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Red Dust Road<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

National Theatre of Scotland<\/a>
\n2019-08-10 through 2019-09-21<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nElaine C. Smith<\/a> and Sasha Frost<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n

Based on the soul-searching memoir<\/a> by Scots Makar Jackie Kay<\/a>, adapted by Tanika Gupta<\/a>, and directed by Dawn Walton<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYou are made up from a mixture of myth and gene. You are part fable, part porridge<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Growing up in 70s\u2019 Scotland<\/a> as the adopted mixed raced child of a Communist couple, young Jackie blossomed into an outspoken, talented poet. Then she decided to find her birth parents\u2026<\/p>\n

From Nairn<\/a> to Lagos<\/a>, Red Dust Road<\/em> takes you on a journey full of heart, humour and deep emotions. Discover how we are shaped by the folk songs we hear as much as by the cells in our bodies.<\/p>\n

Opening at the Edinburgh International Festival<\/a> in August 2019, and at HOME, Manchester<\/a> in September 2019<\/p>\n

Touring to Macrobert Arts Centre<\/a>, Stirling and Eden Court Theatre, Inverness in autumn 2019.<\/p>\n