LIFE will be performed at the Scottish Storytelling Centre for a short run during this year’s Fringe.
Written and performed by Edinburgh-based actor and writer Maria MacDonell the play is set in a real time drawing class. Maria herself posed as an artist’s model in her 60s. She explores the way that older women’s bodies are viewed.
Maria said: “My mind wanders when I am sitting for a class, being looked at so intently. I wonder what would happen if I was naughty. I wonder about the tutor and students. Why have we all come together now and by being here, concentrating together, will we make something momentous happen? It feels a lot like theatre.”
The audience have to participate, drawing with paper and pencils as the show progresses. There are also four on-stage tickets for people who would like to sit at easels there.
In the play we meet Estelle who is the artist’s model. She has never sat for a session quite like this however despite her long experience. She cannot stand sitting still any longer. How will this one class change her LIFE forever?
The play has been on tour in Scotland and is the third offering from MacDonell after her 2021/22 show Miss Lindsay Secret which still tours the UK and The Not So Ugly Duckling co-written with award-winning playwright Jo Clifford.
LIFE co-stars Leo MacNeill (Them is Brothers) and is directed by Ben Harrison (Grid Iron).
- LIFE Edinburgh Fringe 2025
- 15 – 19 August 18:45 (65 mins)
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
scottishstorytellingcentre.com
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