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Midsummer goes to New York City

Midsummer goes to New York City

Exhilarating…you float out laughing as if you’ve just swallowed sunshine on a spoon.” ****
The Guardian
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Details

  • Written byDavid Greig and Gordon McIntyre
  • Start date9 Jan 2013
  • End date26 Jan 2013
  • MatineeMatinees Saturday 12, 19 and 26 January, 2pm
  • Tickets9-13 Jan, $25; 15-20 Jan, $37.50; 22-26 Jan $50
  • GenreTheatre

Midsummer in New York City, Clurman Theatre

One of the Traverse's best-loved plays, Midsummer [a play with songs] is making its New York premiere in January, starting the Traverse 50th anniversary celebrations with a bang!

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

Midsummer [a play with songs] 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 [a play with songs] is a quirky, charming love story by one of Scotland's leading playwrights, David Greig, and top Edinburgh singer/songwriter, Gordon McIntyre of the indie-folk band Ballboy.

Midsummer [a play with songs] was the hit of the 2009 Edinburgh Festival and has gone on to play sell-out tours to Canada, Washington DC and Australia. It is now making its New York premiere, appearing at the Clurman Theatre as the winner of the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award.

To book tickets for Midsummer at the Clurman Theatre, New York City visit here

  • David Greig

    Director, Writer
  • Gordon McIntyre

    Music
  • Georgia McGuinness

    Designer
  • Cora Bissett

    Cast
  • Matthew Pidgeon

    Cast
  • Exhilarating…you float out laughing as if you’ve just swallowed sunshine on a spoon.” ****
    The Guardian
  • A celebration of not just midsummer madness but of Edinburgh itself…part Richard Curtis, part Irvine Welsh.” ****
    The Independent
  • Joyfully optimistic."
    New York Post
  • An ideal tonic for the mid-winter blues."
    Theater Mania
  • "Wonderfully awkward."
    Time Out New York
  • a winning combination of romance and mid-life crisis."
    Flavorpill
 
 

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