Grid Iron’s site specific play starring Outlander favourite forced into new online home

THE hope was that some outdoor, site specific theatre would survive the current restrictions, notably, Grid Iron’s production of Doppler.

Itaxso Moreno

However, any hope has now been dashed with the announcement by the Edinburgh-based company that its latest show will now be shared digitally rather than as a live, outdoor event.

Judith Doherty of Grid Iron explains, “It is with a very heavy heart that we have had to make the difficult decision not to proceed with the live staging of Doppler. We were not able to gain permission in time to begin work on site from the managers of our chosen location and at this point we know we simply would not have enough time to present the best live theatre experience we can under the circumstances.

“I want to commend our wonderful team for their perseverance, inexhaustible skill and boundless enthusiasm - we have truly given the live show our best shot. We are now planning to capture our work on film and we cannot wait to share Doppler with you digitally.”

An adaptation of a satirical novel by Norwegian writer Erlend Loe, Doppler focuses on a man who, following the death of his father, decides to abandon his family and move to the forest on the outskirts of Oslo.

Always planned as an outdoor performance, Grid Iron’s Doppler has been in development for two years with a cast that includes Outlander’s Keith Fleming as Doppler and Itxaso Moreno and Sean Hay portraying all the remaining characters.

Further screening details will be made available at www.gridiron.org.uk/

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