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It's Not Where You Start

Fri 05 Mar at 7:30pm Corn Exchange, Haddington A moving story told live on stage in Haddington

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Hilarious. Moving. Completely true.   

How do you work out who you are when you’ve spent most of your life trying to work out where you belong?   

Scott Kyle has spent a lifetime trying to answer that question.   

Event description

From a childhood shaped by poverty, violence, sectarianism and the care system, to an extraordinary career in theatre, film and television — and eventually coming full circle as a foster carer himself — Scott’s life has taken him places he could never have imagined.   

And very little of it has gone according to plan.   There have been extraordinary highs, spectacular mistakes, unlikely friendships, failures, second chances and moments so ridiculous they could only be true.   

In It’s Not Where You Start, award-winning actor, producer and author Scott Kyle takes audiences on a funny, candid and deeply personal journey through the people, places and unexpected moments that shaped his life.   

From the Glasgow streets of his childhood to film and television sets, The Angels’ Share, Kajaki and Outlander, winning The Stage Award for Acting Excellence, and the extraordinary rise, fall and return of Scottish theatre phenomenon Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim — Scott discovers that sometimes the things that go wrong tell us more about who we are than the things that go right.   

Performed live using storytelling, photographs, film and animation, the show moves from laugh-out-loud stories to moments of remarkable honesty, exploring identity, belonging, resilience and the people who can change the direction of our lives.   

This isn’t a story about having all the answers. It’s about spending a lifetime looking for them.  

Funny, surprising, poignant and ultimately uplifting, It’s Not Where You Start is for anyone who has ever questioned where they belong, changed direction, started again — or wondered whether they’re actually doing what they’re supposed to be doing with their life. From foster care to foster carer.   

Because sometimes you have to travel a very long way to discover who you were all along.

Venue & Accessibility

This event will be held at Corn Exchange, Court Street, Haddington EH41 3DS.

  • The Corn Exchange has recently been refurbished and we have added a technical infrastructure for the stage, sound and lighting especially for live performances.
  • Seats are unreserved and chosen on arrival.
  • A selection of interval refreshments are available, and the town has several restaurants and bars.
  • Located on Court Street, the main road through Haddington, there is free parking at the rear of the building.
  • Access into the building is level, with accessible toilets inside.

If your booking requires a wheelchair user space or you have any access requirements for your visit, please contact our box office  0131 653 5245 / boxoffice@eastlothian.gov.uk

 

Tickets

£18 (£16), £10 under 18, Friends 20% discount.

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