Moonset

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CAST

Cindy Awor

Bushra

CREATIVE TEAM

Maryam Hamidi Writer

Joanna Bowman Director

Jen McGinley Designer

Zahra Browne

Shideh

Leah Byrne

Gina

Simon Hayes Lighting Designer

Nik Paget-Tomlinson Composer/Sound Designer

Vicki Manderson

Movement Director

Eleanor Felton

Assistant Director

Writer’s note – Maryam Hamidi

Roxy, Bushra, Joanne and Gina are all living complex, challenging lives and I think that says something of us as school-age young adults - our inner worlds and outer selves are in con ict and you never quite know what the kid at the desk next to you is going through.

I hope Moonset reminds us as women, young and not so young anymore, to feel all that we’re feeling and trust the rage we’re so often taught to minimise.

Director’s note – Joanna Bowman

Layla Kirk

Roxy

Hannah Visocchi

Joanne

Moonset is my attempt to explore that bone-cracking transition into womanhood and the shifting ground of relationships between mothers and daughters and teachers and friends at that precipice.

I wanted to capture the messiness, rage, hope and hunger we feel at that age as well as the ache we have as older women looking back.

It is rare to have the opportunity to make a play as gloriously theatrical, thrillingly challenging, and brilliantly funny as Moonset. The play demands to be staged: Maryam’s words and characters leap o the page and onto the stage, all the time pushing at the boundaries of what theatre can do, and who is allowed to occupy our mainstages. To have the chance to put these young women and their lives onstage, taking their ambitions and stories seriously, has been a joy. It is a privilege to share their stories with you.

A Citizens Theatre production
Tron Theatre 3-11 February 2023 Traverse Theatre 16-18 February 2023

THE CITIZENS COMPANY

Esther Batterham

Catherine Bird

Ashleigh Blair

Alex Brady

Suzanne Brady

Katrina Caldwell

Peter Clerke

Natalia Cortes

Elaine G Coyle

Denise Differ

Louise Dingwall

Karen Dunbar

Lisa Dundas

Catrin Evans

Eleanor Felton

Barry Forde

Elly Goodman

Nichol Gray

Roxana Haines

David Harrop

Stephen Harrop

Dominic Hill

Neil Hobbs

Euan Jenkins

Stuart Jenkins

Amber Keating

Jenny Knotts

Sanjay Lago

Carol Laula

Alison Lewis

Zephyr Liddell

Gary Loughran

Marketing & Communications Officer

Payroll Officer

Scenic Artist

Box Office Supervisor / IT

Box Office / Drama Leader

Drama Leader

Drama Leader

Company Stage Manager

Head of Wardrobe

Box Office Manager

Press and Marketing Officer

Creative Learning Tutor Box Office

Head of Creative Learning

Assistant Director (Birkbeck Trainee)

Assistant Stage Manager

Community Drama Artist

Development Manager

Visiting Community Practitioner (Moonset)

Carpenter / Driver

Carpenter

Artistic Director

Deputy Head of Lighting & Sound

Stage Door Administrator

Head of Lighting & Sound

Digital Officer

Box Office

Drama Assistant

Creative Learning Tutor

Marketing & Communications Manager

Creative Learning Tutor

Prop Maker / Scenic Artist

Fereuse Macdonald

Alison MacKinnon

Keir Martin

Carly McCaig

Niamh McCarron

Morna McGeoch

Alex McGowan

Lawrie McInally

Linda McLaughlin

Claire McNeil

Jon Meggat

Rachel Mimiec

Jacqueline Muir

Jack Mullen

Ailsa Munro

Denis Murphy

Allan Othieno

Neil Packham

Frances Poet

Gail Power

Mairi Rosko-Mathisen

Molly Ross

Saffron Shearer

Mags Smillie

Laura Smith

Cole Stewart

Graham Sutherland

Mark Thomas

Martin Travers

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Development Administration and Data Officer

Head of Marketing & Communications

Sound Supervisor

Community Drama Worker

Creative Learning Intern

Drama Leader

Executive Director

Stage Door Administrator

Creative Learning Tutor/ Playwright in Residence

Finance Manager

Stage Technician

Creative Learning Tutor

Production Administrator

Box Office

Creative Learning Tutor

Head of Workshop

Drama Assistant

Community Drama Director

Literary Associate

Creative Learning Tutor

Director of Development

Individual Giving & Events Officer

Wardrobe Assistant / Dresser

Head of Finance

Deputy Head of Production

Creative Learning Tutor

Head of Production

Illusion Pyrotechnics Limited

Producer (Citizens Learning)

