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Alice Birch's 'Anatomy of a Suicide'
Wed 11 – Fri 13 June 2025
Drama
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Directed by Stef O’Driscoll
“My mother always said to Live Big. Live as much as I could.”
Three generations of women. Three stories played out in unison. One powerful, unflinching look at a family afflicted with severe depression and mental illness.
For each, the chaos of what has come before brings with it a painful legacy, which will reverberate through time and leave a lasting impact for generations to come.
Performed by final-year BA Acting students, Anatomy of a Suicide questions what we inherit, what we pass on, and how to make sense of our lives in the days in-between.
“Arresting and highly original” The Guardian
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Runtime: 1 hour, 50 mins (no interval)
Price: £5 – £16
This production contains references to:
- Suicide and suicidal ideation (including graphic references and depictions)
- Self-harm
- Mental illness and psychiatric treatment
- Hospitalisation and psychiatric institutions
- Depression and anxiety
- Drug and substance abuse
- Childbirth and parental trauma
- Child loss and references to infanticide (in dreams/nightmares)
- Death and grief
- Overlapping dialogue and intense sensory experience (may be disorienting or overwhelming for some)
Cast
Sophie Kayembe
Daisy / Nurse / Various Children
Farrah Abbassy
Child / Karen / Younger Anna
Creative Team
Director Stef O’Driscoll
Set Designer Mia Doyle
Costume Designer Kirstin Rodger
Lighting Designer Dominic De Mountfalcon
Associate Lighting Designer Jessica Ricci
Sound Designer Haydon Brewis
Movement Choreographer Jack Webb
Voice Support Jean Sangster
Dialect Coach Hilary Jones
Intimacy Co-ordinator Sharon Mackay
Production Team
Production Manager Jacqui Howard
Assistant Production Manager Anne Peart
Stage Manager Eilidh Watt
Deputy Stage Manager Grant Haddow
Assistant Stage Managers Ravyn MacDonald, Abigail Wills, Cormac Cameron-Finn, Emily Lumley, Aimee Fleming
AV Content Creator Tim Reid
Production Electricians Jon Ross, Gun Lai
Lighting Programmer Jazzi Hart, Maxi Heddle
Lighting Technicians Connor Boyd, Cormac Cameron-Finn
Production Sound Engineer Sophie Harwood
Sound Technician Devin Jamieson
Stage Supervisor Pipe
Deputy Stage Supervisor Ellie Shaw
Stage Technicians Milla Rais Tamosinuas, Sal Quinlan, Isla Stokes, Roy Mohan Shearer
Costumes Supervisor Anna Antczak
Prop Makers Bella Strange, Karina Aitken, Lachlan Donald
Head Scenic Artist Eilidh Hammond
Scenic Artists Tiffany Campbell, Kate Rafferty
Scenic Painters Eryn Hill, Melissa Masters, Ivy McDonald, Maria Scott, Mark Walters
Carpenters Charlie Haggarty, George Grahamslaw, Leo Levine, Matthew MacMillan