisher, The Scotsman

Mary Brennan, The Herald

**** The Herald

**** The Scotsman

This is a picture of me and my Dad. You can probably tell that this was taken in the 1980’s which means that he was in his late twenties and I was new to the world. At this point we didn’t know each other very well and didn’t really know what to expect. Twenty six years later we have a bit more experience and a whole new set of questions…

Chip is a show about fathers and daughters that stems from the real life experience of Jess Thorpe and Tim Thorpe and featured as part of the Arches Live! Festival, Glasgow, September 2009.

September 2009 at The Arches as part of the Arches Live! Festival, Glasgow 

 December 2009 as part of the Forest Fringe – Central School of Speech and Drama, London

August 2010 as part of the Forest Fringe Festival, Edinburgh

Chip Reviews:

Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman http://joycemcmillan.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/arches-live-2009-first-weekend-hitch-chip-pictures-of-heaven/

Mary Brennan, The Herald  http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/stage-visual-arts/life-s-journey-is-all-about-the-people-1.921136

***** The Herald

**** The Scotsman

Does it seem to you that we have been married for over 50 years?
Can you remember what it was like before we were married?
Can you remember what our favourite song was?
Can you remember the first carpet we ever bought?
Would you like to dance?

In August 2008 we placed an advert in the newspaper. As a result of this advert we met Tillie and Ronnie Jeffrey – they have been married for 52 years. Together we spent time exploring their experience of spending their lives together.

Life Long tracks the significant moments they have lived through, their memories, stories and personal histories remembered and re-lived in this original piece of performance.

Life Long was performed at The Art Club, Glasgow as part of the Arches programme in February 2010.

Life Long Reviews:

Mary Brennan, The Herald http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/stage-visual-arts/life-long-arches-off-site-glasgow-arts-club-1.1008579

Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman http://joycemcmillan.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/life-long/