“Slime. Ooze. Mucus. Tobi feels like he is covered, head to toe, in slugs. Every unwanted kiss, lover and confused indignity over the years has left its oozy mark. They’ve always been there, but one recent romantic encounter and suddenly these slimy gastropods are taking over in a big way. From his childhood bedroom, Tobi explores fractured memories of his queer, adolescent sexual awakening (replete with a Hollyoaks Hunks calendar circa 2008) in an attempt to make peace with

Family history has an extraordinary way of shaping the stories we choose to tell, and DUST feels like a production born from both personal memory and a deep sense of responsibility. Ahead of bringing the show to this year's Edinburgh Fringe, I caught up with writer and director Charlaina and performer Craig McArdle to discuss the real-life events that inspired the play, preserving the legacy of Yorkshire's mining communities, and why stories rooted in one family's experience