"The writing and imagery of Pilgrim has long stayed with me. The young people's stories - from the mundane particulars of heading on a trip, to the profound nature of literally coming face to face with the climate emergency - were told in such a clever, subtle and clear way. The image of the iceberg, created with paper and projection, was one of the most powerful I have ever seen, moving - graceful but fragile - across the stage, reminding us what is at stake, and what could crumple up and disappear at any point. This was urgent but not panicked, instructive but not didactic. Beautifully told and expertly delivered."

Artist Martin O'Connor

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'Pilgrim' is a new theatre work for main stages, that charts a pilgrimage taken by 3 young adults from West Dunbartonshire to the most northerly township in the world, Longyearbyen in Svalbard. The work is a striking, at times humorous and moving exploration of what it means to be alive during a climate crisis.

Utilising storytelling, photographic and filmic documentation of the journey, large scale projection, text, choreography & sculpture, it establishes a highly immersive theatrical experience- with vast expansive shots of retreating glaciers, footage of trekking on arctic tundra and mountains, and visiting abandoned coal mining settlements from centuries past.​​

Framed by the warmth of the performers relationship, the work asks questions of what it means to be alive now; What is changing? Are we really powerless? What does it mean to care?