RED DUST ROAD

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Based on the memoir by Jackie Kay. Adapted by Tanika Gupta; Directed by Dawn Walton.

“You are made up from a mixture of myth and gene. You are part fable, part porridge”

Growing up in 70s’ Scotland as the adopted mixed raced child of a Communist couple, young Jackie blossomed into an outspoken, talented poet. Then she decided to find her birth parents…

From Nairn to Lagos, Red Dust Road takes you on a journey full of heart, humour and deep emotions. Discover how we are shaped by the folk songs we hear as much as by the cells in our bodies.

Opened at the Edinburgh International Festival in August 2019, and at HOME, Manchester in September 2019

Toured to Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling and Eden Court Theatre, Inverness in Autumn 2019.

Director Dawn Walton

Playwright Tanika Gupta

Designer Simon Kenny

Choreographer Vicki Igbokwe

Composer Tao Akinbode

Lighting Designer Lizzie Powell

Sound Designer Richard Hammarton