Night Waking
A darkly funny and deeply unsettling one-woman play is coming to the Citizens Theatre. Night Waking is an urgent, razor-sharp meditation on motherhood, colonialism, and the things we leave behind.
About Night Waking
| 13th May 2026 to 16th May 2026 | |
| 7.45pm | |
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Citizens Theatre 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow South Side G5 9DS |
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| £16.50 | |
| Visit the event website here |
Anna Bennett is this close to losing it. She’s not sleeping. She’s not writing. She’s barely mothering. And then she and her son find something in the garden—something small, something wrapped in secrets, something that makes the past feel very present.
A darkly funny and unsettling one-woman play, Night Waking explores history, motherhood, and the ghosts we carry. Adapted by Shireen Mula from Sarah Moss’s novel, it’s a gripping, sharp-witted, and quietly devastating look at the stories we inherit—and the ones we’d rather not uncover.
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