11:00 | 21 |
Alma mater - Fish & GameScotland Street School
Alma mater - Fish & GameScotland Street School
New site-specific piece created for Macintosh's Scotland Street School. Individual audience members use portable video screens to explore the school and encounter traces of performances past. Conceived in collaboration with a range of Glasgow-based artists, Alma Mater engages with childhood and the coercive, civilising power of education. ‘These are original and talented thinkers and theatre-makers’ Robert Dawson Scott, The Times. New site-specific piece created for Macintosh's Scotland Street School. Individual audience members use portable video screens to explore the school and encounter traces of performances past. Conceived in collaboration with a range of Glasgow-based artists, Alma Mater engages with childhood and the coercive, civilising power of education. ‘These are original and talented thinkers and theatre-makers’ Robert Dawson Scott, The Times. |
11:00 | 21 |
Alma mater - Fish & GameScotland Street School
Alma mater - Fish & GameScotland Street School
New site-specific piece created for Macintosh's Scotland Street School. Individual audience members use portable video screens to explore the school and encounter traces of performances past. Conceived in collaboration with a range of Glasgow-based artists, Alma Mater engages with childhood and the coercive, civilising power of education. ‘These are original and talented thinkers and theatre-makers’ Robert Dawson Scott, The Times. New site-specific piece created for Macintosh's Scotland Street School. Individual audience members use portable video screens to explore the school and encounter traces of performances past. Conceived in collaboration with a range of Glasgow-based artists, Alma Mater engages with childhood and the coercive, civilising power of education. ‘These are original and talented thinkers and theatre-makers’ Robert Dawson Scott, The Times. |
12:00 | 21 |
Blood and roses - PoorboyTron Theatre
Blood and roses - PoorboyTron Theatre
If the situation is desperate enough then a mother will eat her young, said Baba Yaga. Battle lines are drawn across 400 years, from Glasgow to Russia, as two families prepare to become one. This audio promenade leads audiences through streets and hidden spaces of Glasgow, as Poorboy bring their world of rituals, fairytale and the dark corners of family, music, soundscape, smells, and their curation of visual art, photography and film. If the situation is desperate enough then a mother will eat her young, said Baba Yaga. Battle lines are drawn across 400 years, from Glasgow to Russia, as two families prepare to become one. This audio promenade leads audiences through streets and hidden spaces of Glasgow, as Poorboy bring their world of rituals, fairytale and the dark corners of family, music, soundscape, smells, and their curation of visual art, photography and film. |
12:00 | 21 |
Blood and roses - PoorboyTron Theatre
Blood and roses - PoorboyTron Theatre
If the situation is desperate enough then a mother will eat her young, said Baba Yaga. Battle lines are drawn across 400 years, from Glasgow to Russia, as two families prepare to become one. This audio promenade leads audiences through streets and hidden spaces of Glasgow, as Poorboy bring their world of rituals, fairytale and the dark corners of family, music, soundscape, smells, and their curation of visual art, photography and film. If the situation is desperate enough then a mother will eat her young, said Baba Yaga. Battle lines are drawn across 400 years, from Glasgow to Russia, as two families prepare to become one. This audio promenade leads audiences through streets and hidden spaces of Glasgow, as Poorboy bring their world of rituals, fairytale and the dark corners of family, music, soundscape, smells, and their curation of visual art, photography and film. |
13:00 | 21 |
Parallel lines - Highway Diner/Eaton LewisThe Arches
Parallel lines - Highway Diner/Eaton LewisThe Arches
A room that tells a story about love, idealism and loss. Enter whenever you wish and stay as long as you like. Inside, depending on where and how you look, you will find a place of pilgrimage for a secular age, a work of science fiction, and a glimpse of life after death. A room that tells a story about love, idealism and loss. Enter whenever you wish and stay as long as you like. Inside, depending on where and how you look, you will find a place of pilgrimage for a secular age, a work of science fiction, and a glimpse of life after death. |
13:00 | 21 |
Parallel lines - Highway Diner/Eaton LewisThe Arches
