Running Out is part of Scenes for Survival a new season of digital artworks produced by National Theatre of Scotland and created in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

*Caution contains language that may offend*

Running Out is written by Orkney writer Àine King.

Eager to keep up with her fitness-freak mum, Fran has to get on with her training. The only problem is she’s stuck inside, and doing laps round her kitchen isn’t going to cut it. But with the power of imagination, and a little virtual motivation from her long-suffering coach Nick, she can escape the mundanity of her surroundings. Victoria Balnaves and John Scougall feature in a breathless new short from writer Àine King, directed by Sarah McCardie.

Produced by National Theatre of Scotland in association with BBC Scotland, Screen Scotland, BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine project and the Pier Arts Centre, with support from Hopscotch Films.

Each artwork in the Scenes for Survival programme has been created by a quarantine creative team, connecting remotely, made up of a performers, writer and director and filmed by the performers, from their personal spaces of isolation.

Over 100 leading artists and creatives have collaborated to create and release more than forty unique films over the coming weeks and months. All Scenes for Survival content is free to audiences.

The season of works also act as a platform to raise money for the new Scenes For Survival Hardship Fund: a fund for artists and theatre workers who have been hardest hit financially by the current crisis. Click here to donate. #SCENESFORSURVIVAL