Adam
Description
If you are born in a country where being yourself can get you killed, exile is your only choice.
Frances Poet's play Adam is the remarkable true story of a young trans man having to make that choice and begin his journey. It charts Adam's progress from Egypt to Scotland, across borders and genders, in his search for a place to call home.
The play was first performed by the National Theatre of Scotland at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017, where it won a Fringe First award. It was directed by Cora Bissett, with music by Jocelyn Pook, and starred Adam Kashmiry, whose story inspired the play.
A TV movie based on the play, written by Frances Poet and also starring Adam Kashmiry, was made by Hopscotch Films and National Theatre of Scotland, and was broadcast by the BBC in 2021. The film was the winner in the Television Scripted category at the 2021 BAFTA Scotland Awards.
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Frances Poet is a Glasgow-based writer for the stage and screen.
Her plays include: Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In (National Theatre of Scotland & Tron Theatre tour, 2026); Small Acts of Love (Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, 2025), Fruitcake (Tron Theatre, Glasgow, 2025); There Is No Room In Our Bathroom For Lewis Capaldi (PACE at Paisley Arts Centre, 2024); Sense and Sensibility (Pitlochry Festival Theatre and OVO, St Albans, 2024); Still (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 2021); Maggie May (Leeds Playhouse, Leicester Curve & Queen's Theatre Hornchurch co-production, 2020); Fibres (Stellar Quines & Glasgow Citizens Theatre, 2019); Gut (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 2018); Adam (National Theatre of Scotland at the Traverse Theatre, 2017); Faith Fall (Òran Mór and Bristol's Tobacco Factory, 2012) and What Put the Blood (Abbey Theatre, 2017). She has also written a number of free adaptations including Strindberg's Dance of Death (Citizens Theatre, 2016) and Molière's The Misanthrope (Òran Mór, 2014).
Her TV and radio work includes River City and The Disappointed, aired on BBC Radio Scotland in 2015. Her short film, Spores, screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival and Bogoshorts Festival, Bogotá, in 2016.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Original Production
- The Adam World Choir
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Characters
- Adam
- About the Author
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information
