Directed by: Lisa Gregan
Presented by: Tron Young Company
Thursday 26th – Saturday 28th May

Tron Young Company celebrated its first anniversary in style! In January of this year a recruitment workshop was held, which attracted young performers from throughout central Scotland. This influx of fresh talent reinvigorated the Young Company, adding new energy and dynamism to this already formidable ensemble. Meeting only once a week for a 2 hour rehearsal the Young Company began their devising journey.

Being part of Mayfesto has produced a real determination and desire, within the group, to create and perform an engaging, relevant piece of theatre. With such rich foundations as the work of Edwin Morgan and the city of Glasgow as inspiration, the creation of ‘From a City Balcony’ has been a rewarding and revealing process for all involved.

Director Lisa Gregan said “drawing a giant map of Glasgow on the rehearsal room floor was the first thing we did together. It was geographically inaccurate, the Kelvingrove Gallery cooried into Central Station and Glasgow Green threatened to engulf all other places of significance but we realised that this City connected us to Edwin Morgan, it is what we had in common. Morgan writes about the good and the bad of Glasgow and those who inhabit it, but the words always feel underpinned with a fondness we all understand. So ‘From a City Balcony‘ is our love letter to Glasgow.”

Tron Young Company used Edwin Morgan poems in their entirety as well as extracts, sometimes merely a line or two and then sometimes their own words felt like just enough. This was an engaging and thought provoking piece of theatre.