Mon, 16 June, 2025 — Sat, 21 June, 2025
Directed by Katie Slater
A gothic comedy thriller set in a remote stately house in the Highlands, drawing on Scottish folklore and holiday horror stories
In the midst of a thunderstorm, Agnes and her partner James arrive at the remote and stately Olcis House for a romantic Highland getaway.
With endless corridors and crumbling masonry, the house is not your average Airbnb and offers an extraordinary ‘authentic’ experience, with even its own dour housekeeper!
But late at night, Agnes hears wailing and caterwauling from deep within the house. Fearful, but curious, she leaves the safety of the four-poster bed in search of answers…
The Haunting of Agnes Gilfrey is a gothic comedy thriller by Amy Conway (Catafalque), that confronts our fear of ageing women and the spectres we manifest in the dark.
Writer: Amy Conway
Director: Katie Slater
Amy Conway is a Glasgow-based Playwright, Theatre Maker & Actor. Her work includes Shrill (Scissor Kick, Surge Festival), Super Awesome World (Riotbox, Summerhall), 30:60:80 (Arches Live, Platform, Tron Theatre) and I-HAPPY-I-GOOD (Arches Live, Surge). Most recently Catafalque, inspired by her experience working as a funeral celebrant premiered at Summerhall as part of their Edinburgh Fringe 2024 programme. Previously she was awarded Summerhall’s Autopsy Award, Fire Exit’s Pyromania Award (The Warhol Assassin), and has been longlisted for The Women’s Prize for Playwriting (Mountain). Last year she received a Self-Led Project bursary from Playwrights’ Studio Scotland to develop The Implorer, a new play about sculptor Camille Claudel, in collaboration with The Burrell Collection.
Katie Slater is an early-career director and musician from Dalkeith, Midlothian. Her recent directing credits include Mary: A Gig Theatre Show (Traverse Theatre, Emma Ruse Productions & Knot Tied Theatre), Bohemia (Edinburgh Footlights) and Pilgrimage (Veto Theatre). Her recent assistant directing credits include Treasure Island, The Girls of Slender Means (Royal Lyceum Theatre), The Events (Cumbernauld Theatre and Wonder Fools) and Pushin' Thirty (A Play, A Pie and A Pint). She holds a BA Hons Drama degree from QMU, is a member of the 2024/25 Wonder Fools Youth Board and is co-founder of Knot Tied Theatre.