World premiere of the Bruntwood Prize Longlisted ChildMinder by Iain McClure

Traverse 2, Edinburgh 8-10 June

Beacon Arts 14th and 15th

The Byre Theatre St. Andrews 28th and 29th June

Joseph, now a famous New York child psychiatrist, has returned to his childhood home of Edinburgh. But he’s haunted. Not just by a past he thought he’d escaped. Not just by all he buried. But physically, in his swanky flat. He didn’t realise it was the same place he assessed Sam that fateful day. Who turns hospitals into luxury apartments? But Sam’s not left and now Joseph can’t either. Meanwhile Cindy screams in labour, all the way over in Manhattan and Manahatta screams with her.

This is the world premiere of ChildMinder, an eerie psychological thriller from local playwright and real life child psychiatrist Iain McClure, directed by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir (hang, Me and My Sister Tell Each Other Everything – Tron Theatre, Maryland – Traverse Theatre). A modern ghost story forged in Edinburgh spanning decades and continents- CHILDMINDER reached the top Twenty of the 2015 Bruntwood Playwrighting Competition.

Tickets now at

https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/childminder-summer-23

https://www.beaconartscentre.co.uk/events/childminder

https://byretheatre.com/shows/childminder-18/

Published on:

26 May 2023

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