Grain in the Blood

Twelve years ago from the mouth of a great sacrifice a child was born. And they called her Autumn. Isaac returns to his family home with a chance to atone for the terrible mistake that claimed his childhood.Autumn is a little girl whose time is running out. With three sleeps left before her birthday she can only hope for a miracle or an unexpected act of selflessness. Her grandmother Sophia brings them together in a desperate attempt to save her family at any cost.Set against the eerie backdrop of an isolated rural community and steeped in the folklore of the harvest Grain in the Blood is a noir-ish thriller exploring a timely moral dilemma: how much are we prepared to sacrifice for the greater good?The play received its world premiere at the Tron Theatre Glasgow on 18 October 2016 before opening at the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh on 1 November 2016.