Never Vera Blue

Anatomy Lecture Theatre - Summerhall | 1-26 AUGUST 2018

“It’s hard to know things, isn’t it? Have you ever found that, it’s really hard to know.”

Never Vera Blue tells the story of one woman who, through the course of her marriage, has been made to doubt herself so much, she cannot even say, with certainty, how tall she is. Trapped, like Little Red Riding Hood in the belly of a wolf, she asks the vital question – how do I get out?

Written in response to conversations with survivors of domestic abuse, Never Vera Blue is a disorientating story of one woman’s journey to recover who she is. 

From the city to the Kent coast, from a war-torn land to the pit of the stomach, Alexandra Wood’s new play explores just what it means to be made to doubt yourself and how to regain a sense of identity.

Never Vera Blue is the second commission from Futures creative engagement project, An Alternative Life 2015 – 2017. During 2016 Futures worked in partnership with the Gaia Centre in Lambeth, London, with a group of women who were all survivors of domestic abuse.

This production was presented in partnership with Scottish Women's Aid. Scottish Women’s Aid has been at the forefront of supporting women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse, lobbying for policy changes, conducting research to enhance understandings of domestic abuse, and challenging negative attitudes.