A lot of History

 A site-specific promenade piece pitched somewhere between installation and performance art, it's hardly conventional theatre, and yet very accessible. Having the landlady welcome you as a flat-viewer arms you with a sense of the rules while a working reconstruction of local pub Brechin's Bar means you can take your time and enjoy your Govan night out.

All of this, even the karaoke session that commences as the audience get drunk, is miraculously woven into a seamless murder mystery. Rather than being performed, the narrative is invoked: the audience interact with the set pieces and take on the roles of detectives, nosy neighbours and of the missing tenant, reading through case files, listening at keyholes, or building little paper ships. It slowly pieces together the remnants of a  a former shipbuilder whose redundancy tears apart his family and leaves him self destructive and alone. A story rooted in Glasgow's history, made  poignant by Allotment situation in a vacant shop space, an emblem of another struggling industry.

The climax is sad and yet hopeful: the set goes up in flames to reveal among the embers a shining silver paper ship sailing as the audience come together once more to sing Rod Stewart's We Are Sailing. This wonderful moment understands the past while looking to the future.