This is a Gift

By Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir

A Pitlochry Festival Theatre Production

If you could have one wish, what would it be?

Zoe is about to head off to university, assuming she’s got the grades. Dad’s gilding business is struggling but they don’t talk about that. Summer is here and everything is about to change. Hopefully.

When Silvain passes out against their door, Zoe and dad take him in and care for him – a simple act of kindness that has unexpected consequences. As a token of his gratitude, Silvain’s friend, Dennis, offers dad a wish. But all wishes come with a price. Gold does not glitter. Gold just blinds.

An exploration of class, care and consequences, This is a Gift by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir is a modern take on the Midas myth set in Leith.

One of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 37 plays and longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Playwriting, has its world première.