HOTLINE

Escape reality, call the Moon!

Lines open 26 February - 6 March 2021

Run time: c. 45 minutes

In 1969 a rich white guy in the White House rings the moon searching for peace and tranquility. It’s 2021... time to reopen the phoneline. Ring HOTLINE for a lunar adventure where you choose how your quest unfolds. In one phonecall you’ll play truth or dare with ambitious octogenarians, dream with the Almost Astronaut, and hear from time-bending civil rights visionaries. Play the game right and you might just reach the moon herself.

HOTLINE is a free interactive phoneline. You get to choose your own adventure with just your keypad. Softly whisper hope into the cosmos or boldly lead an escape from NASA HQ - HOTLINE is what you need it to be.

Ring HOTLINE - a call that’s out of this world.

Call 0808 196 8619

The Team

THE TEAM

Devised by Produced Moon, Meghan Tyler and Nima Séne.

Featuring Hannah Jarrett-Scott as Oxmo

Evan Ifekoya as B.
LAPS as the Moon

Lloyd Darko as Ed Dwight
Sonique Noreiga as the Front of House High Priestess
Oreoluwa Sarah Adetoun Oshin as Matha Mwamba

Wise words from Jean, Brenda, Joyce Hennessy, Mags Connelly and Isabel Kean from the knitting group at Platform

Dramaturg: Anthony Simpson-Pike

Sound Designer: Suse Bear

Sound Design for the Moon: Alicia Matthews

Software Development: Sleekwater Software

Artistic Mentorship: Sarah Thom at Gob Squad

Graphic Design: Teka Wreka

PR: Binita Walia at The Space in Between

Producer, Tron Commissioned: Daisy Douglas

Commissioned by Tron Theatre and produced in association with Platform Glasgow.

HOTLINE is being delivered with support from the Scottish Government’s Performing Arts Venue Relief Fund, administered by Creative Scotland.

Meghan Tyler - Joint Lead Artist

Meghan Tyler trained as an actor at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. As a playwright, she has been a recipient of Channel 4 Playwrights’ Award supported by The Traverse Theatre, a recipient of the New Playwrights’ Award with Playwrights’ Studio Scotland, and been part of The New Playwrights ’Programme with The Lyric Theatre, Belfast. At the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, her play Crocodile Fever took the Traverse Theatre by storm. Meghan currently has a residency at The National Theatre.

Image by John Cooper

Nima Séne - Joint Lead Artist

Nima Séne is a transdisciplinary performance makerworking with curation, directing, writing and producing in the boundaries between theatre, film, live art, music and poetry. Séne worked with filmmaker Daniel Hughes on Beige B*tch (2018) commissioned by Contact (Manchester) Live Art UK & Diverse Actions and a three screen documentary moving through shadows (2019) for NTS’s Dear Europe project. Currentcollaborators and projects include Joana Tischkau’s PLAYBLACK, Brownton Abbey, Engine Room at National Theatre of Scotland, Sophiensaele Berlin, DMSUM (Deutsches Museum für Schwarze Musik und Unterhaltung) and are consulting Sanctuary Queer Arts.

Image by Scott Cadenhead

Hannah Jarrett-Scott - Oxmo

Hannah trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Theatre includes: Cinderfella (Tron Theatre), Pride and Prejudice *Sort of (Tron Theatre/Bristol Old Vic/UK Tour), The Taming of the Shrew (Tron/Sherman Theatre), The Wolves (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Pride and Prejudice *Sort of (Tron Theatre), A Bottle of Wine and Patsy Cline (Gilded Balloon), A Stone's Throw (Giddy Aunt/Edinburgh Book Festival), Glory On Earth (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh), Once This Is All Over We Still Have To Clear Up (Yellow Magpies/Edinburgh Festival Theatre), Janis Joplin: Full Tilt (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Midsummer Songs (New Wolsey Theatre), Lockerbie: Lost Voices (Elements World Theatre), The Place Between Sleeping (Ineffect/Strange Town), The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh), Spring Awakening (Derby Live Tour).
Television: Annika (Alibi/UKTV), Scot Squad (BBC Scotland), Float (Black Camel Productions for BBC), Trust Me (Red Productions for BBC) and various Short Stuff comedy sketches for BBC Scotland.
Radio includes: Playing the Odds (BBC), The Ballad of Banjo Moon (BBC).

