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THREE'S A CROWD BY SOPHIE MICHELLE - JAN 2024
CREATIVE TEAM - SOPHIE MICHELLE, LEYLA AYCAN & PHOEBE BYRNE
CAST - ARIANA FERRIS MCLEAN, CAITLIN LOUISE O'NEIL & TAYLOR HALL
ABOUT - Three's a Crowd by Sophie Michelle is a whimsical comedy drama exploring lesbian relationships in Scotland's queer scene. Blending humour with elements of spoken word - Three's a Crowd is an investigation into power, moral code, and whether or not astrology really is a load of bollocks.
WHOSE FAULT REALLY IS IT WHEN WE'RE ALL TO BLAME?
THE SEAGULL (NOT THAT ONE) - BY PHOEBE BYRNE & JOHN CROOKS - PRAGUE FRINGE 2023
CREATIVE TEAM - LEYLA AYCAN & CAROLINE MCKEOWN
CAST - JOHN CROOKS & PHOEBE BYRNE
ADAPTATION - After our debut performance of The Seagull (Not That One), we took the show to Prague Fringe in May 2023. With time to reflect on the piece, the show adapted in to something new. Following the same story, and the same performers, the show went on to win two awards at the fringe. The Inspiration Award, awarded for new pieces of work, and the Prague Fringe Audience Award, which we won in conjunction with Black Swann.
ABOUT - “So what do you do? What can you do? You find something you can live with, and stick with it.”
The Seagull (Not That One) is an original dark comedy by Phoebe Byrne and John Crooks.
The story follows two neighbours who meet under very strange circumstances. Fraser has been camped out on the roof of a Glasgow tenement hunting seagulls. Francesca has been finding dead seagulls in her rhubarb patch. She’s going to put a stop to it.
Exploring community, isolation, and pest control, The Seagull (Not That One) is an investigation of the coming-of-age genre and inner city living, questioning how well we know our neighbours, and how well we know ourselves.
THE SEAGULL (NOT THAT ONE) - BY PHOEBE BYRNE & JOHN CROOKS - DEC 2022
CREATIVE TEAM - ARIANA FERRIS MCLEAN, CAROLINE MCKEOWN
CAST - JOHN CROOKS & PHOEBE BYRNE
ABOUT - “So what do you do? What can you do? You find something you can live with, and stick with it.”
The Seagull (Not That One) is an original dark comedy by Phoebe Byrne and John Crooks.
The story follows two neighbours who meet under very strange circumstances. Fraser has been camped out on the roof of a Glasgow tenement hunting seagulls. Francesca has been finding dead seagulls in her rhubarb patch. She’s going to put a stop to it.
Exploring community, isolation, and pest control, The Seagull (Not That One) is an investigation of the coming-of-age genre and inner city living, questioning how well we know our neighbours, and how well we know ourselves.
CREATION - The Seagull (Not That One) is SKELF's first original piece, In 2019, one of our founders, Phoebe Byrne, collaborated with John Crooks to write The Seagull (Not That One), which briefly came to a halt when the world did the same thing in 2020.
Coming back together in 2021 to finish what they had started, an early draft of The Seagull (Not That One) was first presented publicly during New College Lanarkshire's 'Behind Close Doors' festival of new work.
THE EFFECT - BY LUCY PREBBLE - AUG 2019
CREATIVE TEAM - PHOEBE BYRNE & KIERAN DEVINE
CAST - ARIANA FERRIS MCLEAN, CAMERON MACLEOD, PHOEBE BYRNE & SOPHIE MICHELLE.
ABOUT - The Effect by Lucy Prebble, is a clinical love story that explores relationships, mental health anf the limits of modern medicine; making us question - can we find balance in an unbalanced world? Or must we submit to an increasingly relentless and artificial way of living?
How much are you willing to give up for success?
How much are you willing to give up for love?
And how far are you willing to go in order to discover the truth?
PRETTY PIECES - BY CHARLES ROBERTSON - NOV 2018
CREATIVE TEAM - ARIANA FERRIS MCLEAN, SOPHIE MICHELLE & KIERAN DEVINE
CAST - CAMERON MACLEOD & PHOEBE BYRNE
ABOUT - Pretty Pieces by Charles Robertson is SKELF Theatre Co.'s first production. Pretty pieces is a one act play about madness. The piece explores the lives of a bother and sister who are coping with the aftermath of something that happened to them a very long time ago. She can't remember. He won't tell.