A History of Paper
Pitlochry Festival Theatre + Dundee Rep Theatre present
A HISTORY OF PAPER
Book by Oliver Emanuel
Music by Gareth Williams
Directed by Andrew Panton
Musically Directed by Gavin Whitworth
A new magical Scottish musical about unbounding joy, impossible grief, a man, a woman and the little bits of paper that make up a life.
First seen at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, A History of Paper, co-created by Oliver Emanuel (Book) and Gareth Williams (Music), won a Fringe First and the Best Director at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) for Andrew Panton. Andrew returns to direct a new co-production with Dundee Rep Theatre starring Tony, Olivier, BAFTA and Emmy award winner Alan Cumming, and Olivier and BAFTA award winner Shirley Henderson. This pair of Scottish acting titans reunite after first playing opposite each other in Scottish Television’s Shadow of the Stone 40 years ago! More recently they appeared together in Brian Cox’s directorial film debut Glenrothan.
From Alan Cumming:
I fell in love with this musical when I saw it at the Traverse as part of the Edinburgh Fringe in 2024. I couldn’t stop thinking about it and felt so connected to its narrative, especially as an adopted New Yorker.
Andrew and I asked Shirley Henderson to come and sing through some of the songs with me, and suddenly it became a deep and rich and heart-wrenching memory play, as two older people looked back at their lives together.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Venue: Auditorium
Date: 8 Aug – 12 Sep 2026
Running time: tbc
Audio Described 3 Sep 7.30pm and 9 Sep 2pm
BSL Interpreted 4 Sep 7.30pm
Captioned 2 Sep 2pm and 10 Sep 7.30pm
Relaxed and Dementia Friendly 6 Sep 2pm
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