“Edinburgh is of course where legions of producers and show-biz people come in search of exciting product.”
WHO: Robin Hawdon
WHAT: “What happens when a psychologist is confronted by a wildly challenging creature – a force of nature with an extraordinary hidden talent. For lovers of drama, involving Neil Roberts, one of Britain’s leading actors, and operatic magic sung by Carly Paoli, one of the world’s leading sopranos.”
WHERE: Drawing Room at Assembly Rooms (Venue 20)
WHEN: 15:25 (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
Yes. Great opportunity to launch a major new play production to committed audiences, and assess their and critics’ responses, before taking the show down south to London and elsewhere. Edinburgh is of course where legions of producers and show-biz people come in search of exciting product, so one never knows what useful contacts might be made.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2025 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
Twelve months?? I have been in the business for over half a century, and the lessons go on and on. One never stops learning.
Tell us about your show.
Is this a first for Edinburgh? One of the world’s most celebrated opera stars performing in a brand new play by one of the UK’s most prolific playwrights, in a two-handed drama that requires her to sing a famous aria in the middle of it!
This is the first performance of a show that the producers (Hawdon’s own company) hope to see in many venues across the theatre world in the future.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
OCU’s – ‘Bad Shakespeare’. The bad guys in Shakespeare’s history plays and tragedies are often more interesting than the heroes. I will be interested to see this company’s take on their motivations and origins.
Lomond Theatre – Beckett’s ‘Endgame’. Samuel Beckett is notoriously difficult to play, and End Game is one of his most enigmatic plays. Intriguing to see how this company handles it.
KGS Theatre’s – ‘Spring Awakening’. This perennial play never loses its appeal, and I’ve not seen it as a musical. Intriguing.
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