The bestselling memoir brought to life in a stage adaptation premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2024.
A young woman finds herself washed up back home on the Scottish archipelago of Orkney, trying to rebuild her life after a decade of addiction.
The life she has left behind in London, with all its intoxicating temptations, has pushed her to the point of destruction. Now there is wildness of a different form - an alluring wilderness that she must learn to navigate..
Speaking to the impact of isolation and loneliness and - ultimately - the resilience of people, Amy Liptrot's bestselling memoir
The Outrun has been adapted for the stage by Stef Smith. Directed by Vicky Featherstone, and co-produced by The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and Edinburgh International Festival, it premiered at the 2024 Festival..
Amy Liptrot's
The Outrun was a
Sunday Times bestseller, BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, won the Wainwright Prize and the PEN Ackerley Prize, and was shortlisted for the Wellcome and Ondaatje Prizes.
