Fiona Black, the playwright of Super Seniors, discusses her inspiration for the play and the themes it explores.

About the Play:

When their flashy young fitness instructor abandons Agnes, Kirsten and Marie, the trio of friends in their early seventies are indignant. After calling them "saggy seniors" incapable of improvement, she's left their small Scottish village's community hall to become a TV fitness celebrity. Secretly continuing their workouts with makeshift classes, these three vibrant, distinct women make a pact: they'll train for the upcoming charity 5K run everyone claimed they were "too old" to complete.

As circuits, squats and shakes fuel their journey, buried memories and surprising self-discoveries do too. Romantic interests are rekindled for both widow Marie and married Kirsten, who worries her farmer husband's new golf trips mean he's having an affair. Supporting each other through heartaches, laughter and tears, the friends realise that advanced age needn't spell the end of reinvention or daring to push boundaries. Their eyes opened to new business ideas and newfound confidence; these seniors demonstrate it's never too late to reclaim forgotten parts of oneself.

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Is a podcast supporting and showcasing new Audio Theatre writing. Showcasing 12 playwrights and 14 actors, season 1 will last for one year! By subscribing, you support The Grey Hill in producing more new writing here in Scotland.

Season 1 Dates:

MAY - Fiona Black – Super Seniors

JUN - Liam Alexandru – Waiting for Mary, The Eulogy and A Matter of Time

JUL - Lila Malkonen – Tales of the Ferry Girl

AUG - Amy Hawes - Gameshow

SEP - Vincent Maguire – Passport for a Terrorist, Leaving This Shore, Mick McGrory and The Crickets Stayed Home in Lubbock

Plays available in full:

OCT 23 - Sarah Hauck – Starr Crossed
NOV - Phil Baarda – Bone Cave Man
DEC - Birgit Itse – What is it we keep talking about, Pure Baltic and Time of Our Lives
JAN 24 - Benjamin Harris- The Wolf of Badenoch
FEB - Susan Chaney – Beyond Ash Lagoon, First Love and The Precptory
MAR - Alyssa Osiecki - Essential Work Only
APR - Crystal Galbraith – Prides a Riot