"Touch is one of those shows where everything is exactly as it should be."
~ Hattie Long, Broadway Baby
"Highly Recommended!"
~ Josh Gardner, Fringe Review
"Touch is a very gentle, simple, and honest. You cannot help but feel for Jacky as she stands wide-eyed on the small stage, eager to connect with us but clearly terrified of the possibility."
~ Russel Anderson, Playing at Plays
~ Hattie Long, Broadway Baby
"Highly Recommended!"
~ Josh Gardner, Fringe Review
"Touch is a very gentle, simple, and honest. You cannot help but feel for Jacky as she stands wide-eyed on the small stage, eager to connect with us but clearly terrified of the possibility."
~ Russel Anderson, Playing at Plays
World premiere:
7pm, 19th - 30th August 2015 New Town Theatre 96 George St. From an award-winning writer, a celebrated musician, up-and-coming designer, and artistic director of Edinburgh's Asylon Theatre, Touch is an international collaboration between a Canadian, an Irishman, two Polish women, and a Peruvian, all with special ties to Scotland.
"People can be such gentle, well-meaning, stupid, kind idiots. I love people." |
Jacky used to teach people how to see and understand each other better. But when she starts to find that difficult in her own life, it unleashes a dark habit from within her. Despite her lifetime of training, Jacky no longer wants you to see and understand her as well as you wish. But that's the reason you came! Supported by original acoustic music, Touch is a warm and charming hour that guides you through the calamitous corners of our sense of self-worth. Jacky tells her story while struggling with her addictive need to harm herself, both inspired by and comforted by the audience. Through the zenith of her struggles, she comforts the audience in return.
If theatre can be crude and unapologetic while also supportive and reassuring, this play champions it!
If theatre can be crude and unapologetic while also supportive and reassuring, this play champions it!