National Theatre of Scotland

“You look like Red Riding Hood’s grandmother. Do you want to eat me up?”

Adapted and directed by the National Theatre of Scotland’s Artistic Director Laurie Sansom, The Driver’s Seat is the first theatrical presentation of Muriel Spark’s psychologically thrilling 1970 short novel which plays at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh and tramway, Glasgow from 13 June 2015.

In its first adaptation for the stage, Lise’s journey to an unnamed European city and the ever curious people she encounters, merge with the urgency of a police incident room on the hunt for a killer.

This is one of Spark’s most unique, gripping and disturbing books, telling the story of one woman’s mission to leave her mark on a world that is becoming increasingly alien to her, and asking whether we are ever in control of our lives. The Driver’s Seat is also a taut thriller and a darkly comic tale that displays Spark at the height of her powers.

The Driver’s Seat was nominated, posthumously, for a 'Lost Man Booker Prize' and was also adapted into 1974 film, Identikit, starring Elizabeth Taylor. Muriel Spark referred to it as her favourite novel.