Cherry Blossom (NHB Modern Plays)

A play about the myths, ideas and realities of migration and identity in the twenty-first century. Grazyna Antkiewicz lived. Robert Dziekanski died. Two people from Poland. One real, one imagined. What happened - or might have happened - between there and here? The distance from living the dream to waking up in a shared room in Scotland with mushrooms growing out of the carpet. From desperately missing your child to falling in love with a foreigner. Cherry Blossom is a play by Catherine Grosvenor in collaboration with Lorne Campbell, Mark Grimmer and Leo Warner. It was first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 2008. 'Dazzling and heartfelt' - Herald, Scotland 'A brilliant piece of work' - Edinburgh Evening News

Catherine Grosvenor is a Scottish playwright and translator. Her performed plays include The Tinderbox (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2013); Gabriel (Òran Mór 2009); Cherry Blossom (Traverse Theatre/Polski Teatr Bydgoszcz 2008); and One Day All This Will Come To Nothing (Traverse Theatre 2005). Her translation of Anna Wakulik's play A Time To Reap was staged by the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2013. She also wrote the Scottish adaptations of Esa Leskinen and Sami Keski-Vähälä's Continuous Growth, which won a Fringe First in 2012, and The Overcoat, which won Billy Mack The Stage's Best Actor Award 2011 for for his role as Akaky.