Parallel lines - Highway Diner/Eaton LewisThe Arches
A room that tells a story about love, idealism and loss. Enter whenever you wish and stay as long as you like. Inside, depending on where and how you look, you will find a place of pilgrimage for a secular age, a work of science fiction, and a glimpse of life after death. A room that tells a story about love, idealism and loss. Enter whenever you wish and stay as long as you like. Inside, depending on where and how you look, you will find a place of pilgrimage for a secular age, a work of science fiction, and a glimpse of life after death. |
13:30 | 21 |
A play, a pie and a pint ‘wee Andy’ - Paddy CunneenOran Mor
A play, a pie and a pint ‘wee Andy’ - Paddy CunneenOran Mor
What happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang? This is the story of how medical services try to repair the physical damage, how his mother tries to keep him safe, and how Wee Andy tries to imagine a life for himself in a world bordered by four local streets. What happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang? This is the story of how medical services try to repair the physical damage, how his mother tries to keep him safe, and how Wee Andy tries to imagine a life for himself in a world bordered by four local streets. |
13:30 | 21 |
A play, a pie and a pint ‘wee Andy’ - Paddy CunneenOran Mor
A play, a pie and a pint ‘wee Andy’ - Paddy CunneenOran Mor
What happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang? This is the story of how medical services try to repair the physical damage, how his mother tries to keep him safe, and how Wee Andy tries to imagine a life for himself in a world bordered by four local streets. What happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang? This is the story of how medical services try to repair the physical damage, how his mother tries to keep him safe, and how Wee Andy tries to imagine a life for himself in a world bordered by four local streets. |
14:00 | 21 |
Susurrus - David LeddyBotanic Gardens
Susurrus - David LeddyBotanic Gardens
Unique drama by ‘Scotland’s hottest, edgiest young playwright’ (Sunday Times) that has received overwhelming critical acclaim and sell-out audiences around the world. Following a map in and out of the glasshouses of the beautiful Botanic Garden you listen to the piece on headphones, wearing a specially designed scarf and gloves. Unique drama by ‘Scotland’s hottest, edgiest young playwright’ (Sunday Times) that has received overwhelming critical acclaim and sell-out audiences around the world. Following a map in and out of the glasshouses of the beautiful Botanic Garden you listen to the piece on headphones, wearing a specially designed scarf and gloves. |
14:00 | 21 |
Susurrus - David LeddyBotanic Gardens
Susurrus - David LeddyBotanic Gardens
Unique drama by ‘Scotland’s hottest, edgiest young playwright’ (Sunday Times) that has received overwhelming critical acclaim and sell-out audiences around the world. Following a map in and out of the glasshouses of the beautiful Botanic Garden you listen to the piece on headphones, wearing a specially designed scarf and gloves. Unique drama by ‘Scotland’s hottest, edgiest young playwright’ (Sunday Times) that has received overwhelming critical acclaim and sell-out audiences around the world. Following a map in and out of the glasshouses of the beautiful Botanic Garden you listen to the piece on headphones, wearing a specially designed scarf and gloves. |
15:00 | 21 |
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. |
15:00 | 21 |
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. |
17:00 | 21 |
Human animal - Janis Claxton DancePlatform
Human animal - Janis Claxton DancePlatform
Human Animal is a unique performance installation recently performed at the Shanghai Expo and in Beijing 798 Space. This work, inspired by the award winning performance Enclosure 44 – Humans (2008) is a moving installation which challenges perceptions of “who's watching who”. Human Animal exposes audiences and performers to the intrinsic evolutionary complicity between humans and animals. Human Animal is a unique performance installation recently performed at the Shanghai Expo and in Beijing 798 Space. This work, inspired by the award winning performance Enclosure 44 – Humans (2008) is a moving installation which challenges perceptions of “who's watching who”. Human Animal exposes audiences and performers to the intrinsic evolutionary complicity between humans and animals. |
17:00 | 21 |
Human animal - Janis Claxton DancePlatform
Human animal - Janis Claxton DancePlatform
