FINDING SEAGLASS

Writer and Edinburgh Makar, Hannah Lavery, offers a personal and poetic exploration of loving and losing her father, and growing up 'mixed-race' in Scotland.

Performed by Hannah Lavery
With ensemble voices by Tam Dean Burn, Irene MacDougall, Beth Marshall, Jim Monaghan, Clare Perkins, and Tom Vanson.

An Almost Tangible and National Theatre of Scotland production for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast on 03 July 2023.

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“A beautiful, poignant and thought-provoking drama”

— Lucinda Mason Brown

FINDING SEAGLASS

Writer and Edinburgh Makar, Hannah Lavery, offers a deeply moving, poetic exploration of loving and losing her father, and an unvarnished insight into how it feels to grow up, and raise children, 'mixed-race' in Scotland - belonging yet not belonging.

"I didn’t do the play to make a political point, It’s about my family history, and it’s about how racism plays out, and how painful it is when you’re told you don’t belong. It’s also a Scottish play about a daughter who’s lost her father, who just happens to be of colour. When you lose a parent, your world shifts. The play is about sharing that.” - Hannah Lavery.

With powerful resonance in the continued struggle for justice, equality and harmony, Finding Seaglass challenges us to see Scottish history and our public memory in a different light through Hannah’s personal journey and almost-daily experience of casual racism.

“How do you find your authenticity in a moment which is asking you to find your "tribe", demanding that you constantly choose your side. How do you find your humanity, your own voice, when you're being pushed to find safety in numbers? Finding Seaglass explores my intergenerational trauma - in particular, the legacy of colonialism and racism, the reality of living through last years of political and cultural shifts and shocks, and how I have found a way to healing and hope.” - Hannah Lavery

A captivating spoken-word sound journey that interweaves poems with drama, Finding Seaglass pulses with Hannah’s lived experience, underscored by haunting music and the sounds of Scotland’s shores.

Co-produced by Almost Tangible and National Theatre of Scotland for BBC Radio 4, this program airs on Drama on 4, Monday 03 July 14.15PM, and is then available to listen to on BBC Sounds until 02 August 2023.

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Finding Seaglass

Cast

Written and performed by Hannah Lavery
Ensemble voices by Tam Dean Burn, Irene MacDougall, Beth Marshall, Jim Monaghan, Clare Perkins, and Tom Vanson.
Credits read by Steph MacGaraidh

CREATIVE TEAM

Director - Niloo-Far Khan
Composer & Sound Designer - Pippa Murphy
Producer - Charlotte Melén
Associate Producer - Dallis Murray
Production Coordinator - Cait Irvine
Executive Producer - Lucinda Mason Brown
Dramaturg - Rosie Kellagher

With special thanks to Charlotte Gross, Lorna Ferguson, Gareth Beedie and Margarita Veberaite.

This production gratefully acknowledges the inclusion of quotes from "Recovering Scotland's Slavery Past" (Tom Devine), "From Remedial English to Edinburgh Makar" (The National, Rachel Loughran), "Book review: Blood Salt Spring, by Hannah Lavery" (The Scotsman, Stuart Kelly)

An Almost Tangible and National Theatre of Scotland debut production for BBC Radio 4.