Babette Wickham-Riddick

David Young

Deputy Stage Manager

Facilities Supervisor

Board: April Chamberlain (Chair), Alex Reedijk (Vice Chair), Councillor Susan Aitken, Gemma Bodinetz, Stephen Dunn, Laurence Fraser, Dominic Hill, Jackie Kay, John McElwee, Irene Tweedie and Louise Welsh.

SUPPORTING CITIZENS

Participation Project Funders

Our participation and community engagement programmes are made possible by:

CMS Charitable Trust

Glasgow Buildings Preservation Trust

Glasgow City Health & Social Care Partnership

Glasgow Community Health & Wellbeing Fund

Life Changes Trust

Scottish Government

Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust

The National Lottery Community Fund (Young Start)

The Stafford Trust

The William Syson Foundation

Redevelopment Project Funders

The redevelopment of the Citizens Theatre building is made possible by:

The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Glasgow City Council

Scottish Government

Creative Scotland

Historic Environment Scotland

Aurelius Charitable Trust

Backstage Trust

Barcapel Foundation

Bellahouston Bequest Fund

Citizens Theatre Society

Cruden Foundation

Equity Charitable Trust

Foyle Foundation

Garfield Weston Foundation

Glasgow Dean of Guild Court Trust

Helen A Reid's Charitable Trust

Henry Moore Foundation

Hugh Fraser Foundation

James C Hardie Charitable Trust

James T Howat Charitable Trust

James Wood Bequest Fund

Kuenssberg Charitable Foundation

Miss E C Hendry Charitable Trust

Mr and Mrs William Donald’s Memorial Trust

Robert Barr's Charitable Trust

Rock Lodge Charitable Trust

Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust

The AMW Charitable Trust

The Batchworth Trust

The Bill & Margaret Nicol Charitable Trust

The Dunclay Charitable Trust

The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

The J P Jacobs Charitable Trust

The Mary Andrew Charitable Trust

The McGlashan Charitable Trust

The Meikle Foundation

The Merchants House of Glasgow

The Murdoch Forrest Charitable Trust

The Robertson Trust

The Trades House of Glasgow Commonweal Fund

The Wolfson Foundation

Theatres Trust

W A Cargill Fund

Corporate Citizens

Kube Networks

Initial script development supported by Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland.

With dramaturgical support from Frances Poet. Visiting Community Practitioner supported by Scottish Opera.

With thanks to Raisah Ahmed, Neshla Caplan, Stephen Collins, Jessica Cooper, Gemma Craig, Lucy Greenaway, Seraj Hamidi, Natalie Ibu, Soheila Izadifar, Danielle Jam, Jemima Levick, Anna Lynn, Rehanna MacDonald, Nicola McCartney, Kirstin McLean, Titana Muthui, Adura Onashile, Seymah Smith, Fiona Sturgeon-Shea and Rebecca Wilkie. Additional thanks to National Theatre of Scotland, Pretty Scenic, Tramway and Tron Theatre. All scenery, costumes and props made in the Citizens Theatre workshops.

Support for the issues raised in this work can be found on the Scottish Association for Mental Health,

HELP US REBUILD YOUR CITIZENS THEATRE

DONATE NOW at citz.co.uk

Best Friends

Amish Amin

David Armstrong

Susan Bell

John Bremner

Rosemary Bremner

Kevin Roderick Brown

April Chamberlain

Sean Daisley

Julie Doughty

John Ferris

Claire Fleming

Mary Henderson

Gordon Jeyes

John & Agnese Keeper

Joe Kelly

Chris Kenny

Roddy & Christine Macpherson

John McElwee

Miriam McKenna

Ian McSeveny

Chris Paterson

Rita Rae

Walter & Janet Reid

Adrienne Scullion

Nancy Smillie

Sheila Stallard

Larry Sullivan

Louise Welsh

Additional thanks to the many individuals that have also given donations throughout the year, and those who would prefer their support to remain anonymous.

Contact the Development Department development@citz .co.uk

Citizens Theatre warmly acknowledges support from our core funders:

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