Gill Robertson, star of one-woman show Lightning Ridge, on the power of the stage and the state of Scotland's arts scene
The people behind such outstanding shows as Cyrano, Hansel and Gretel, and White, they are leading ambassadors, not only for Scottish children’s theatre, but for the nation’s entire theatre sector.
When Kellyanne becomes increasingly sick following the disappearance of her imaginary friends Pobby and Dingan, Ashmol embarks on a quest to find the missing figments of his sister’s imagination. “It’s not like you’re sitting listening to a story”, the actor continues. “You’re not being told everything.The imaginative space the show offers to audiences is the consequence, Robertson says, of her close collaboration with a group of excellent theatre-makers. Robert Alan Evans is directing the show, and he also wrote the stage adaptation.
As with all great stories, Robertson hopes and believes that the characters’ experiences shine a light on more universal themes. “Creativity, imagination and questioning, imagining how things could be different, these things are so important in our world today”, she comments. Although Robertson is feeling positive about Lightning Ridge, she’s less optimistic where the state of Scottish theatre is concerned. Like many of Scotland’s leading theatre practitioners, she has a sense of trepidation about the increasing levels of financial precariousness that Scotland’s theatre sector is facing.
Whilst funding bodies, most importantly Creative Scotland, support a variety of art organisations in numerous ways, she adds, “actually getting funding to make the work is almost impossible.
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