Image by Jess Hardwick

Evan Ifekoya - B.

Ifekoya is an artist and energy worker who through sound, text, video and performance places demands on existing systems and institutions of power, to recentre and prioritise the experience and voice of those previously marginalised. Through archival and sonic
investigations, they speculate on blackness in abundance. They established the collectively run and QTIBPOC (queer, trans*, intersex, black and people of colour) led Black Obsidian Sound System (B.O.S.S.) in 2018. In 2019, they won the Kleinwort Hambros Emerging Artists Prize and in 2017 the Arts Foundation award for Live Art sponsored by Yoma Sasberg Estate. They have presented exhibitions and performances across Europe and Internationally, most recently: Liverpool Biennial (2021); Gus Fischer New Zealand (2020); De Appel Netherlands (2019); Gasworks London (2018).

Photograph by Kevin Osepa

Suse Bear - Sound Designer

Susan Bear (she/her) is a multi-instrumentalist, sound designer, composer and artist working across the mediums of music, theatre, games and film.

Recent projects include composition and musical arrangement for Civic Digit’s Big Data Show, as well as audio for accompanying mobile app; Sound design and composition for Hope & Joy (Stellar Quines, directed by Caitlin Skinner); Sound design for National Theatre of Scotland ‘Dear Europe’ by Leonie Rae Gasson, as well as various compositional work for companies including Jordan & Skinner, Surge, Allie Butler and Tidy Carnage.

Bear has toured internationally with bands such as Tuff Love, The Pastels, Malcolm Middleton, Pictish Trail, Tracyanne & Danny, as well as performing in the Fringe First winning production of What Girls Are Made Of (Cora Bissett / Orla O'Loughlin) as an actor and musician. In May 2020 Bear released her solo debut project Good Dog on Scottish indie label Lost Map to critical acclaim.

She has previously been involved in organising, teaching and mentoring at Girls Rock Glasgow, a DIY rock camp for young girls teaching confidence, music-making and creativity.

Image by Beth Chalmers

LAPS - The Moon. Alicia Matthews - Sound Design

Glaswegian duo Alicia Matthews & Cass Ezeji are best friends & artists who together make up the mutant dub pop duo LAPS (Ladies As Pimps). Previous releases include 2014's self-titled EP, an underground cult favourite & 2017's 'Who Me?' released on MIC Records and championed by the likes of The Vinyl Factory, Low Company & RA as well as being featured in Rihanna's debut Savage X Fenty NYFW show. 2021 will bring a new series of recordings inspired by Gaelic psalm-singing & Michaela Coel.

Image by Kristina McCormick

Anthony Simpson-Pike - Dramaturg

Anthony Simpson-Pike is a director, writer and dramaturg whose work has been staged in theatres including The Gate, The Young Vic and The Royal Court. He is currently the Associate Director at The Yard Theatre, was previously the associate director at The Gate Theatre and was a finalist for the 20th JMK award. He is interested in new writing as well as radical re-stagings of classic works, exploring the political function of theatre and questions around identity, power, representation and the environment. As well as working as a dramaturg, Anthony is a reader for The Royal Court. 

Anthony is also a facilitator, with a passion for theatre centring young people and communities, having worked at The Gate, The Royal Court, The Young Vic and The Globe in this capacity. In addition to theatre, Anthony has worked with Tamasha Theatre company to make audio drama for the National Archives (Loyalty and Dissent) and enjoys working across different media. He is passionate about international work having received a British Council bursary to visit the Informal European Theatre Meeting in Brussels, as well as being selected by the British Council to attend DirectorsLab North in Toronto. In 2019, he was invited to be a visiting guest artist for the Banff Playwrights Lab.

Recent directorial work includes The Ridiculous Darkness by Wolfram Lotz at The Gate, which received 5-star reviews, “stunning and subversive” (The Stage), “you’d be sorely pressed to find anything more riveting or stupendous” (WhatsOnStage).

As a writer, Anthony directed his first play Camp, “the epitome of the [Etcetera’s] Black Box festival and an excellent example of new work” (Everything Theatre). He has also completed Soho Theatre’s Writers Lab.

We also were very honoured to work with two groups at Platform who feature in the show.

