Ragnarok

Tortoise in a Nutshell

in co-production with Figurteatret i Nordland and in association with MacRobert Arts Centre

Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) 2024

  • Winner Best Technical Presentation

  • Winner Best Music and Sound, Jim Harbourne

  • Nominated Best Design, Arran Howie and Simon Wilkinson

  • Nominated Best Production

Reviews

breaks the heart, and challenges the conscience’

The Scotsman / Joyce McMillan (4 stars)

 ‘an enchanting performance piece which encapsulates all that is fantastic about visual theatre in Scotland’

Fringe Review / Donald Stewart

 ‘a performance unlike anything you have seen before’  

Brig Newspaper / Isla Harper (5 stars)

 ‘a multi-sensory masterpiece of storytelling’ 

Lisa in the Theatre / Lisa Rusling (5 stars)

‘one of the most astute productions conceived – with a steady thumb on the pulse of the world’

Corr Blimey / Dominic Corr (5 stars)

‘a deeply moving story of despair and hope…told with unforgiving clarity through image and sound, and delivered with enormous restraint and subtlety.’

The Arts Desk / Dominic Kettle (5 stars)

‘Astounding and inspiring’

A Young(ish) Perspective / Cosette Bolt

‘A singular theatrical experience’

The Quinntessential Review / William Quinn (4 stars)

‘next-level storytelling, deeply disturbing and organised down to the last detail’

All Edinburgh Theatre / Thom Dibdin (4 stars)

‘a deeply textured and visually and musically unique production, a show not to be missed that will live long in the memory.’

North West End UK / Greg Holstead (5 stars)

‘A unique piece, built around superlative visuals and choreography’

The Stage / David Pollock (4 stars)

‘Ragnarok is, surely, one of the most ­original, technically accomplished and brilliantly ­realised pieces of theatre to be created for the Scottish stage in recent times’

The Sunday National / Mark Brown

‘a puppet show unlike anything I’ve ever seen’

The Courier & Advertiser / David Pollock


2024 Credits

Direction: Alex Bird

Performers/Devisers: Jessica Innes, Emily Nicholl, Jim Harbourne and Dylan Read 

Associate Performer/Deviser: Shakara Rose Carter

Voiceover Artists: Jamie Robertson, Ally Baird, Diane Brooks, Jim Harbourne, Martin MacLennan, Catherine-Star Blanchford, Jason Stewart-Evans, Josh Thompson, Ellie Hunter, Ella Buchanan, Amy Walker, Morven Fyffe

Associate Artist: Melanie Frances

Dramaturg: Nicola McCartney

Designer/Maker: Arran Howie

Lighting & Video Designer: Simon Wilkinson 

Composer/Sound Designer: Jim Harbourne

Sound Design Consultant: Kev Murray

Production Manager: Elle Taylor

Technical Manager: Josh Brown

Touring Head of Stage: Toby Macfarlane

Producer: Emma Stewart-Jones

Community Coordinator: Hannah Draper 

Set and Prop Makers: Guy Bishop and Val Reid