The Origins of Ivor Punch is a play based on the Edinburgh International First Book Award-winning novel ‘The Letters of Ivor Punch’ by musician and author Colin MacIntyre (Mull Historical Society). Read more …
Set in the present day and in the 1860’s on a remote Scottish island (based on the isle of Mull), it is about mythology and how it washes up against faith. Tragedy and superstition hang over the characters like a mist as we meet the funny and irrepressible Sergeant Ivor Punch, and his friend Randy. Only by discovering the truth about Ivor’s origins do we learn why the words ‘GOD IS LOVE’ have appeared painted on a cliff face, why his forbear is a Headless Horseman doing battle with a visiting Charles Darwin, and how the pioneering Victorian travel writer, Isabella Bird, and her sister, Henrietta, link the past to the present. The island is about to give up its secrets.
Colin MacIntyre--The Origins of Ivor Punch
Colin MacIntyre: 'The book, and the play, is a tribute to my people, my place, and an attempt to say we're all the same'.
A Play, a Pie and a Pint, Glasgow from Monday April 29, 2019, until Saturday May 4, 2019. More info: http://playpiepint.com
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday May 7, 2019, until Saturday May 11, 2019. More info: www.traverse.co.uk
RSS feed of Theatre reviews