Award-Winning Irish Play SCORCH Set to Heat Up Holden Street Theatres

Prime Cut Productions and Holden Street Theatres present Stacey Gregg's multi-award winning play SCORCH.

The first Australian performances of Belfast playwright Stacey Gregg's challenging play Scorch will headline in The Studio at Holden Street Theatres (34 Holden Street, Hindmarsh) from 14 February until 19 March for the 2017 Adelaide Fringe. A tour-de-force, Scorch is an intimate solo performance by Amy McAllister, set in the confines of a circular space where audiences watch from all angles.

Scorch is the joint Holden Street Theatres Edinburgh Fringe Award Winner for 2016 (together with Angel by Henry Naylor).

Directed by Prime Cut's Artistic Director Emma Jordan, the play delves into the life of a young teenager who finds that online is a place where she can truly be herself and find love. Amy McAllister portrays a troubled teenage girl called Kez whose new relationship leads to devastating effects both legally and personally. Scorch gained international recognition after it won the Irish Times theatre award for Best New Play of 2015 and Best Theatre Script at the Writers' Guild of Ireland ZeBBie Awards 2016 going on to win a Fringe First, the Holden Street Theatre Award and the Summerhall Venue Best Actor Award after a month long run as part of the Paines Plough Showcase at the Edinburgh Fringe.

'Happiness. Aching, constant, consuming - on "there" it's more real than real life. I'm honest on there. I'm being honest.'

SCORCH AT EDINBURGH 2016 - REVIEWS SUMMARY

Emma Jordan says, 'I am hugely excited to be directing Scorch again. Stacey Gregg is one of the most important playwrights in Northern Ireland and this play really illuminates the experience of a young person who enters a new relationship. This is an important play by an important Northern Irish playwright and audiences will experience something pretty special'.

Stacy Gregg is a local Belfast born writer/performer for stage and screen. Her work includes Shibboleth (Peacock Theatre) Perve (BBC Radio Drama Award winner 2012) and Cows Go Boom (for the Abbey's 20:LOVE season). Her first play Ismene was shortlisted for the Royal Court Young Writers Festival. She has been on commission with the BBC, and is currently on commission with the Royal Court, developing work on inequality, with support from the National Theatre Studio. Television work includes Raw (RTÉ), Spoof or Die (Channel Four) and The Frankenstein Chronicles (Rainmark).

The play is directed by Emma Jordan, produced by Una NicEoin, written by Stacey Gregg, Designer/LX by Ciaran Bagnall, with sound design by Carl Kennedy, costume design by Enda Kenny and choreography by Nicola Curry. This touring production and associated outreach activity is made possible through funding provided by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Culture Ireland, Belfast City Council, Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Holden Street Theatres.

Based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and formed in 1992, Prime Cut Productions is at the forefront of contemporary international theatre across the island of Ireland. With over 30 Irish and Northern Irish premieres to their name, Prime Cut has a reputation for producing award-winning, critically acclaimed professional theatre that challenges, provokes, inspires, entertains and enthrals.

Tickets for Scorch are $28.00 and may be purchased through Holden Street Theatres and FringeTix. Duration60 minutes. Check the Holden Street Theatres' Weslo Guide, the Adelaide Fringe Guide or Holden Street Theatres website for performance times (various).

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