Fragments of Home, a forty-five minute extract from Home is Not the Place will be Zoomcast on Sun 16 Aug 7.30, part of the Shedinburgh online Edinburgh Fringe programme, curated by Gary McNair at the Traverse Theatre

Made a wee film with my daughter Eve last week for the Scotsman Sessions, called Fragments of Home – extracts from my show Home is Not the Place, last seen at the Trav in Feb shortly before lockdown and the world changed – featuring music from the show composed by the amazing Niroshini Thambar

‘Never fear because your critical friend is here, the friend you say you need’. Link to An Open Letter to the CEO of Creative Scotland responding to his blog post about Black Lives Matter and CS’s commitment to Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion, published in Bella Caledonia, 18 June 2020

‘…one of Scotland’s most powerful and interesting writer-performers gets to work, conjuring up the whole history of her family…rich in historical significance, and full of contemporary echoes…exceptionally powerful…’ THE SCOTSMAN

‘…an autobiographical, poignant and beautiful account of lineage, identity and what makes home, home…captivating the room as purposeful and poetic storyteller.’ EDINBURGH GUIDE

Annie George on Home is Not the Place: ‘We are history, poured out on to fragile pages’. THE LIST

Links to some lovely reviews for the show:

“…the pair join forces to reclaim their stories in a way that gives them power and strength enough to transform personal rites of passage into something greater…a brooding collage of absorbed wisdom across the ages.” The Herald

“George is a persuasive storyteller, combining diffidence with a calm authority. She engages without seeming to do very much, just telling her tales, drawing us in…TWA is undoubtedly unusual: an ambitious, intelligent production that exerts a strange hold over its audience.” Bouquets and Brickbats

“George’s script and performance are impressively strong, emotional, and not without moments of levity among heavy themes…This is a promising, unique, and truly artistic performance from two clearly creative female minds that tells an important story about abuse. George and Gardner are truly two artists to follow.” Young Perspective

“a testimony to the creativity, strength and resilience of every woman. It’s abstract and thought-provoking at points with several unexpected moments. It’s liberating as a piece of storytelling work and achieves its aim of fighting back against silence and expressing that which cannot be said.” The Skinny

Read about it here

An article in The Skinny which I contributed to which asks: how can theatre support us and keep us going in these strange days?  (read it here)

Back in December I was interviewed by Amy Taylor, Theatre Editor of The Skinny, in this edition of ‘Don’t Speak’, a podcast featuring women in the arts,  (listen here)

I was awarded the 2019 Ignite Fellowship a couple of weeks ago, by the lovely people at the Scottish Book Trust (read more here)