Human Animal is a unique performance installation recently performed at the Shanghai Expo and in Beijing 798 Space. This work, inspired by the award winning performance Enclosure 44 – Humans (2008) is a moving installation which challenges perceptions of “who's watching who”. Human Animal exposes audiences and performers to the intrinsic evolutionary complicity between humans and animals. Human Animal is a unique performance installation recently performed at the Shanghai Expo and in Beijing 798 Space. This work, inspired by the award winning performance Enclosure 44 – Humans (2008) is a moving installation which challenges perceptions of “who's watching who”. Human Animal exposes audiences and performers to the intrinsic evolutionary complicity between humans and animals. |
18:00 | 21 |
Private dancer - Janice ParkerDoge’s Palace
Private dancer - Janice ParkerDoge’s Palace
2010 Herald Angel winners Janice Parker, Richard Layzell and 16 diverse performers create an hour long promenade event in and around a real sized luminous house. We might let you in......! A cross between Art Installation, Zen Garden, dance show and party.... The Skinny. 2010 Herald Angel winners Janice Parker, Richard Layzell and 16 diverse performers create an hour long promenade event in and around a real sized luminous house. We might let you in......! A cross between Art Installation, Zen Garden, dance show and party.... The Skinny. |
18:00 | 21 |
Private dancer - Janice ParkerDoge’s Palace
Private dancer - Janice ParkerDoge’s Palace
2010 Herald Angel winners Janice Parker, Richard Layzell and 16 diverse performers create an hour long promenade event in and around a real sized luminous house. We might let you in......! A cross between Art Installation, Zen Garden, dance show and party.... The Skinny. 2010 Herald Angel winners Janice Parker, Richard Layzell and 16 diverse performers create an hour long promenade event in and around a real sized luminous house. We might let you in......! A cross between Art Installation, Zen Garden, dance show and party.... The Skinny. |
20:00 | 21 |
Trilogy - Nic GreenThe Arches
Trilogy - Nic GreenThe Arches
Award-winning show, brimming with raw energy and takes its shape as a celebratory venture into modern-day feminism. Green and her company give their all in this thrilling performance triptych designed to challenge, inspire and make way for positive change. Expect passion, beauty and fifty female volunteer dancers in this radical performance, delivered with relentless, raw energy. Award-winning show, brimming with raw energy and takes its shape as a celebratory venture into modern-day feminism. Green and her company give their all in this thrilling performance triptych designed to challenge, inspire and make way for positive change. Expect passion, beauty and fifty female volunteer dancers in this radical performance, delivered with relentless, raw energy. |
20:00 | 21 |
Roadkill - Ankur and PachamamaTron Theatre
Roadkill - Ankur and PachamamaTron Theatre
In Benin City, a girl struggles to support her family. A world away, in Glasgow, ‘aunty’ Martha arranges a job and flight for her. Based on the experiences of women trafficked to Scotland, Cora Bissett’s explosive production, combining direct, chilling performances with video, animation and music, thrusts you into the brutal, hidden world behind the newspaper headlines on sex-trafficking. In Benin City, a girl struggles to support her family. A world away, in Glasgow, ‘aunty’ Martha arranges a job and flight for her. Based on the experiences of women trafficked to Scotland, Cora Bissett’s explosive production, combining direct, chilling performances with video, animation and music, thrusts you into the brutal, hidden world behind the newspaper headlines on sex-trafficking. |
20:00 | 21 |
Roadkill - Ankur and PachamamaTron Theatre
Roadkill - Ankur and PachamamaTron Theatre
In Benin City, a girl struggles to support her family. A world away, in Glasgow, ‘aunty’ Martha arranges a job and flight for her. Based on the experiences of women trafficked to Scotland, Cora Bissett’s explosive production, combining direct, chilling performances with video, animation and music, thrusts you into the brutal, hidden world behind the newspaper headlines on sex-trafficking. In Benin City, a girl struggles to support her family. A world away, in Glasgow, ‘aunty’ Martha arranges a job and flight for her. Based on the experiences of women trafficked to Scotland, Cora Bissett’s explosive production, combining direct, chilling performances with video, animation and music, thrusts you into the brutal, hidden world behind the newspaper headlines on sex-trafficking. |
