Square Go
Max is a normal-ish kid in a normal-ish town. He spends his days daydreaming and hanging out with his weird wee pal Stevie Nimmo. But when Max is called for his first Square Go, a fight by the school gates, it’s his own demons he must wrestle with first.
Featuring an original soundtrack by members of Frightened Rabbit, this unmissable collaboration between Fringe First winning writers Kieran Hurley (Heads Up) and Gary McNair (A Gambler’s Guide to Dying) is a raucous and hilarious new play about playground violence, myths of masculinity and the decision to step up or run.
Kieran Hurley is a multi-award-winning writer, performer, and theatre-maker based in Glasgow whose work has been presented throughout the UK and internationally. Recent work includes A Six-Inch Layer of Topsoil and the Fact It Rains (Perth Theatre); Heads Up (Show And Tell); Rantin (NTS/ Arches); Chalk Farm (with AJ Taudevin, ThickSkin). Upcoming work includes Mouthpiece (Traverse / HighTide). Kieran’s debut screenplay, an adaptation of his play Beats co-written with Brian Welsh who also directs, is currently in post-production with Ken Loach’s Sixteen Films and Steven Soderbergh attached as executive producer. The film is supported by BFI and Creative Scotland.
Gary McNair is a playwright, director and performer based in Glasgow. He makes work that challenges and entertains. Since graduating with first class honours in Contemporary Theatre Practice from the RSAMD (now RCS) in 2007, he has produced work with and for many of Scotland’s major theatre companies. His plays have been translated into several languages and performed around the world including London, New York, LA, Italy, Japan, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand. His plays include, Locker Room Talk, Letters To Morrissey, After The Cuts and A Gambler’s Guide to Dying. He has twice been the recipient of a Scotsman Fringe First Award. He is an Associate Artist at The Traverse Theatre and is currently writer in residence at the National Theatre of Scotland.
Web: www.garymcnair.co.uk Tweet: @thegarymcnair