A road movie for the stage, this play follows Alex and Brian on their trip from dislocation to location.
Alex and Brian are a pair of smalltown boys going nowhere, who get out the only way they know how - doing a runner with a prized surfboard in the only transport available: a worn-out Lada. But the surfboard belongs to Binks, Alex's psychopathic gangster boss, and he's hot on their heels as they head north for Thurso - where the surf is up all year round.
'tremendous new comedy' - Herald
'Greenhorn conveys all the wonders and frustrations of life on the road. Passing Places is another in a growing body of Scottish plays seeking out answers to a spiritual lack with grace and good humour' - Guardian
Autorentext
Stephen Greenhorn was born in West Lothian and has been writing professionally since 1988. His stage plays include Heart and Bone (Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award); two children's plays for Visible Fictions; The Salt Wound (7:84 Scotland); a version of Aristophanes' The Birds (Gate, London); co-author of Sleeping Around (Paines Plough, 1998); Passing Places (Traverse, 1997, and tour 1998).
His television work includes episodes of The Bill and Where the Heart Is. He has written three plays for BBC Radio 4 and a radio version of Passing Places for Radio 3.