Unflinching, spellbinding gig-theatre featuring Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow), Kim Grant (Raveloe),
Dave Hook (Solareye, Stanley Odd), Jo Mango and Jill O’Sullivan.
“Do you think cos I’ve been in the jail all I know is how to hurt people?”
Every year in Scotland thousands of people return home from prison to an uncertain future. A Giant
on the Bridge reveals the intimate human experiences within this prison-homecoming journey, in a
compelling narrative-gig which fuses acoustic songwriting, Scottish hip hop & original storytelling.
Five of Scotland’s leading contemporary musicians explore identity, family, community, systems,
restoration, injustice – and the pulsing heartbeat within these hidden stories.
Devised by singer-songwriter Jo Mango & award-winning theatre-maker Liam Hurley with research
by Phil Crockett Thomas. Developed through the work of the Distant Voices Community on
a research project with people from across the criminal justice system.
A rapper prepares to return home from prison to his fracturing family.
His songbird twin sister makes anxious arrangements for the return – as she cares for his young
daughter.
A prison writer in residence wrestles with her own demons, prompted by the trauma within a
divided family.
A songwriter’s daily grind brings connective sparks of inspiration Inside.
While in a fairytale kingdom, a misunderstood Giant is about to escape from a dungeon…