Script Salon: "Morningside Road" by Mhairi Berg

We are thrilled to present Mhairi Berg’s Morningside Road, with music and lyrics by Mhairi Berg and Simon Abbott. We had a sneak peak of this charming musical at our 2023 Fringe Script Tease. Since the Fringe, this piece has been expanded, and we are the first to hear the full-length version! See you there!

This SCRIPT SALON will be held on Sunday, November 10^th at 7:30PM in the Upper Arts Space at Holy Trinity Anglican Church (10037 84 Avenue). Doors open at 7PM. SCRIPT SALON presents on the SECOND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH unless otherwise noted. 

Admission is free, but donations are accepted at the door. Refreshments available. Free parking. Playwright Talkback. To arrange elevator access, email edmontonscriptsalon@​gmail.​com in advance.

Morningside Road
by Mhairi Berg
Music and lyrics by Mhairi Berg and Simon Abbott

In this Celtic-inspired musical, a Canadian girl, captivated by her granny’s wartime tales, pursues a life of passion and truth and grapples with shifting memories as her granny’s dementia blurs the line between reality and storytelling.

Directed by Kate Ryan. Readers include Mhairi Berg and Maureen Rooney.

Mhairi Berg is a graduate of MacEwan’s Theatre Arts Program and holds an MA in Music Theatre Performance from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is a Sterling Award Nominee for her original musical Morningside Road, which debuted at 2023 Fringe, and a Sterling Award Recipient (original score) for Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (Blarney Productions/​You Are Here Theatre). Apart from her writing, Mhairi is also active as a performer, director, and choreographer. Credits include: SATCo/​Uniform Theatres’ Ride The Cyclone (SterlingRecipient), Accidental Beach, Die Harsh, The 11 O’Clock Number, The Adventures of Chucky & Reggie (Grindstone Theatre), Bear Grease (Citadel Theatre/​LightningCloud Productions), Bright Lights (BlarneyProductions), The Play’s The Thing (Thou Art Here Theatre), The Catalogue of Sexual Anxieties, The Key of She (SkirtsAFire), The Matrixx, Gatsby’s Cabaret, Alison Wunderland (Spotlight Cabaret).