RAW MATERIAL & TRAVERSE THEATRE COMPANY IN ASSOCIATION WITH CITIZENS THEATRE
SO YOUNG
By Douglas Maxwell
WINNER: SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST AWARD 2024
Thumbing through a record collection, having a glass of wine, remembering the old times. There’s nothing better than catching up with pals.
When Milo invites his two best friends Davie and Liane around for a takeaway to meet his new girlfriend, it promises to be a great night reconnecting. They delve into the past and swap the same old stories they’ve been through a thousand times before; the night becomes more about those absent than present. Remembering who they have lost and who they were, or thought they were.
From the celebrated writer of Decky Does a Bronco and I Can Go Anywhere, Douglas Maxwell’s So Young sees an innocuous evening slide into ruin as old friends face the challenges of middle age, growing apart and losing those close to them, whether that’s to the grave, or to London.
Both touching and funny, So Young is a story about coming back together after time apart.
Design: Niall Walker, Photos Aly Wight.
TOUR DATES:
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
October 2025
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
(RE-OPENING SEASON)
28 October - 8 November 2025
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Laugh-out-loud hilarity... Raw, emotional drama”
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Utterly immaculately observed comedy of modern manners‘”
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Absolutely stunning! ”
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Consistently brilliant
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Blazing theatrical energy, and razor-sharp wit”
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An excellently acted, spirited comedy of social awkwardness”
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Douglas Maxwell’s “perfectly-pitched” So Young is “up there with his best work””
“Balances the humour in emotionally turbulent circumstances beautifully... standout performances”
TOUR HISTORY:
25 July - 25 August 2024
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe 2024
CREDITS
Writer Douglas Maxwell
Director Gareth Nicholls
Set & Costume Designer Kenny Miller
Lighting Designer Kate Bonney
Sound Designer Niroshini Thambar
Costume Supervisor Cleo Rose McCabe
Stage Manager Catherine Idle
Deputy Stage Manager Gillian Richards