It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 series
Elaine chats with actor Molly Geddes about staring in Isla Cowan’s Alright Sunshine.
Alright Sunshine
Pleasance Dome (Jack Dome)
Now - 24 AUG
Time: 16:20
Alright Sunshine
Alright Sunshine, is a razor-sharp monologue dissecting women’s safety and police prejudice set in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town. Written by Edinburgh-based playwright, Isla Cowan. Alright Sunshine is a unique female-led and female-focussed punchy, provocative thriller that explores how safe women are in public and private spaces, mob mentality and the ‘real’ Edinburgh that tourists don’t get to see. A one-hander set in The Meadows on a hot day in May, the play follows PC Nicky McCreadie responding to a mass brawl, where she comes face-to-face with a past she’d rather forget. As the audiences relive the events of the brawl and Nicky’s background, her mask of masculine bravado that she needs to survive starts to slip, and we get a glimpse into her own insecurities and secret motivations. Writer Isla Cowan said: “Alright Sunshine is about the rules and rhythms of a city and what happens when the sun comes out. It explores issues of gender and class, mob mentality, women’s safety, and the politics of public space. It’s a female-led and female-focused political play, with a distinctive Edinburgh spin” Both entertaining and acutely topical, Alright Sunshine draws on popular themes of power and revenge and uses comedic social commentary to highlight the important themes of misogyny and prejudice in the police.
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