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I like to think HE’s out there in the stars. But I know he’s not. That’s not how stars work.
Directed by Debi Pirie
Written by Jack MacGregor for Strangetown Young Company
Performed at the Scottish Storytelling Centre March 26th & 27th 2025
Two teenagers digging graves, an island full of conscripts and puffins. The guns are silent on the eve of World War III. These are scenes from a near-future Britain, a country in crisis, with national service reinstated for all young people. The old world is dying, and the new world has been delayed indefinitely.
The Dark Up Close is a new play by Jack MacGregor, commissioned for Strange Town Young Company (18-25).
★★★★ - AllEdinburgh Theatre: “A stark warning”