The Women of Lockerbie

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Bill and Olive first meeting in the hills around Lockerbie. Bill is carrying the overcoat of his wife Madeline who has gone wandering into the hills to try and find the body of the Son, Adam, who was a victim of the Pan Am flight 103, seven years earlier. Olive stands to the background and tries to comfort Bill that his wife can't be far.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Olive consoles Bill Livingston by placing a hand on his shoulder. Bill is sitting on a rock as Olive stands by his side. They are set in the Lockerbie hills. In the background the colours depict a late evening with the sun having not long set.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Madeline standing alone looks off into the audience, a sense of loss apparent in her eyes. The grief she must feel palpable by her almost manic appearance.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Bill confronts his wife Madeline after she comes back to him from wandering the hills searching for the remains of their Son, Adam. Bill, standing next to Madeline, his hands in a pleading gesture, tries to convince her that she must move on after seven years of grieving. Madeline can barely look him in the eyes.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Madeline Livingston, pain and confusion etched on her face stares out towards the audience while Woman Number 2 stands in the background looking at her.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Woman Number 2 and Woman Number 1 look on from the background as Madeline continues to talk about finding her son somewhere in the hills. They know after seven years that this isn't likely - but all they can do is offer support.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Bill Livingston sits on a rock on a hillside on the outskirts of Lockerbie. It's evening and he is wearing a heavy overcoat to keep out the cold of a Scottish evening. He stares off into the distance, concerned for his wife who continues to roam the hills each day looking for her sons remains.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Olive, Woman number 1 and Woman number 2 stand in the hills of Lockerbie at the riverside, contemplating how to obtain the clothing from the victims of the Pan Am tragedy. The are dressed in heavy coats against the Scottish night and stare off towards the audience with expressions that show their obvious frustrations.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

The candlelit vigil has started in the hills around Lockerbie and Olive, Woman number 1 and Number 2 stand with Bill. Bill in the foreground looks defeated with his struggles to keep Madeline grounded, stares off to where Madeline has again disappeared into the evening to wander the hills.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Olive played by Paola De Rosa looks off into the audience, lost in her thoughts, lit candle in hand as the candlelight vigil is held in the hills around Lockerbie.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Woman Number 2 played by Frances Rowan looks off into the audience, lost in her thoughts, lit candle in hand as the candlelight vigil is held in the hills around Lockerbie.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Woman Number 1 played by Jean Byrne looks off into the audience, lost in her thoughts, lit candle in hand as the candlelight vigil is held in the hills around Lockerbie.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Olive, Woman Number 1 and Number 2 sit beside a dry stone wall, candles in hand. They are pensive, thoughtful, contemplative. Lost in their own thoughts.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Black and white image of Bill Livingston played by Garry Kennedy. Bill stands alone, candle in hand as part of the candlelight vigil. He stares out to the audience with a blank, lost expression.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Bill, Olive, Woman Number 1 and Number 2 standing with lit candles as part of the vigil. Each one contemplating the loss which brought them to the hills of Lockerbie.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Madeline Livingston sits alone her hands in her lap, a look of slight mania in her eyes as she stares skywards. She is wrapped in a heavy coat and scarf against the cold Scottish night.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Hattie standing alone with her mop from her cleaning duties at the warehouse. She stands with one hand on her hip, elbow jutting out, a sly smile on her face.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

George confronts Hattie about her cleaning duties in the warehouse and that he knows she regularly goes into his office. George has a superior look on his face while Hattie tries to portray an image of innocence.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Bill Livingston and George have a conversation in the hills around Lockerbie as Bill tells George of his concern for his wife Madeline who has never found any items of their Son and therefore has never had closure on their loss. Bill is looking at George as George stares out the audience. Conflicted by his sense of duty and the penalties that could be imposed for releasing evidence, and his sense of sadness at the plight of both Madeline and Bill.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

George - The US representative in Lockerbie who is charged with protecting all the items of evidence in the warehouse, looks away from other cast members as Olive begs him to release the clothing into their hands so that they may wash them to return to the families. George is obviously conflicted in his duties. Other cast members look on at him in the hope that he will have a change of heart.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Woman Number 2 stands alone on the hillside, the colours in the background of blues, pinks and purples signifying that the sun has not long set. She is wrapped in a scarf and a heavy coat to keep out the chill of the cold Scottish evening.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Hattie, the warehouse cleaner, stands in the hills of Lockerbie after telling the others how her plan to obtain the clothing of the missing has failed. She looks off into the distance with a look of sorrow as the colours in the background; blues, purples and pink, signify the sunset.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Madeline Livingston comforts her husband Bill as he breaks down after seven years of holding in his pain. They sit over a suitcase belonging to their son Adam, who was one of the passengers lost in December 1988. Bill is clutching a t-shirt belonging to Adam and only now he begins to grieve.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Madeline & Bill Livingston standing in the hills of Lockerbie. Madeline has cut herself after searching a warehouse for remnants of her son's belongings. She stands in front of Bill facing the audience, her hands raised, and blood on her face.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Madeline Livingston, the mother of one of the passengers killed on Pan Am Flight 103 helps the women of Lockerbie. She helps Olive to remove the bloody clothing from passengers collected at the scene seven years ago, as the women prepare to wash them in the river. Once washed they will be returned to the families of those who lost their lives.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Cast of "The Women of Lockerbie" on stage at the final scene, washing the clothes in the river as Bill Livingston watches on.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

Full cast of "The Women of Lockerbie" on stage at the final scene, washing the clothes in the river. Standing to take the audience applause as the curtain prepares to close.

Shoot from "The Women of Lockerbie" by Deborah Brevoort. October 2024. Performed by Giffnock Theatre Players.

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