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The Table

Created by Curious Seed & Lung Ha Theatre Company in association with Lyra

The Table is a world we’ve built together and now we have to figure out how we all live in it at once.


Who’s been invited and who got to make the invitations?


Blending movement, live music, text, and playful imagery, The Table offers a multi-layered performance experience that invites us to think about where we belong and how we show up for one another.


Woven through with unexpected interventions, The Table exists on the fragile edges of order and chaos, embracing both the joys and the challenges of being together - reminding us that connection can also be messy and unpredictable.

CREATIVE TEAM


Devised by the company based on an idea by Christine Devaney

Co-Directed by Christine Devaney, Jo Timmins & Maria Oller


Set & Costume Designer: Karen Tennent   

Composer: David Paul Jones 

Lighting Designer: Emma Jones 


CAST


Performers: Althea Young, Andrew Gardiner, Sky Su BSL Performer Emery Hunter  

Lung Ha Theatre Company: Emma Clark, Emma McCaffrey, Fern Brodie, Galina Stevenson, Gavin Yule, Hannah Preston, Ian Clelland, Katherine Gray, Keith Watson, Leigh Flynn, Liza Gogoliuk, Kay Ann Jacobs, Kiki McLeod, Magnus Turpie, Mairi Picken, Mairi Therese Gilfedder, Morgan Dalgleish, Naomi Dickie, Nicola Tuxworth, Ryan Dowie

Music performed by: David Paul Jones, Shea Martin  

Lyra Young Artists: Carmell, Charlie, Emilia, Jenna, Jessica, Lea, Malisa  

Lung Ha on stage support: Rasa Kazenaite, Ryan Duncan


PRODUCTION TEAM   

Production Manager: Suzie Normand

Stage Manager (on the book): Francesca Fenech  

Stage Manager: Anna Reid

Technical Manager: Lynn Wiseman

Sound Engineer: Gabriel Kemp

Costume Supervisor: Jennie Lööf

Wardrobe Assistant: Beth Allnutt

Lyra Young Artists Facilitator & Collaborator: Hannah Draper

Audio Describer: Emma-Jane McHenry

Live Captioner: Louisa McDaid

Lyra Producer (cover): Kate Taylor


Lung Ha Support Team: Divisha Misra, Edoardo Berto, Emily Pirie, Julia Mitrosz, Justine Adams, Kath Wilson, Kelly Doherty, Leah Kincer-Christie, Lindsey Rowlands, Lucy Butterworth, Micah Crook, Pamela Walker, Peter Airlie, Rasa Kazenaite, Robbie McLean, Ryan Duncan, Sarah Marie Mooney, Sheila Thomson, Sue Gyford


Marketing & Comms: Chloe McAleese, Magda Paduch

Photography: Peter Dibdin

Print Design: Emma Quinn

Image: Peter Dibdin

Wall Art: Wall Drawing No 2. by Roger Eliot


Supported by Creative Scotland, City of Edinburgh Council

Reviews


★★★★


"For a gorgeous and questioning 75 minutes, driven by a beautiful musical score performed live… the 33-strong company use dance, movement, voice-over text, and the occasional humorous dramatic interlude, to explore both the many ways in which human beings can bar and exclude one another, and – most strikingly – the sheer joy and exhilaration of those moments when we discover the huge, transformative thrill of moving, acting and dancing together, across every kind of barrier.”
The Scotsman

★★★★


“This is a delightful show and a genuine achievement, and deserves another life following this three-day run. Let’s table a motion to make that happen.”
The Stage

★★★★


“The Table evokes a sense of play, while simultaneously making the case for its centrality as what makes us human. It achieves a rare and deeply affecting level of direct emotional connection with the audience and offers a transformative, uplifting glimpse of utter joy.”
Theatre Weekly

★★★★


“The Table turns complexity into theatrical wonder, serving as a thoughtful celebration of collective presence and a haunting reminder that inclusion is not a finished arrangement, but an ongoing, delicate act that may require significant sacrifices.” 
The Quintessential Review
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Supported by The Henry Smith Charity,

Walter Scott Giving Group, Youth Music Initiative, The Robertson Trust, Artemis Charitable Foundation,
BlackRock Gives, The Theatres Trust, The Gannochy Trust, McGlashan Charitable Trust, Scottish Children’s Lottery Trust, William Syson Foundation, Youth & Philanthropy Initiative, Education Institute of Scotland

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Lyra is a Limited Company, SC280248 and Scottish Charity SC036506

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