Whatever Gets You Through The Night
Theatre Production
Created in collaboration
with Swimmer One
and David Greig
Director
★★★★
“The tight and seamless result is something unique and emotionally resonant.”
- The Independent
Whatever gets You Through The Night exists in four forms
A live show
directed by Cora Bissett, premiered at The Arches in Glasgow in June 2012
A film
directed by Daniel Warren, premiered at Summerhall for the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe
A compilation album
released on Biphonic Records in 2012
A book
designed by Studio LR
All of the above were created from the same raw material – new work by over two dozen of Scotland’s most distinctive writers and musicians, all of whom were invited to create something inspired by the hours between midnight and 4am.
Photo by Niall Walker
Photo by Niall Walker
Photo by Niall Walker
★★★★
“Not even the most hardened cynic could sniff at the ambition of this Vital Spark project headed up by Cora Bissett, who has invited writers and musicians from across the land to create work exploring the many Scotlands that exist between the hours of midnight and 4am.”
- The List
★★★★
“By turns desolating and uplifting, Whatever Gets You Through the Night is a tender and honest love letter not just to Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow but any big city from sunset, through the small hours to the dawn of day – a poem for its strangers and strangeness, little hopes and big dreams… a worthy and potent experience quite unlike anything else you’ll encounter at the Fringe.”
- A Younger Theatre
★★★★
“As a whole, Whatever Gets You Through the Night is moving, human and funny. Its final stroke of genius is that it finishes just after midnight, letting you out onto darkened streets that seem newly significant and suddenly beautiful.”
- Broadway Baby
Trailer
The Album
Contributing Writers and Musicians
Alan Bissett
Alan Spence
Annie Griffin
Bigg Taj
Conquering Animal Sound
Cora Bissett
David Greig
David Ireland
Emma Pollock
Erroros
Eugene Kelly
Isabel Wright
Kieran Hurley
Kirstin Innes
Laura Lewis and the Teadance Orchestra
Meursault
Rachel Sermanni
Richy Ross
RM Hubbert
Seafieldroad
Skye Loneragan
Stef Smith
Swimmer One
Talkingmakesnosense
Withered Hand
Wounded Knee
Show Credits
Directed by Cora Bissett
Visuals by Kim Beveridge
Performed by Frances Thorburn,
John Kielty,
Steve Ryan,
Ruth Mills,
Laura Cameron-Lewis,Sarah Miele,
Andrew Eaton-Lewis,
Hamish Brown,
RM Hubbert,
Dan Wilson,
Drew Wright,
Bigg Taj,
Cora Bissett,
Emma Pollock
& Ricky Ross
Lighting Designer Paul Sorley
Set Design by Alice Wilson