RJ Hunter’s and Gray Crosbie’s long-form shows in progress promise to be heartbreaking and hilarious by turns. Gray’s Plant Slut follows a newly single trans man who starts to take pleasure into his own hands by stealing houseplant cuttings from otherwise unsatisfactory hook-ups. RJ’s Meat Loaf Shot My Dad, meanwhile, explores grief and our power to maintain memories of those we have lost in the way that we want to remember them.| 2025 Push The Boat Out Festival
Colin Bramwell’s Fower Pessoas, shortlisted for the Scots Book o the Year Award 2025, has recently been making waves for its bold translation of Fernando Pessoa into vernacular Scots. The book joins a vibrant history of translation into Scotland’s languages – with Edwin Morgan’s work a particular touchstone – but it’s a history that’s often forgotten. What possibilities emerge when we remember that living literary languages aren’t just written in, but necessarily translated be...| 2025 Push The Boat Out Festival