⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “A bewitching performance” - Binge Fringe Magazine From the creator of ROOTS (Fringe 2019) and cast member of the hit 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Bradán Theatre show My Lover Was A Salmon in the Climate Apocalypse, comes a ‘bewitching’ (Binge Fringe Magazine) new solo folk storytelling performance.
Join Elisabeth Flett as she gives the audience a decidedly sapphic retelling of the Selkie tale- that is, she’ll try to, if her own story would only stop getting in the way. A tour de force of Flett’s award-winning career as a folk musician, folklorist, writer and theatre-maker, The Selkie’s Wife is a show full of live music, academic fun facts, storytelling, foley art - and maybe some queer revenge…
Suitable for 14+ AS SEEN AT: 🌊Capital Theatre’s Open Floor Night 🌊 Spacement @ The Glitch 🌊 Summerhall Surgeries 2023 🌊 Dundee Fringe 2023 🌊 Rosemary Branch Theatre 🌊 Aberdeen Arts Centre 🌊 University of St Andrews Folk Fest 2024
Content Warnings: descriptions of institutional homophobia, sexism, non- consensual marriage, chronic illness and one use of strong violence (no depictions of the above are shown in the show), one use of strong language Show run time: 55 mins
Elisabeth Flett is an award-winning writer, musician, theatre-maker and general feminist troublemaker. She is passionate about mental health awareness, LGBTQ+ rights and gender equality, themes which often feature in all forms of her work as a creative practitioner.