Yellow Pears, ZOO, 2 to 26 August (except 12) 3pm, £8 (£6 concessions)
Swept Up make their debut at the Edinburgh Fringe with Yellow Pears, devised by actors India Crawford and Rose McPhilemy and director Debbie Hannan. In 2012 Yellow Pears was awarded The Bruce Millar Drama Award, which is given once a year to a graduate project from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland by the Bruce Millar Memorial Trust.
Raz and Itsy run a market stall unlike any other. They have bad taste, no flair for business but some seriously good dance moves. Yellow Pears is the big-hearted tale of two outsiders whose bizarre yet binding friendship creates a home for two people who are always on the wrong side of the door. Winners of the Bruce Millar Award, Swept Up bring their wide-eyed, open-hearted debut to Edinburgh. A bold, exuberant, physical comedy for everyone.
Swept Up Theatre began life after actors Rose McPhilemy and India Crawford travelled to Dublin to work with Philippe Gaulier and discovered their inner idiots. After graduating from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2011 they realised that these idiots had a story to tell, and went on to form Swept Up.
Their first show, Yellow Pears has been devised with fellow Royal Conservatoire of Scotland graduate, director Debbie Hannan. Debbie’s assisting credits include Enquirer (National Theatre of Scotland) A Doll’s House (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh) The Maids (Citizens Theatre, Glasgow) Sleeping Beauty (Citizens) and directing credits include Pamela Carter’s liberty, equality, fraternity (Tron Theatre, Traverse). Debbie will be co-directing for The Royal Court’s Soap Opera this July and will be directing Notes from the Underground in the Circle Studio at the Citizens this September.
