Sam needed a miracle. For his sins he got one!
In Loreto there's a Holy House - a divine and wondrously flitting house. A vessel for the holy. Now it's in Sam's house. And Sam can't figure it. It's not every day a miracle happens and your house becomes the vessel that contains the vessel that contained Mary (as in Mary, the vessel that contained our Lord). Read more …
This symbol of faith and transformation comes crashing into contemporary Scotland as Sam races through 24 hours of trapped parents, girlfriends and dentists to find meaning in this darkly comic odyssey.
In his first play for the Fringe since the Herald Angel award winning A Madman Sings to the Moon, Lyceum Artistic Director Mark Thomson directs this black comedy about a clash of worlds, inspired by a chapter in Ed Hollis's The Secret Lives of Buildings.
Despite some strong acting...the frustrated audience begins to give up on receiving a revelation a good half an hour before Sam does.
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from Thursday August 4, 2011, until Sunday August 28, 2011. More info: www.traverse.co.uk