20:00 | 21 |
Trilogy - Nic GreenThe Arches
Trilogy - Nic GreenThe Arches
Award-winning show, brimming with raw energy and takes its shape as a celebratory venture into modern-day feminism. Green and her company give their all in this thrilling performance triptych designed to challenge, inspire and make way for positive change. Expect passion, beauty and fifty female volunteer dancers in this radical performance, delivered with relentless, raw energy. Award-winning show, brimming with raw energy and takes its shape as a celebratory venture into modern-day feminism. Green and her company give their all in this thrilling performance triptych designed to challenge, inspire and make way for positive change. Expect passion, beauty and fifty female volunteer dancers in this radical performance, delivered with relentless, raw energy. |
20:30 | 21 |
Midsummer - Traverse Theatre CompanyTron Theatre
Midsummer - Traverse Theatre CompanyTron Theatre
It’s Midsummer’s weekend in Edinburgh. It’s raining. Two thirtysomethings are sitting in a New Town bar waiting for something to turn up. He’s a failing car salesman on the fringes of the city’s underworld and she’s a high powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people’s husbands. She’s out of his league and he’s not her type at all. They absolutely should not sleep together. Ever. Ever. Midsummer [a play with songs] is the story of Bob and Helena and a great lost weekend of bridge burning, car chases, wedding bust-ups, bondage miscalculations, midnight trysts and horrible hungover self loathing misery. Featuring Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon as the ill-advised love match, Midsummer is a quirky, charming love story by one of Scotland’s leading playwrights, David Greig and top Edinburgh singer/songwriter, Gordon McIntyre of the band ballboy. It’s Midsummer’s weekend in Edinburgh. It’s raining. Two thirtysomethings are sitting in a New Town bar waiting for something to turn up. He’s a failing car salesman on the fringes of the city’s underworld and she’s a high powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people’s husbands. She’s out of his league and he’s not her type at all. They absolutely should not sleep together. Ever. Ever. Midsummer [a play with songs] is the story of Bob and Helena and a great lost weekend of bridge burning, car chases, wedding bust-ups, bondage miscalculations, midnight trysts and horrible hungover self loathing misery. Featuring Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon as the ill-advised love match, Midsummer is a quirky, charming love story by one of Scotland’s leading playwrights, David Greig and top Edinburgh singer/songwriter, Gordon McIntyre of the band ballboy. |
20:30 | 21 |
Orlando - CrypticTramway
Orlando - CrypticTramway
Orlando opens with the hero as a young man in Elizabethan England, and follows his transformations of fortune, love and gender in this sensuous epic of self-discovery. Cryptic performances seek to ‘ravish the senses’, fusing performance, live music, visuals and technology, enabling ‘music to be looked at…not just listened to’. “I tied my heart to the oak tree.” Orlando opens with the hero as a young man in Elizabethan England, and follows his transformations of fortune, love and gender in this sensuous epic of self-discovery. Cryptic performances seek to ‘ravish the senses’, fusing performance, live music, visuals and technology, enabling ‘music to be looked at…not just listened to’. “I tied my heart to the oak tree.” |
20:30 | 21 |
Private dancer - Janice ParkerDoge’s Palace
Private dancer - Janice ParkerDoge’s Palace
2010 Herald Angel winners Janice Parker, Richard Layzell and 16 diverse performers create an hour long promenade event in and around a real sized luminous house. We might let you in......! A cross between Art Installation, Zen Garden, dance show and party.... The Skinny. 2010 Herald Angel winners Janice Parker, Richard Layzell and 16 diverse performers create an hour long promenade event in and around a real sized luminous house. We might let you in......! A cross between Art Installation, Zen Garden, dance show and party.... The Skinny. |
20:30 | 21 |
The monster in the hall - Citizens' Theatre - A TAG ProductionCitizens’ Theatre
The monster in the hall - Citizens' Theatre - A TAG ProductionCitizens’ Theatre
