A co-production with Lung Ha Theatre Company; Scotland’s leading theatre Company for people with learning disabilities, and in association with Lyra; an award-winning theatre arts organisation for children and young people in the community of Greater Craigmillar. We Are All Just Little Creatures premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in March 2019, touring to The Byre Theatre, St Andrews.
Celebrating all the wonderful, weird and wee things about being alive!
We Are All Just Little Creatures is a performance celebrating all the wonderful, weird and wee things about being alive! What do we all have in common? Of course, we’re all born, and we all die, but so much else that connects and divides us happens in between. For some it’s easy to talk about what it is to be human, others need to dance or sing; some people like to be neat, others make a mess; some of us shout while others whisper, and a few will take delight in noticing the tiny details around us every day.
The audience are invited to take a moment to contemplate, share, perhaps argue about, but ultimately celebrate the delightful diversity of our humanity through the creation of little (but big) life stories – culminating in the kind of party that everyone wants an invite to!
The performance featured three professional dancers, two musicians, and Lung Ha Theatre Company’s full performing ensemble working together with members of Lyra’s Young Artists.
"A living menagerie of delight… glorious." - The Herald ★★★★
"Beautiful piece of total theatre, powerful, poignant and true." - The Scotsman ★★★★
Photography: Peter Dibdin Photography
Original concept Christine Devaney
Directed by Christine Devaney, Maria Oller, Jo Timmins
Composed & performed by David Paul Jones & Kevin Lennon
Designer Karen Tennent
Lighting Designer Simon Wilkinson
Live Artist Yvonne Buskie
Performed by Charlotte McLean, Hendrik Lebon, Holly Irving & Lung Ha Theatre Company: Colin McIlvenney, Emma Clark, Fern Brodie, Gavin Yule, John Edgar, Jonathan Allan, Katy Gow, Kay Ann Jacobs, Keith Watson, Leigh Flynn, Lewis Reid, Magnus Turpie, Morgan Dalgleish, Nicola Tuxworth, Paul Harper, Scott Davidson, Teri Robb on stage support Belle Claudi, Kathleen Wilson
The Delight Collectors (Lyra Young Artists) Aiden, Imogen, Isla, Nadia, Marie-Louise, Stephanie, Tommy
BSL Interpreter / Performer Rachel Amey
Production Manager Fiona Fraser
Stage Manager Mickey Graham
Deputy Stage Manager Naomi Stalker
Technical Manager Kostas Christakos
Costume Supervisor Alison Brown
Relight Designer Andrew Gannon
Wardrobe Assistant Sophie Ferguson
Audio Description Paulene Laverty
Captioning Christabel Anderson
Young Artists Facilitator Jo Sharp
Lyra Young Leader Sandy
Special credit to those who contributed to the making of the work: Amy Longmuir; Amy McCombes; Anne Young; Carolina Ravaioli; Christina Liddell; Emma Jayne Park; Emma McCaffrey; Hanna Lappalainen; Jasmine Falconer; Julie Chilvers; Julia James Griffiths; Karen Stewart; Kirsten Wallace; Lewis Normand; Luke Sutherland; Mark Howie; Pirita Tuisku; Suzi Cunningham; Thomas Gotz; Tricia Anderson.
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We Are All Just Little Creatures is dedicated to Janis Claxton (1964-2018)