The Ferry, The Dog, and The Fading Folk
Jules is on a ferry. There she meets an old man and his dog. The three set out to climb a hill together and everything is fine until a storm takes them down a whole other journey.
What starts as a day trip to the Isle of Arran spirals into a chaotic odyssey through grief, lust and lore - navigating a giant with a taste for salted grief / faeries who dance you through the night / and shadows of old stories that lure you in with their song.
This is not a story about healing; it’s about running away into chaos, seeking the ones we’ve lost, losing yourself in the process.
And finding out that it’s not about that / that you’re not that lost anyway / that you were just being a bit dramatic / that it’s okay to be the person who’s left / that even though it looks good and feels good, it still might want to eat you.
And choosing not to die-
Wait, no.
To live.
Exploring the world of grief after palliative care through a mythical tale of giants, faeries and an old washerwoman, this one person show invites the audience to go on an adverture on the Isle of Arran with Jules, Seamus and Corrie the dog.
Meet the Team
Director - Katie Jackson (They/Them)
Writers - Amber Frances (She/Her) & Odhran Thomson (He/Him)
Jules - Amber Frances
Lead Composer - Fergus Hall (He/Him)
Co-Composers - Mariia Zhuravlova (She/They) & Rhona MacDonald (She/Her)
Musical Supervisor - Siân Campbell (She/They)
Week 1 Musicians
Violin - Lucinda Freeburn (She/Her)
Harp - Chris Clarke (They/He)
Week 2 Musicians
Violin - Mariia Zhuravlova
Double Bass - Rhona MacDonald
Lighting Designer - Katie Jackson
Stage Manager - Katie Jackson
Producer - Katie Jackson
Associate Producer - Amber Frances
A Glass Moose Theatre Production
Amber Frances Writer/Performer & Associate Producer
Amber (She/Her) is a theatre maker and actor from Belgium. She holds a MFA in Classical and Contemporary Text (Acting) from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and a MA in Dramatic Arts from LUCA School of Arts in Belgium. She is also a writer, does voice-over work and works as script consultant. This summer she will tour European and UK Shakespeare festivals performing in an adaptation of King Lear.
Theatre Credits include: Knight of the Burning Pestle, Trompe L'Oeil, The Last Witch and The Dutch Courtesan (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), Scenes from Twelfth Night (RCS and The Shakespeare Globe), Here’s What You Could Have Won (Canonical Theatre), Grondgeboren (Villanova Festival, LUCA School of Arts) Moenieworrienie (LUCA School of Arts), and Merlijn of het Barre Land (fABULEUS)
Film/Tv Credits include: The Rest of Them (Turlington & Co), Look at Me (GMAC), Corked (RCS On The Verge Festival), Moonlighter and Revenge (Frame), and Her Name Was (LUCA School of Arts)
Spotlight Pin: 1530-1274-1914
Odhran Thomson Writer
Odhran Thomson (he/him) is an actor, writer, poet and habitual apple-cart upsetter.
Commissioned by Vanishing Point in 2022, he works to place emphasis on joy through his practice - creating the perfect balance of witty mischief, stupid antics and thought-provoking reflections on gender, identity and positivity. Drawing from his experience of transition in the UK, Odhran will bring you a delicate approach, politics and heartfelt honesty, all with a sense of the optimism of youth.
Katie Jackson Director/Producer
Katie (They/Them) is a director, writer and producer from London. Starting out their career in theatre as a stage manager, Katie has worked on musicals, opera, ice shows, dance and theatre from West End to UK and international touring.
Katie holds a foundation degree in Stage Management from RADA and a MFA degree in Classical & Contemporary Text (directing) from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Theatre Credits include:
Jack and The Beanstalk (as Resident Director, King's Head Theatre Panto 2025), The Ferry, The Dog & The Fading Folk (Tron Theatre - Outside Eyes 2025), The Invisible Spirit (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Charity fundraiser performance for Compass Collective starring Eliza Butterworth, Steph de Whalley and Tom Varey), INK (London College of Music - Final year BA Actors), Boy Parts (as Assistant Director - Soho Theatre Main House), The Professor and The Reverend (by Odhran Thomson, Page2Stage Edinburgh), Model Behaviour (as Co-Director - Pitlochry Festival Theatre/National Theatre Connections), We Are Gathered Here Today (as writer/performer - King's Head Theatre) Visiting Cézanne (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022), We Are Gathered Here Today (as writer/director) and Pains of Youth (both at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
Film Credits include:
Hold Me Down (In Case I Float Away) - in development (writer/director), BABIES - in development (director)
Fergus Hall - Lead Composer
Fergus (he/him) is a musician, composer, multidisciplinary artist and music educator from the west of Scotland. He is happiest navigating the intersections of musical practices, particularly those of jazz, sound art, Scottish traditional music, free improvisation and contemporary classical music. Much of Fergus' work focuses on the natural environment, ecologies and conservation, particularly around the coastlines and seas of Scotland.