World premiere from Scottish playwright, David Greig. Duck Macatarsney cares for her biker dad whose MS is getting increasingly bad. The two of them are just about surviving when one morning the Duke wakes up blind and the Duck hears that the Social Services are coming to take her away. A low budget indie comedy musical about a girl on the verge of a nervous breakdown played out by four actors and a big fat motorbike which goes vrrooommm. World premiere from Scottish playwright, David Greig. Duck Macatarsney cares for her biker dad whose MS is getting increasingly bad. The two of them are just about surviving when one morning the Duke wakes up blind and the Duck hears that the Social Services are coming to take her away. A low budget indie comedy musical about a girl on the verge of a nervous breakdown played out by four actors and a big fat motorbike which goes vrrooommm. |
20:30 | 21 |
Orlando - CrypticTramway
Orlando - CrypticTramway
Orlando opens with the hero as a young man in Elizabethan England, and follows his transformations of fortune, love and gender in this sensuous epic of self-discovery. Cryptic performances seek to ‘ravish the senses’, fusing performance, live music, visuals and technology, enabling ‘music to be looked at…not just listened to’. “I tied my heart to the oak tree.” Orlando opens with the hero as a young man in Elizabethan England, and follows his transformations of fortune, love and gender in this sensuous epic of self-discovery. Cryptic performances seek to ‘ravish the senses’, fusing performance, live music, visuals and technology, enabling ‘music to be looked at…not just listened to’. “I tied my heart to the oak tree.” |
20:30 | 21 |
Private dancer - Janice ParkerDoge’s Palace
Private dancer - Janice ParkerDoge’s Palace
2010 Herald Angel winners Janice Parker, Richard Layzell and 16 diverse performers create an hour long promenade event in and around a real sized luminous house. We might let you in......! A cross between Art Installation, Zen Garden, dance show and party.... The Skinny. 2010 Herald Angel winners Janice Parker, Richard Layzell and 16 diverse performers create an hour long promenade event in and around a real sized luminous house. We might let you in......! A cross between Art Installation, Zen Garden, dance show and party.... The Skinny. |
20:30 | 21 |
Gilgamesh - Tam Dean BurnRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Gilgamesh - Tam Dean BurnRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
The Play of Gilgamesh by Edwin Morgan brings the world’s oldest poem to life, moving between ritual, comedy and moments of intense beauty – and has never been performed until now. Renowned theatremaker Tam Dean Burn directs performers from Scotland’s national conservatoire in an edited version with live songs and original music. The Play of Gilgamesh by Edwin Morgan brings the world’s oldest poem to life, moving between ritual, comedy and moments of intense beauty – and has never been performed until now. Renowned theatremaker Tam Dean Burn directs performers from Scotland’s national conservatoire in an edited version with live songs and original music. |
20:30 | 21 |
The monster in the hall - Citizens' Theatre - A TAG ProductionCitizens’ Theatre
The monster in the hall - Citizens' Theatre - A TAG ProductionCitizens’ Theatre
World premiere from Scottish playwright, David Greig. Duck Macatarsney cares for her biker dad whose MS is getting increasingly bad. The two of them are just about surviving when one morning the Duke wakes up blind and the Duck hears that the Social Services are coming to take her away. A low budget indie comedy musical about a girl on the verge of a nervous breakdown played out by four actors and a big fat motorbike which goes vrrooommm. World premiere from Scottish playwright, David Greig. Duck Macatarsney cares for her biker dad whose MS is getting increasingly bad. The two of them are just about surviving when one morning the Duke wakes up blind and the Duck hears that the Social Services are coming to take her away. A low budget indie comedy musical about a girl on the verge of a nervous breakdown played out by four actors and a big fat motorbike which goes vrrooommm. |
20:30 | 21 |
A Clockwork Orange - Citizens’ TheatreCitizens’ Theatre
A Clockwork Orange - Citizens’ TheatreCitizens’ Theatre
In a world of high unemployment, state surveillance and fierce repression, the young get their kicks from random violence. Alex is with his gang of droogs, hyping them up for their nightly orgy of opportunistic brutality. But our charismatic delinquent narrator isn’t a straightforward psychopath. As we follow his rehabilitation by the state we are left wondering if being forced to be good is in fact more evil than sin itself. In a world of high unemployment, state surveillance and fierce repression, the young get their kicks from random violence. Alex is with his gang of droogs, hyping them up for their nightly orgy of opportunistic brutality. But our charismatic delinquent narrator isn’t a straightforward psychopath. As we follow his rehabilitation by the state we are left wondering if being forced to be good is in fact more evil than sin itself. |
