Prickly Heat
Published in volume First Run
First Staged:
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 1988

Prickly Heat

By Simon Donald
Published in volume First Run

A surreal and sensuous comedy by a young Scottish writer-performer.

Simon Donald's play Prickly Heat was first staged at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in August 1988.

Press Quotes

'Four loveless characters – a boxer, his trainer, a runaway country girl and a peculiar landlord (who keeps beers and frocks in the fridge) – jostle for position and squirt milk, oil and water over each other... I really enjoyed this one'

Financial Times
Published in volume First Run
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