some recent work:
who will be remembered here: 2025
a fieldwork performance project created with CJ Mahony, in collaboration with Historic Environment Scotland and Forest of Black. Made possible with funding from Creative Scotland.
This project is a cry against the erasure of cultures, languages and identities which has defined our past, and threaten to define our futures. Through the creation of a four short films and a book, we ask questions about the stories we choose to tell and how these stories shape the lives of those who come after us.
The films will receive their world premiere at Sheffield Doc Fest in June 2025.
Cloud Man in Chicago: 2024
A Constellation Points and Filament Theatre co-production. Images by Rudy Schieder.
Cloud Man was created in 2009 by myself and Ailie Cohen, and has been touring internationally ever since.
This new version of the show was created with Filament Theatre in Chicago. Two new performers learnt this one person show and an interactive installation was created in the theatre foyer. This production has now been touringto schools and theatres across Chicago and the Midwest.
Up next, we plan to create a Gaelic version of the show to tour schools in Scotland.
Cloud Man was created in 2009 by myself and Ailie Cohen, and has been touring internationally ever since.
This new version of the show was created with Filament Theatre in Chicago. Two new performers learnt this one person show and an interactive installation was created in the theatre foyer. This production has now been touringto schools and theatres across Chicago and the Midwest.
Up next, we plan to create a Gaelic version of the show to tour schools in Scotland.
Work with Queer Elders 2019 - present
images: Tiu Makkonen
In 2019 the National Theatre of Scotland invited me to lead a two year project celebrating the lives of older LGBTQIA people called The Coming Back Out Ball.
This project featured social dance clubs to build community and shine a light on the lives of our queer elders and the work has now evolved into the Culture Club Collective and is run by Sanctuary.
For more information click here
In 2019 the National Theatre of Scotland invited me to lead a two year project celebrating the lives of older LGBTQIA people called The Coming Back Out Ball.
This project featured social dance clubs to build community and shine a light on the lives of our queer elders and the work has now evolved into the Culture Club Collective and is run by Sanctuary.
For more information click here
selected playwriting credits:
Red Riding Hood (Citizens Theatre)
The Multiverse is Gay! (Lyceum Theatre) published by Nick Hern Books
Rocket Post (Constellation Points, originally commissioned by National Theatre of Scotland)
Thanks for Nothing (with Pappy Show for Wonderfools published by Bloomsbury
Leaving Planet Earth: written and directed with Catrin Evans (Grid Iron at Edinburgh International Festival) published by Bloomsbury
Instructions for Butterfly Collectors by Mariana Eva Perez : an adaptation (National Theatre of Scotland for A Play a Pie and a Pint at the Oran Mor)
A Perfect Child (A Play, a Pie and a Pint at the Oran Mor)
Stowaway, 2401 Objects, Beachy Head, Mile End (Analogue) published by Bloomsbury
The Multiverse is Gay! (Lyceum Theatre) published by Nick Hern Books
Rocket Post (Constellation Points, originally commissioned by National Theatre of Scotland)
Thanks for Nothing (with Pappy Show for Wonderfools published by Bloomsbury
Leaving Planet Earth: written and directed with Catrin Evans (Grid Iron at Edinburgh International Festival) published by Bloomsbury
Instructions for Butterfly Collectors by Mariana Eva Perez : an adaptation (National Theatre of Scotland for A Play a Pie and a Pint at the Oran Mor)
A Perfect Child (A Play, a Pie and a Pint at the Oran Mor)
Stowaway, 2401 Objects, Beachy Head, Mile End (Analogue) published by Bloomsbury
selected press quotes:
Red Riding Hood
Hetherington’s 75-minute script, is both intensely political and hilarious, full of smart observations about authoritarianism, alongside riotous
fun.
★★★★ The Scotsman
Rocket Post!
Utterly, utterly charming, it leaves you with a feeling of warmth as you step out into the cold Autumn night.
★★★★ Glasgow Theatre Blog
Imaginative new family show finds big ideas on a small island
★★★★ The List
Instructions for Butterfly Collectors
A breathtakingly intense, deeply poetic and heartbreaking account of loss and emotional damage.
★★★★ The Herald
Leaving Planet Earth
Walking away from Leaving Planet Earth leaves you with a genuinely refreshed perspective on our environment.
★★★★ The Huffington Post
A beautiful, eloquent and technically stunning show that offers a unique and spectacular perspective on the most challenging crisis of our time.
★★★★ The Scotsman
2401 Objects
I defy anyone not to be drawn into this deeply moving examination of life, death and memory.
★★★★ The Daily Telegraph
Hetherington’s 75-minute script, is both intensely political and hilarious, full of smart observations about authoritarianism, alongside riotous
fun.
★★★★ The Scotsman
Rocket Post!
Utterly, utterly charming, it leaves you with a feeling of warmth as you step out into the cold Autumn night.
★★★★ Glasgow Theatre Blog
Imaginative new family show finds big ideas on a small island
★★★★ The List
Instructions for Butterfly Collectors
A breathtakingly intense, deeply poetic and heartbreaking account of loss and emotional damage.
★★★★ The Herald
Leaving Planet Earth
Walking away from Leaving Planet Earth leaves you with a genuinely refreshed perspective on our environment.
★★★★ The Huffington Post
A beautiful, eloquent and technically stunning show that offers a unique and spectacular perspective on the most challenging crisis of our time.
★★★★ The Scotsman
2401 Objects
I defy anyone not to be drawn into this deeply moving examination of life, death and memory.
★★★★ The Daily Telegraph