This Wide Night @ Tron Theatre

Written by Chloë Moss, and directed by David Greig, the award-winning play This Wide Night comes to the Tron. 

The play examines how the relationship between two cellmates – Marie and Lorraine – changes when they are forced to navigate the outside world together. Twelve years after Marie gets out, Lorraine turns up on her doorstep. Featuring Jayd Johnson as Marie, and Elaine C. Smith as Lorraine, This Wide Night explores the effects of institutionalisation and how it can alter the concepts of friendship, family, security, love and fear.

Both members of the cast are more well-known for their roles on television than on the stage, yet their track record is extremely promising. Jayd Johnson earned a Best Actress BAFTA (Scotland) award in 2011 for her role as Paddy Meehan in the series The Field of Blood, while the play itself won a Susan Smith Blackburn award in 2009. This prize is awarded annually to women who have written works of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theatre. [Eric Karoulla]