CAST
Cindy Awor
Bushra
CREATIVE TEAM
Maryam Hamidi Writer
Joanna Bowman Director
Jen McGinley Designer
Zahra Browne
Shideh
Leah Byrne
Gina
Simon Hayes Lighting Designer
Nik Paget-Tomlinson Composer/Sound Designer
Vicki Manderson
Movement Director
Eleanor Felton
Assistant Director
Writer’s note – Maryam Hamidi
Roxy, Bushra, Joanne and Gina are all living complex, challenging lives and I think that says something of us as school-age young adults - our inner worlds and outer selves are in con ict and you never quite know what the kid at the desk next to you is going through.
I hope Moonset reminds us as women, young and not so young anymore, to feel all that we’re feeling and trust the rage we’re so often taught to minimise.
Director’s note – Joanna Bowman
Layla Kirk
Roxy
Hannah Visocchi
Joanne
Moonset is my attempt to explore that bone-cracking transition into womanhood and the shifting ground of relationships between mothers and daughters and teachers and friends at that precipice.
I wanted to capture the messiness, rage, hope and hunger we feel at that age as well as the ache we have as older women looking back.
It is rare to have the opportunity to make a play as gloriously theatrical, thrillingly challenging, and brilliantly funny as Moonset. The play demands to be staged: Maryam’s words and characters leap o the page and onto the stage, all the time pushing at the boundaries of what theatre can do, and who is allowed to occupy our mainstages. To have the chance to put these young women and their lives onstage, taking their ambitions and stories seriously, has been a joy. It is a privilege to share their stories with you.
A Citizens Theatre production
Tron Theatre 3-11 February 2023 Traverse Theatre 16-18 February 2023
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Head of Marketing & Communications
Sound Supervisor
Community Drama Worker
Creative Learning Intern
Drama Leader
Executive Director
Stage Door Administrator
Creative Learning Tutor/ Playwright in Residence
Finance Manager
Stage Technician
Creative Learning Tutor
Production Administrator
Box Office
Creative Learning Tutor
Head of Workshop
Drama Assistant
Community Drama Director
Literary Associate
Creative Learning Tutor
Director of Development
Individual Giving & Events Officer
Wardrobe Assistant / Dresser
Head of Finance
Deputy Head of Production
Creative Learning Tutor
Head of Production
Illusion Pyrotechnics Limited
Producer (Citizens Learning)
Babette Wickham-Riddick
David Young
Deputy Stage Manager
Facilities Supervisor
Board: April Chamberlain (Chair), Alex Reedijk (Vice Chair), Councillor Susan Aitken, Gemma Bodinetz, Stephen Dunn, Laurence Fraser, Dominic Hill, Jackie Kay, John McElwee, Irene Tweedie and Louise Welsh.
SUPPORTING CITIZENS
Participation Project Funders
Our participation and community engagement programmes are made possible by:
CMS Charitable Trust
Glasgow Buildings Preservation Trust
Glasgow City Health & Social Care Partnership
Glasgow Community Health & Wellbeing Fund
Life Changes Trust
Scottish Government
Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund (Young Start)
The Stafford Trust
The William Syson Foundation
Redevelopment Project Funders
The redevelopment of the Citizens Theatre building is made possible by:
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Glasgow City Council
Scottish Government
Creative Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland
Aurelius Charitable Trust
Backstage Trust
Barcapel Foundation
Bellahouston Bequest Fund
Citizens Theatre Society
Cruden Foundation
Equity Charitable Trust
Foyle Foundation
Garfield Weston Foundation
Glasgow Dean of Guild Court Trust
Helen A Reid's Charitable Trust
Henry Moore Foundation
Hugh Fraser Foundation
James C Hardie Charitable Trust
James T Howat Charitable Trust
James Wood Bequest Fund
Kuenssberg Charitable Foundation
Miss E C Hendry Charitable Trust
Mr and Mrs William Donald’s Memorial Trust
Robert Barr's Charitable Trust
Rock Lodge Charitable Trust
Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust
The AMW Charitable Trust
The Batchworth Trust
The Bill & Margaret Nicol Charitable Trust
The Dunclay Charitable Trust
The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
The J P Jacobs Charitable Trust
The Mary Andrew Charitable Trust
The McGlashan Charitable Trust
The Meikle Foundation
The Merchants House of Glasgow
The Murdoch Forrest Charitable Trust
The Robertson Trust
The Trades House of Glasgow Commonweal Fund
The Wolfson Foundation
Theatres Trust
W A Cargill Fund
Corporate Citizens
Kube Networks
Initial script development supported by Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland.
With dramaturgical support from Frances Poet. Visiting Community Practitioner supported by Scottish Opera.
With thanks to Raisah Ahmed, Neshla Caplan, Stephen Collins, Jessica Cooper, Gemma Craig, Lucy Greenaway, Seraj Hamidi, Natalie Ibu, Soheila Izadifar, Danielle Jam, Jemima Levick, Anna Lynn, Rehanna MacDonald, Nicola McCartney, Kirstin McLean, Titana Muthui, Adura Onashile, Seymah Smith, Fiona Sturgeon-Shea and Rebecca Wilkie. Additional thanks to National Theatre of Scotland, Pretty Scenic, Tramway and Tron Theatre. All scenery, costumes and props made in the Citizens Theatre workshops.
Support for the issues raised in this work can be found on the Scottish Association for Mental Health,
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