Siân Campbell - Musical Supervisor
Siân Campbell is a Musical Director based in London, with an undergraduate degree in Composition and a Masters in Musical Direction. Siân has gone on to Assistant MD on productions such as &Juliet (UK Tour), Saving Mozart (The Other Palace), Babies (The Other Palace), and is looking forward Musically Directing the upcoming actor-muso production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at Northern Stage/Derby Theatre.
Masha Zhuravlova - Co-Composer & Violin (week 2)
Masha (Mariia) Zhuravlova is a classically trained Ukrainian cross-genre violinist based in Glasgow, coming from a broad experience of free improvisation, jazz, tango and eastern european folk music. She is currently studying the Joint Principal Study (Jazz and Classical) in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is also taking part in Royal Opera House’s mentorship scheme and recently joined Live Music Now Scotland in collaboration with Rhona MacDonald.
Rhona MacDonald - Co-Composer & Double Bass (week 2)
Rhona MacDonald is a double bassist from Glasgow. A recent graduate from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Rhona has established herself as a unique voice on the Scottish music scene. Building upon her classical training, she brings her love of folk and jazz into her various musical escapades. Since graduating, Rhona has gained work with the BBC SSO and RSNO. In 2025, Rhona played as part of the house band for the BBC Radio Scotland Young Jazz Musician.
Lucinda Freeburn - Violin (week 1)
Lucinda is a professional violinist and actor from south east London
Music:
Fiddle player in the 6 piece folk band Evolution of Fishermen and regularly plays violin for singersongwriter Rosie Smith. Gigs include: Ealing folk and blues festival (main stage); Glastonbury Festival (Rabbit Hole stage); Scouting for Girls UK tour support act (Glasgow 02 arena); Godney Gathering (Main Stage); wilderness festival; Deer shed Festival; Medicine Festival; Gate to Southwell Folk Festival
Theatre credits include: One Man, Two Guvnors; Alice in Wonderland; Beauty and the Beast; Nutcracker (New Vic Theatre); Hamlet; a Midsummer Nights Dream; Twelfth Night: a Cornish Tale (Stafford Gatehouse); Macbeth (Three Inch Fools); Joseph and the Stag (Hen and Chickens); Romeo and Juliet (Bromley Churchill theatre); Cinderella (Royal Ballet); Turandot (Royal Opera House); Pepi and Me (Camden peoples theatre)
Television credits: Blindnoy Undestroys the World (BBC Three)
Training: Rose Bruford
Chris Clarke - Harp (week 1)
Christopher (they/them, he/him) is a Canadian harpist and multidisciplinary artist based in the UK. A graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (MPerf, Distinction), their work spans classical, contemporary, and experimental music.
They have premiered new works across Canada and the UK, including Tuxedo: Diving Bell 2 by Hannah Kendall, as well as commissions for flute and harp, theremin and harp, and solo harp. Christopher has performed with ensembles such as Sinfonia Smith Square, Her Ensemble, Dorset Opera Festival, and Brixton Chamber Orchestra, and was featured in BBC Radio 3’s Total Immersion series on Kaija Saariaho.
As a soloist, they have appeared with organisations including Counter Chamber and the Lichfield Arts Festival. In 2024, Christopher made their off-West End debut in Sam Shepard’s Savage/Love and Tongues, composing and performing the incidental score. In 2025, they were recognised by CBC Music as one of the year’s foremost emerging Canadian classical artists as part of the CBC 30 Under 30.
Thanks to our Mooselet Friends and Silver Mooselets who contributed to our fundraiser and made this show possible!
Ana Sanchez, Samantha White, Evelien Moriau, Cecilia Thoden van Velzen, Daniel Kvoras, Magnus Rook, Tabatha MacCree-Cox & Carlos Yabrudy
And to our Platinum Mooselet Contributors
Alan McIntyre, Margaret Urry & Aram Balakjian
A special thanks to And Friends for gifting us use of their Glasgow rehearsal space
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and Philip Parr for gifting us use of his London rehearsal space