Midsummer - Mercury Theatre

One Midsummer night in Edinburgh, two ill-matched thirty-somethings – a high-powered, hard-drinking lawyer called Helena, who’s stuck in a dead-end affair with a married man, and a small-time crook called Bob – collide with one another for one short night of wild abandon. It’s an unlikely coupling as both are all too aware, but it’s Midsummer and anything can happen…

Penned by award-winning playwright, David Grieg, and composed by songwriter, Gordon McIntyre, Midsummer is a rose-tinted musical rom-com, a fast-paced, funny look at love, life, and the ache of aging.

The Mercury’s creative director Ryan McBryde (Baskerville, The Comedy of Errors) will direct this riotously funny, touchingly romantic 90-minute tour d’amour in all its drunken, horny, heartfelt glory.

Content to Consider
This show has an age guidance of 16+ and contains strong language and scenes of a sexual nature.

Accessible and Q&A performances
There will be an Audio Described performance on Sat 18 May, 2.30pm (which includes a pre-show Touch Tour if required) and there will be a Captioned performance on Fri 10 May, 7.30pm followed by a post-show Q&A.