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Are we as shaped by the folksongs we hear as we are by the cells in our bodies? Red Dust Road is adapted from the soul-searching memoir by Jackie Kay, poet, playwright, novelist and Scottish Makar. It's a journey full of heart, humour and profound emotion, exploring race, identity and family secrets, with a deeply human curiosity and compassion. Born in Edinburgh, Jackie Kay grew up in Glasgow in the 1970s as the adopted, mixed-race child of lifelong committed communists. As a child, while watching cowboys and Indians on TV, Jackie noticed her skin was a different colour to her mother's. In searching for answers to what makes her - nature or nurture - she decided to find her birth parents. Travelling from Scotland to Nigeria, Red Dust Road chronicles Jackie's 20-year search for her biological mother and father and her quest for them to recognise her own existence. World Premiere

Cast/Performers

Stefan Adegbola (Jonathan / Sidney), Irene Allan (Elizabeth), Simone Cornelius (Ensemble), Elicia Daly (Ensemble), Seroca Davis (Ensemble), Sasha Frost (Jackie), Lewis Howden (John), Elaine C Smith (Helen), Declan Spaine (Maxwell / Kachi)

Creatives/Company

Book by: Jackie Kay
Adapted by: Tanika Gupta
Producer(s): National Theatre of Scotland, Home
Director(s): Dawn Walton, Vicki Igbokwe (movement director), Jack Nurse (associate director), Laura Donnelly (CDG - casting director)
Design: Simon Kenny
Costume: Simon Kenny
Lighting: Lizzie Powell
Music: Tayo Akinbode
Sound: Richard Hammarton
Dramaturg: Rosie Kellagher