Dead Dad Dog, written by John McKay aged 22 in 1986, was a smash hit comic snapshot of a young guy’s life in mid-80s Edinburgh: Eck, sharply ambitious, sexed-up and in a hurry, but haunted by the spectre of flare-trousered 1970s Scottish cheesiness in the form of his dead father, Willie, a lugubrious ex-Hoover salesman. Storming the Traverse and transferring to the Royal Court the same year, it embodied the new Scottish optimism - loud-mouthed, hip and sharply-suited - of its time.

Now Alec - Eck - the original young guy, is older than the ghost of his dead father: and he has a troublesome 22 year old son of his own, Bob, whom he is dropping in to sort out as part of a larger plan to return, the conquering hero, to his homeland.

But Eck’s not old yet, is he? And he’s a much better father than Willie ever was, right? And no one’s haunted by the ghosts of old Scotland anymore, right - now that Edinburgh has trams and trans and matcha tea all running in perfect order...? 

Fast, scandalous, and heartfelt, new play Sunny Boy takes the world of Dead Dad Dog and turns it - like contemporary Scotland - arse upwards. In a blur of music, fast talk, unexpected nakedness, and poorly judged fashion choices; twanging the nerve of permanent adolescence and parental guilt that is so familiar to the 1980s generation - who grew up to inherit the world, and somehow failed to do so. 

This performance previously included the sequel Sunny Boy, however this had to be cancelled due to cast illness.