The Red Chair
Written and performed by Sarah Cameron, The Red Chair is a surreal ballad which tells the story of a man who could not stop eating, the wife doomed to cook his meals and their “inveesible” daughter.
Told in a saucy Scots dialect and featuring a musical score that rolls in like mist over the hills, The Red Chair lies somewhere between Grimms’ fairy tale and absurdist ghost story.
Those keen to hear The Red Chair can listen to a podcast of the production here.
Buy the playtext for The Red Chair.
Written & performed by Sarah Cameron
Suzy Willson - Direction; Paul Clark - Music; Sarah Blenkinsop - Design; Hansjörg Schmidt - Lighting; Manuel Vason - Photography
Produced in association with Fuel
2015 tour: Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation; the Leche Trust
2017 tour: Creative Scotland; the Touring Network
Winner of 2015 Argus Angel Award
19 February - Live At Lica, Lancaster
24 February - 1 March - Soho Theatre, London
11, 12 March - Canada Water Culture Space, London
19 March - Lakeside Theatre, Colchester
24, 25 March - Northern Stage, Newcastle
3 April - Turner Contemporary, Margate
24 - 28 April - Stratford Circus Arts Centre, London
8 May - The Birmingham Rep
22, 23 May - Dome Studio, Brighton
19 June - Malvern Cube
25 Aug - 31st Aug - Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival
16 Oct - Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival
12 Nov - The Lowry, Salford Quays
20 Nov - All Stretton Village Hall
27 Nov - Tarrant Gunville Village Hall
28 Nov - Hatch Beauchamp Village Hall
24 Sep - Corby Cube, Northamptonshire
3, 4 March - Tron Theatre, Glasgow
6 March - Eden Court, Inverness
8 March - Seaboard Centre, Balintore
10 March - Aros, Isle of Skye
13 March - Macphail Centre, Ullapool
14 March - Gairloch Community Hall
15 March - Craignish Village Hall, Ardfern
17, 18 March - Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
20 March - Theatre Royal Dumfries
31 March - Dundee Rep Theatre
“If Wes Anderson were to turn his hand to epic poetry he would have produced something like this […] a deliciously surreal tale of laziness, gluttony, dereliction of parental duty and, in the end, love.”
★★★★★ Argus Angel Award Winner, Brighton Festival 2015
“Like all the best storytellers, she weaves a kind of spell around those who have gathered to listen to her.”
★★★★ The Times
“absolutely extraordinary […] perched on the wildest edge between theatre and storytelling”
★★★★ The Scotsman
“highly distinctive dramatic monologue […] this Scottish tour is a very welcome celebration of the Scots tongue, storytelling and theatrical performance itself.”
★★★★ The Sunday Herald
