The Treehouse
The Treehouse explores the designation of certain human experiences as serious mental illness, and the ways in which these experiences change as an individual moves between categories of “worthy” and “unworthy” patient. The play centres on two adult siblings constructing a new relationship outside the boundaries of medicalised power structures.
The Treehouse script is being developed alongside a dynamic set concept in collaboration with designer Kenneth MacLeod.
The play’s development is currently being funded by Creative Scotland’s Open Fund for Individuals. A public sharing will be held in July 2025.
Babel
Babel is a play in conversation with the uncharted and rapidly shifting territories of human identity in the era of generative language tools and algorithmic care. The style is surreal and dreamlike, with the boundaries between reality, memory and automation becoming increasingly blurry.
I am exploring the possibilities of collaborating with non-human technologies during the script-writing process. I am also interested in questioning how the sudden ubiquity of generated language is affecting our understanding of what makes communication and interaction authentic, meaningful or human. I want to probe further into the impact of immutably one-way, parasocial relationships on identity; what does it mean to experience a subjective relationship with a statistical tool that exists to serve you? What do we want from these relationships, and what do we actually get?
Et alia
Et alia uses the Scottish mythical figure of the kelpie, a shapeshifting water spirit, to engage with monstrosity, sickness and violence. This one-act play is a queer two-hander set in a biological research laboratory beneath the shadow of ongoing ecological collapse. The production will use visual theatre techniques and multiple spoken/signed languages to explore modes of relation across identity and time.
Et alia is currently seeking funding and support for further development.