Gie's Peace

A one woman show celebrating women's activism for peace

Written and performed
by
​Morna Burdon

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE • PRAGUE FRINGE FESTIVAL • SCOTTISH TOUR NOW BOOKING

Gie’s Peace sees Morna Burdon take audience on a journey of courage, creativity and resilience as she highlights women worldwide who have found daring, creative, courageous ways to rebel against war and take a stand for peace. Threaded through with songs and punctuated with humour, this moving spoken word show also looks at how war affects those the women love.​

“In a world where you can find war anywhere, including on your doorstep, Gie’s Peace is about brave women who refused to give up on peace and hope. From the bravery of a Somalian mother to defiant Scotswomen, from a Prague born pacifist to the young African American who overcame fear to sing in the darkness, it is the strength, courage and determination of these women that is so affecting. It is an honour to have played to audiences from Ukraine to Romania from the Czech Republic to Russia and the U.S. and to have this show resonate so strongly with their lives and experiences.”

Genre: Storytelling, Song. Political Theatre. Stories of real people brought to life in performance
Solo Performance New Writing 
Suitable Audiences: 14+
Proposed Venues: Small Scale Theatres; Studio Spaces, Festivals, Schools, Village Halls, Museums, Libraries
Proposed Touring Locations:  Scotland, UK, International
Proposed Touring Period:   Ongoing
Video: See this page. Intro to the work & (at 42 secs) clip of the show

Fringe Review   "RECOMMENDED!"
‘Grasps our attention from the outset combining stories and songs in a clever, wistful look at the effects that war has on the world and how women have reacted ……take a moment to step away from the world and find Gie’s Peace for yourself’

Scots Gay Arts **** (4 stars)
'With her first song Morna Burdon plunges us straight into the brilliantly black humour with which women have creatively waged peace…..My favourite has to be Lily of the Arc Lights – sung to the woman with the bolt-cutters, beside whom the singer is attacking the perimeter fence of a nuclear base… made me laugh out loud.'

​All Edinburgh Theatre. Com: ‘Intimate……but a core of steel’.

AUDIENCE FEEDBACK

Beautifully structured......As always, her words and music bring emotions to life…….Evocative songs of protest and struggle...... Moving & inspirational storytelling.....
You told my mum’s story. Thank you.
I lost my brother in Vietnam and the stories help ……… I was in the crowd that sang that song in Wenceslas Square in the presence of Vaclav Havel ….. This was beautiful. Thank you.
​We Shall Overcome (members of Ukraine Theatre Company)