Riddance

Is murder ever justified? Even in defence of a child? And if you're never caught, are you always in hiding? And though you may feel safe, is it inevitable that there will be a day of Riddance? This chilling, emotional thriller about two men and a woman bound together by the secrets of surviving a childhood in a Glasgow tenement was premiered by Paines Plough at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, after previews at the Chelsea Centre, London. Linda McLean's play is suffused with wit, suspense and truth, a sober reminder that we can never escape the sins of our past.