Thaw: by Shona Cowie
Fresh from new motherhood and fuelled by sleep deprivation, Shona Cowie brings a brilliant warm-up gig to the Scottish Storytelling Centre, blending the oldest stories with a dash of quantum theory!
About Thaw: by Shona Cowie
| 28th March 2026 | |
| 6pm - 7pm | |
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Scottish Storytelling Centre 43 - 45 High Street, Edinburgh Old Town EH1 1SR |
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| £10 (£8) | |
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This is a warm-up gig. I need to warm up because I’m a professional storyteller who hasn’t been in front of an audience for a while.
I became a mother this year… no wait... last year… sorry, I haven’t been sleeping.
Sleep deprivation is weird, time warps in the long darkness and the oldest stories are coming to me.
Our shadows lie with all those other creatures in their nests, surrounded by ice sheets and night skies. For me, with sleep deprivation, it's like there’s no medium term; everything is immediate or eternal. I may not know where my shoes are but … for a moment… I'm pretty confident, I understand quantum theory and its something about stories.
Time to warm up.
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