ghostbag is an artist-led experimental company based in scotland. 

driven by the artistic partnership of eszter marsalko and wils wilson we make shows, dances, films and gatherings. our company name comes from alan warner’s novel “The Man Who Walked”, and is a reference to the familiar image of a plastic bag floating around. ‘ghostbag’ is also a metaphor for any living thing.

we work with a diverse group of collaborators to make art that enhances the liveness of the moment and creates opportunities for connection - with other people, with the universe itself. we see art as a vital part of existence which everyone both needs and deserves.

ghostbag’s live work includes triffid, a site-specific audio experience and video installation and the halcyon days, a new, participatory community ritual. 

our work for screen includes the halcyon days, a trilogy of short art films. the films in the trilogy - crowd, the way i missed the end and the halcyon days - are linked through formal experimentation and themes of connection, transience and a focus on the natural world.

eszter marsalko

eszter works in a mix of direction, choreography, writing and dramaturgy in live performance and on screen. eszter has contributed to a range of projects, including theatre, outdoor performance, variety, opera, dance theatre, and film. in scotland, eszter has worked with the royal lyceum as well as magnetic north, scottish opera, curious seed, grid iron theatre company and her company snap-elastic, a national portfolio organisation in scotland. internationally, eszter has worked for volksbühne (berlin), hungarian state opera, weimar national theatre and nordland visual theatre (norway).

wils wilson

wils is one of the uk’s leading theatre directors, known for imaginative and challenging reinterpretations of new and classical texts, playful theatricality and innovative audience engagement. her work has received numerous awards nationally and internationally, including a drama desk award, best director awards (CATS awards and welsh theatre awards), MEN awards and nominations for olivier and LA critics’ circle awards. she was co-artistic director of wilson+wilson 1997-2007 and associate director at edinburgh lyceum theatre 2016-2024.