The Borrowed Room

Arkordia is bringing The Borrowed Room to Paterson's Land on Friday 23 October, from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. It's a new play by the Scottish writer and academic Dr Steven Maxwell, and this particular showing is a script-in-hand performance, which means the actors keep their scripts in hand rather than memorising the lines. Adam Tomkins and Mark Kydd take the roles.

The story centres on Graham, a journalist living in a small Scottish coastal town who's writing an article on why some people leave. The bulk of the play is his interview with Ewan, a former resident and an old friend. From there it works its way into masculinity, memory and belonging — the kind of things that come up when two old friends sit down and really talk about why one stayed and the other went.

It's not a first-time outing, either. The Borrowed Room has already run at various venues across Edinburgh and Glasgow, and this is being staged as a fundraising event for Arkordia, a local charity that provides mental health services to people on low incomes. All proceeds go to support their work, so whatever you give goes straight into their activities.

It runs in Room G.43 at Paterson's Land, from 6:00pm to 7:30pm — an hour and a half in total. Entry is free, with donations welcome.