Love The Sinner
Vanishing Point & Imogen Stirling presents
A co-production with Beacon Arts Centre and Shetland Arts
LOVE THE SINNER
Written and Performed by Imogen Stirling
Staged & Directed by Matthew Lenton
Original Score by Sarah Carton
Additional Music & Live Performance by Sonia Killmann
Set & Costume Design by Alisa Kalyanova
Lighting Design by Simon Wilkinson
Video & Projection Design by Ellie Thompson
Sound Design by Mark Melville
Produced by Vanishing Point
Photograph by Mihaela Bodlovic
Contains adult themes. Age recommendation 15+
The seven deadly sins are alive and kicking in contemporary Scotland.
Love The Sinner is a beautifully produced fusion of performance poetry, visual theatre and live electronic music, that reflects on the meaning of being human today.
In Love The Sinner, we meet seven extraordinary characters as they struggle to comprehend their place in a world bladed with criticism and obsessed with self-betterment. They seek solace, or something else, in a pulsing, brimming Scottish city, as the water rises and the banks of the river threaten to burst.
Written and performed by performance poet Imogen Stirling, with live music from electronic artist Sonia Killmann, this collaboration with Vanishing Point was a huge hit with audiences and critics in 2023.
“★★★★★ The show is unforgettable”
“★★★★★ This new stage production of Love the Sinner is transformative... tremendously involving, engagingly intimate”
“★★★★★ A 70-minute ecstasy of words, sounds, light and brilliant design”
“★★★★★ An epic contemporary reimagining of biblical mythology... a full blown theatrical assault”
“★★★★★ Enlightening... Stirling does a remarkable job in crafting out truly mortal representations of centuries-old ‘villains’ into the most unlikely of saviours.”
“★★★★★ Masterful... this is a powerful show which will encourage you to reflect on your own behaviour and that of those around you.”
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
2024
Fri 30 Aug Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock
Thu 5 & Fri 6 Sep Mareel, Shetland
Thu 12 Sep The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Sat 14 Sep Cumbernauld Theatre at Lanternhouse
Tue 17 Sep Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Fri 20 Sep Paisley Arts Centre
Tue 24 Sep Theatre Royal, Dumfries
Sat 28 Sep Eden Court, Inverness
Tue 1 Oct The Studio at Capital Theatres, Edinburgh
Wed 9 Oct Dundee Rep
Tour supported by The National Lottery through Creative Scotland.
2023
TRON THEATRE, GLASGOW
Thu 11 - Sat 13 May 2023
TRAVERSE THEATRE, EDINBURGH
16 - 17 May 2023
Originally co-commissioned by Luke Holbrook and Vanishing Point and presented in association with Tron Theatre with support from the Garrick Trust Foundation and Creative Scotland
GALLERY:
Rehearsal photography: Niall Walker
Production photography: Andy Ross