Wise messages were left on the Moon by Jean, Brenda, Joyce Hennessy, Mags Connelly and Isabel Kean from the knitting group at Platform; as well as performances from exceptionally talented young people Lloyd Darko, Sonique Noreiga and Oreoluwa Sarah Adetoun Oshin.

Lloyd Darko

Lloyd plays the role of Ed Dwight and also wrote and performed a poem 'This is My Reality'

Lloyd is a very diverse, outgoing, ambitious, open-minded, passionate, and energetic artist. Born and raised in Glasgow, United Kingdom with a strong sense of his homeland, Ghana. His Work range from Poems, Spoken Word, Songs, Modelling, Music Making, Performing Arts, Filmmaking, Motivational Performances, etc. Be apart of Multiple projects such as Time Oot, A state of emergency, Sterling - In God's Hands, Telt! etc.

Sonique Noreiga

Sonique plays the role the Front of House High Priestess and also leaves a message to parents on the Moon.

Sonique is a very diverse, outgoing, ambitious young woman. She is also a passionate and energetic artist. Her work ranges from Poems, Spoken Word, Songs, Singing, Performing Arts, Comedy etc. She has been a part of projects such as Time Oot, gaming workshops with Produced Moon, Podcasts with Platform and more.

She has also taken part in spoken word competitions with my school and achieved her Duke of Edinburgh and enjoys being out in nature.

She hopes that our work has been as enjoyable for you as it was for us making it

Oreoluwa Sarah Adetoun Oshin

Oreoluwa plays the role of Marta Mwamba and leaves a message on the Moon.

Hello! My name is Ore and I am 15 years old. In recent years I won best main speaker and best group for public speaking and volunteer at Hairmyres Hospital, regularly sing at church and enjoy reading in my spare time as well as learning new skills like British Sign Language, Braille, cooking foreign cuisine and learning to play instruments such as bass guitar and keyboard. I am an A candidate for National 5 Geography, English, French, Spanish, Chemistry, Biology and Graphic Communications and hope to become a doctor in the future.

Brenda

Brenda leaves a message on the Moon.

There is light in our lives, it’s just around the corner.

Isabel Kean

Isabel leaves a message on the Moon.

A resident of Easterhouse since 1966.

Jean

Jean leaves a message on the Moon.

Jean, originally from Saddleworth, West Yorkshire, now living in Barlanark, east end of Glasgow.

Joyce Hennessy

Joyce leaves a message on the Moon.

Mags Connelly

Mags leaves a message on the Moon.

A resident of Easterhouse

FAQs

How long is the show?

Around 45 minutes, depending on what routes you take.

Do I have to speak?

No - it is a performative experience, all pre-recorded. The only thing you have to do is choose your path by pressing the numbers on your phone keypad.

How do I access the phone number?

Ring 0808 196 8619

The phone number is live - between 12pm on 26th February and midnight on 6th March and you can call it at any time. The number is free to call from any UK phone.

Can I call more than once?

Yes, please do call as many times as you like.

How much does it cost?

It’s free to use.

What if I do it wrong?

There are no wrong ways to call the moon - it’s up to you what journey you take. You can restart at any time by hanging up and calling the number again.

What if it doesn’t work, my phone doesn’t connect, or I just get a ‘busy’ tone?

The experience has been tested many times, but on occasion things do go wrong!

If that happens, don’t worry - check our social media for any updates on issues.

Should problems persist, please contact the Box Office and we’ll look into it for you. Our opening hours are Monday to Friday, 11am-4pm and we can be reached on 0141 552 4267 or emailed at box.office@tron.co.uk.

What if my phone cuts out?

If your phone cuts out, just call back. You can either continue from where you were or start again from the beginning.

What will happen to the data collected from the phone call?

When you call the HOTLINE your personal data (inc. telephone number) will not be stored or shared and will solely be used for your involvement with HOTLINE. The system being used for this event is owned and operated by Produced Moon, you can view our full Privacy Policy here.

Text Only Version

For everyone who wants to experience the show in a text version instead of an audio call - click here>

Content Warnings

The show contains sexually suggestive material and explicit references to racially aggravated police violence.

The show is interactive and so if you would like to not hear the section referencing police violence you can.

When you are in the black hole you might be presented with the choice to:

‘Press 1 to shake Ed’s hand, Press 2 to feel the sun shining in your belly,’

Press 2 to feel the sun shining in your belly and you will not hear this content.