6 minute read
Moonset
from Moonset
Tron Theatre 3-11 February 2023
Traverse Theatre 16-18 February 2023
CAST
Cindy Awor
Bushra
Zhara Browne
Shideh
Leah Byrne
Gina
Layla Kirk
Roxy
Hannah Visocchi
Joanne
CREATIVE TEAM
Maryam Hamidi Writer
Joanna Bowman Director
Jen McGinley Designer
Simon Hayes Lighting Designer
Nik Paget-Tomlinson Composer/Sound Designer
Vicki Manderson Movement Director
Eleanor Felton Assistant Director
Writer’s note – Maryam Hamidi
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.
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
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.
THE CITIZENS COMPANY
Esther Batterham Marketing & Communications Officer, Catherine Bird Payroll Officer, Ashleigh Blair Scenic Artist, Alex Brady Box Office Supervisor / IT, Suzanne Brady Box Office / Drama Leader, Katrina Caldwell Drama Leader, Peter Clerke Drama Leader, Natalia Cortes Company Stage Manager, Elaine G Coyle Head of Wardrobe, Denise Differ Box Office Manager, Louise Dingwall Press and Marketing Officer, Karen Dunbar Creative Learning Tutor, Lisa Dundas Box Office, Catrin Evans Head of Creative Learning, Eleanor Felton Assistant Director (Birkbeck Trainee), Barry Forde Assistant Stage Manager, Elly Goodman Community Drama Artist, Nichol Gray Development Manager, Roxana Haines Visiting Community Practitioner (Moonset), David Harrop Carpenter / Driver, Stephen Harrop Carpenter, Dominic Hill Artistic Director, Neil Hobbs Deputy Head of Lighting & Sound, Euan Jenkins Stage Door Administrator, Stuart Jenkins Head of Lighting & Sound, Amber Keating Digital Officer, Jenny Knotts Box Office, Sanjay Lago Drama Assistant, Carol LaulaCreative Learning Tutor, Alison Lewis Marketing & Communications Manager, Zephyr Liddell Creative Learning Tutor, Gary Loughran Prop Maker / Scenic Artist, Fereuse Macdonald Development Administration and Data Officer, Alison MacKinnon Head of Marketing & Communications, Keir Martin Sound Supervisor, Carly McCaig Community Drama Worker, Niamh McCarron Creative Learning Intern, Morna McGeoch Drama Leader, Alex McGowan Executive Director, Lawrie McInally Stage Door Administrator, Linda McLaughlin Creative Learning Tutor/ Playwright in Residence, Claire McNeil Finance Manager, Jon Meggat Stage Technician, Rachel Mimiec Creative Learning Tutor, Jacqueline Muir Production Administrator, Jack Mullen Box Office, Ailsa Munro Creative Learning Tutor, Denis Murphy Head of Workshop, Allan Othieno Drama Assistant, Neil Packham Community Drama Director, Frances Poet Literary Associate, Gail Power Creative Learning Tutor, Mairi Rosko-Mathisen Director of Development, Molly Ross Individual Giving & Events Officer, Saffron Shearer Wardrobe Assistant / Dresser, Mags Smillie Head of Finance, Laura Smith Deputy Head of Production, Cole Stewart Creative Learning Tutor, Graham Sutherland Head of Production, Mark Thomas Illusion Pyrotechnics Limited, Martin Travers Producer (Citizens Learning), Babette Wickham-Riddick Deputy Stage Manager and David Young Facilities Supervisor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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, See Me Scotland or Citizens Advice websites.
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SUPPORTING CITIZENS
Participation Project Funders
Our participation and community engagement programmes are made possible by:
CMS Charitable Trust
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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
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Aurelius Charitable Trust
Backstage Trust
Barcapel Foundation
Bellahouston Bequest Fund
Citizens Theatre Society
Cruden Foundation
Equity Charitable Trust
Foyle Foundation
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Glasgow Dean of Guild Court Trust
Helen A Reid's Charitable Trust
Henry Moore Foundation
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Additional thanks to the many individuals that have also given donations throughout the year, and those who would prefer their support to remain anonymous.
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Citizens Theatre warmly acknowledges support from our core funders Creative Scotland and Glasgow City Council.
