MORAG, YOU’RE A LONG TIME DEID

A QUEER CEILIDH MUSIC-THEATRE EXPERIENCE

Created by Claire Love Wilson and Peter Lorenz

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Morag’s death left a silence in her place. When her grand-daughter Sam inherits her piano, she also inherits the mystery of Morag’s story. An intimate letter composed of fragmented Scottish ballads leads Sam to uncover Morag’s possible queerness. In piecing together Morag’s history through their shared Scottish musical heritage, Sam discovers a voice of her own.

This new experimental musical warps, disrupts, and reconfigures traditional Scottish storytelling, ballad singing and participatory community dance.  Reimagining ceilidh theatre from a queer perspective, original compositions are playfully interwoven with electronic loops and interactive dancing to tell old stories anew.

COMPANY ARITST BIO

This transnational collaboration between white/queer/Scottish/settler creator and performer CLAIRE LOVE WILSON and Austrian director/performance-maker PETER LORENZ emerged from a 5-year-long artistic conversation on cultural heritage, place-making in performance, and queer musical storytelling. Claire and Peter’s respective experiences in experimental theatre, contemporary opera and indigenous studies complement each other, allowing them to reach beyond their individual imaginations. As a result, they have nurtured a long-distance co-creating, co-writing and co-producing relationship built on mutual trust, honesty and care, which they generously extend to their collaborators and audiences.

Photo by Pedro Augusto Meza
After taking a much needed summer break, we’re back online and cooking up some beautiful possibilities for the future of “Morag, You’re a Long Time Deid”. Lots of opportunities are currently floating around in different discus
It's been just over a month since we closed the run of @moraglongtimedeid at the Owl's Den (aka The Russian Hall). It's amazing how long it takes to make something, and then, how quickly it's shape is collapsed to make space for the next show, the ne
We have our final show today at 3PM so consider this your LAST CALL for drinks 😉 Taking a moment to appreciate the Owls Den AKA our Bar! 🎉Huge thank you’s are in order for our INCREDIBLE sponsors @odditykombucha @culturecraftkombucha @top_h
📣 Today is the LAST DAY of our run and your FINAL CHANCE to catch our show before we close!!! We have a handful of tickets left that you can grab through the #linkinbio for our Matinee @ 3PM at the Russian Hall ❤️🎟✨ 💥Produced by Claire Love Wils
Only 2 MORE CHANCES TO CATCH MORAG BEFORE WE CLOSE!!! Come join us for a night of storytelling through music you won’t soon forget 💕🎶✨ You can grab your tickets for TONIGHT Saturday June 18th at 8pm or tomorrow Sunday June 19th at 3pm for
It is hard to believe but our beautiful musical of queer ancestral possibility closes in 3 days!! ❤️‍🩹🎭🏳️‍🌈🎶 Sharing this work has been such a beautiful experience, and if you haven’t already seen the show our remaining dates are
Looking for something to do tonight?! 📣Might we suggest putting on your dancing shoes and joining us for our 8pm show?! We’ll be at the Russian Hall tonight and we still have a handful of tickets available. Click the #linkinbio to join us! ?

GRANDMA’S DANCE:

A JOURNEY INTO THE SONIC REALM OF MORAG, YOU’RE A LONG TIME DEID

CREATIVE & PRODUCTION TEAM (WORLD PREMIERE)

Produced by Claire Love Wilson & Peter Lorenz In Association with Touchstone Theatre and co-presented by the frank theatre company
Original Story & Concept by Claire Love Wilson
Written by Claire Love Wilson & Peter Lorenz
Performed by Claire Love Wilson, Steve Charles, Rob Thomson, Sally Zori & Dennis Joseph
Directed by Peter Lorenz
Dramaturgy by Claire Love Wilson, Peter Lorenz and Daniela Atiencia
Musical Direction by Sally Zori
Sound Design by Rob Thomson & Nicole Lamb
Composition & Arrangements by Claire Love Wilson & Rory Comerford
Cultural Protocol and Consultation by Dennis Joseph
Set & Lighting Design by Wladimiro A. Woyno R.
Costume Design by Jessica Oostergo
Production Management/Technical Direction by Nicole Lamb
Stage Management by Elsa Orme
Communications Management by Anahita Monfared
Front of House Management, Sponsorships & Communications by AJ Simmons
Box Office Management & Photography by Pedro Augusto Meza
Videography by Christian Yves Jones
Accessibility Coordination by Anika Vervecken
Sound Operation & Live Mix by Kezi Jacob
Light Operation by Jack Chipman
Production Assistance by Joy Wu
Set Assistance by Jela Ahn

DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT

Touchstone Theatre, the frank theatre, Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, The City of Vancouver, Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service & Sport, Austrian Cultural Forum Ottawa, Push International Performing Arts Festival, Theatre Replacement, Creative Scotland, Traditional Arts & Culture Scotland, Scottish Storytelling Centre, University of the West of Scotland Theatre Lab