It’s 1982 and late at night in a childhood treehouse, 16-year old’s Martha and Diane listen in to a stolen police radio. With a brutal murder reported five miles away, their radical mothers protesting to walk the streets at night, and their fathers sitting in the house debating their favourite slashers, the girls contemplate violence, the future, and why the world is so against them. As snippets of police reports bleed through radio frequencies, the girls discover their morbid fascination with the horror unfolding so close to home.
The show will be creatively captioned, layering audio/visual.
With thanks to Creative Scotland, Framework Theatre and Assembly Roxy, Let's Not Meet went through a research and development week in October 2025, to help it reach it's next steps.
Let's Not Meet is now in further development stages.
Photos by Julia König
Cast and crew for R&D sharing:
Writer - Abbie Lowe
Director/Dramaturg - Rebekah Smith
Sound Designer - Étáin Saoirse Sweeny
Creative Caption and Video Designer - Virginie Taylor
Accessibility Creative Consultant - Benedetta Zanetti
Martha - Heidi Steel
Diane - Alice Glass
May (voice over) - Darcy De Winter
Liberty (voice over) - Isabella Velarde
Police Officer One (voice over) - Gordon J. Millar
Police Officer Two (voice over) - Sam McMeikan