Wings Around Dundee review – dive into the city’s uncomfortable past
over 4 years in The guardian
Dundee RepJohn McCann’s imaginative play follows its characters’ search for answers to tough questions during lockdown – watched over by a pair of very unusual seagullsFor the seagulls, the locked-down streets of Dundee offer slim pickings. They’re lucky to find a bin bag, never mind a discarded takeaway. No wonder Laurie and Fusco are squabbling. The two seabirds are victims of the pandemic; hungry and irritable for want of human waste.Played by Irene Macdougall and Ewan Donald, the gulls are our unlikely entry point into John McCann’s play, a magical-realist spin around a city forced by Covid-19 to reflect. Continue reading...
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