A funny, sometimes tragic and always poetic play set in the Skarne flats in Dundee’s Whitfield area. The story centres on Kora, an enchanting and mythical character — part Earth-mother, part Tiger-mother — and explores what happens when people are pushed too far. Developed from a drama-documentary, the play premiered at the Traverse in 1986.
Credits
Creative Team
- Writer
- Tom McGrath
- Director
- Nicholas Bone
- Designer
- Becky Minto
- Sound
- Philip Pinsky
- Lighting
- Simon Wilkinson
Cast
- Kora
- Emily Winter
- Bill / Turpin
- Martin McBride
- Ina
- Vari Sylvester
- Peter
- Cameron Mowat
- Florence
- Molly Vevers
- Jean
- Natalie Wallace
- Julie
- Irene Macdougall
- David
- John Buick
Press
“Bone's production is multi-faceted, pulsed by gloriously matter-of-fact earthiness, with Emily Winter delivering a lusty performance as Welsh emigre Kora.”
“Emily Winter gives a glorious performance as Kora. The play's sharp political insight and passionate hymn to fertility speak to deep flaws in Scottish life and poor women everywhere.”