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STOP PRESS
"sad, funny and instantly recognisable... irresistible and unmissable"
(The Herald - click here to read the full review)
“warm hearted, beautifully-sculpted musical romantic comedy”
(The Scotsman - click her to read the full review)
"It makes for a production that's hilarious yet thought-provoking... A brilliant piece of new writing complimented by two of the standout performances seen in Edinburgh this year.
(Edinburgh Evening News - click here to read the full review)
"All the classy poise and exuberant bounce of a really good pop song... Midsummer is utter, joyful pleasure"
(The List - click here to read the full review).

Read feature length interviews with David Greig + Gordon McIntyre about the development of Midsummer on the following websites:
The Scotsman
Scotland on Sunday
Sunday Herald
The List
The Herald

It’s Midsummer’s weekend in Edinburgh. Its raining. Two thirtysomethings are sitting in a New Town bar waiting for something to turn up.

He’s a failing car salesman on the fringes of the city’s underworld and she’s a high powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people’s husbands. She’s out of his league and he’s not her type at all. They absolutely should not sleep together. Ever. Ever.

Which is why they do.

Midsummer is the story of Bob and Helena and a great lost weekend of bridge burning, car chases, wedding bust ups, bondage miscalculations, midnight trysts and horrible hungover self loathing misery.

Featuring Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon as the ill-advised love match, Midsummer is a new play with songs by David Greig and Gordon McIntyre and the inaugral production in our new Traverse Too programme of work.

David Greig is one of Scotland’s leading playwrights. His previous work for the Traverse includes Damascus, his adaptation of Raja Shehadeh’s When the Bulbul Stopped Singing, Outlying Islands, The Speculator, The Architect and Europe.

Gordon McIntyre is the singer/songwriter in the Edinburgh band Ballboy who have released five albums since 2001. Their latest - I Worked On The Ships - was released in Aug 2008 and has “some of his most beautiful, wistful storytelling to date, encasing his whimsical, witty, yet sometimes stark lyrics in some of their folkiest arrangements yet” (The Scotsman)


Tickets Sun - Thu, Sat matinee £8 (unemployed £5), Fri & Sat evening £12 (unemployed £8)
Director David Greig
Songwriter Gordon McIntyre
Designer Georgia McGuinness
Cast Cora Bissett & Matthew Pidgeon
Running Time 1 hour 45 mins (no interval)

Learning Pack Download the Midsummer [a play with songs] Learning + Resource Pack by clicking here.
Top 5 Falling In Love Songs
The creative team of Midsummer were asked to name their Top 5 Falling in Love songs. You can find them on iTunes as an iMix:

"sad, funny and instantly recognisable... irresistible and unmissable" (The Herald review)

"It makes for a production that's hilarious yet thought-provoking... A brilliant piece of new writing complimented by two of the standout performances seen in Edinburgh this year. (Edinburgh Evening News review)

"All the classy poise and exuberant bounce of a really good pop song... Midsummer is utter, joyful pleasure" (The List review)