20:30 | 21 |
Gilgamesh - Tam Dean BurnRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Gilgamesh - Tam Dean BurnRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
The Play of Gilgamesh by Edwin Morgan brings the world’s oldest poem to life, moving between ritual, comedy and moments of intense beauty – and has never been performed until now. Renowned theatremaker Tam Dean Burn directs performers from Scotland’s national conservatoire in an edited version with live songs and original music. The Play of Gilgamesh by Edwin Morgan brings the world’s oldest poem to life, moving between ritual, comedy and moments of intense beauty – and has never been performed until now. Renowned theatremaker Tam Dean Burn directs performers from Scotland’s national conservatoire in an edited version with live songs and original music. |
20:30 | 21 |
A Clockwork Orange - Citizens’ TheatreCitizens’ Theatre
A Clockwork Orange - Citizens’ TheatreCitizens’ Theatre
In a world of high unemployment, state surveillance and fierce repression, the young get their kicks from random violence. Alex is with his gang of droogs, hyping them up for their nightly orgy of opportunistic brutality. But our charismatic delinquent narrator isn’t a straightforward psychopath. As we follow his rehabilitation by the state we are left wondering if being forced to be good is in fact more evil than sin itself. In a world of high unemployment, state surveillance and fierce repression, the young get their kicks from random violence. Alex is with his gang of droogs, hyping them up for their nightly orgy of opportunistic brutality. But our charismatic delinquent narrator isn’t a straightforward psychopath. As we follow his rehabilitation by the state we are left wondering if being forced to be good is in fact more evil than sin itself. |
20:30 | 21 |
Midsummer - Traverse Theatre CompanyTron Theatre
Midsummer - Traverse Theatre CompanyTron Theatre
It’s Midsummer’s weekend in Edinburgh. It’s raining. Two thirtysomethings are sitting in a New Town bar waiting for something to turn up. He’s a failing car salesman on the fringes of the city’s underworld and she’s a high powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people’s husbands. She’s out of his league and he’s not her type at all. They absolutely should not sleep together. Ever. Ever. Midsummer [a play with songs] is the story of Bob and Helena and a great lost weekend of bridge burning, car chases, wedding bust-ups, bondage miscalculations, midnight trysts and horrible hungover self loathing misery. Featuring Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon as the ill-advised love match, Midsummer is a quirky, charming love story by one of Scotland’s leading playwrights, David Greig and top Edinburgh singer/songwriter, Gordon McIntyre of the band ballboy. It’s Midsummer’s weekend in Edinburgh. It’s raining. Two thirtysomethings are sitting in a New Town bar waiting for something to turn up. He’s a failing car salesman on the fringes of the city’s underworld and she’s a high powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people’s husbands. She’s out of his league and he’s not her type at all. They absolutely should not sleep together. Ever. Ever. Midsummer [a play with songs] is the story of Bob and Helena and a great lost weekend of bridge burning, car chases, wedding bust-ups, bondage miscalculations, midnight trysts and horrible hungover self loathing misery. Featuring Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon as the ill-advised love match, Midsummer is a quirky, charming love story by one of Scotland’s leading playwrights, David Greig and top Edinburgh singer/songwriter, Gordon McIntyre of the band ballboy. |
20:45 | 21 |
The maids - Glasgay!Tron Theatre
The maids - Glasgay!Tron Theatre
Class war in a red Chanel gown. A baptism of perversity anointed in the kitchen sink. Beware girls … the rubber gloves are ON. The Maids is the murderous tale of two sisters, envious servants to the wealthy, self-centred and imperious Madame. In her absence Solange and Claire plunder their mistress’ coveted wardrobe and act out grotesque rituals of dominance and submission. Class war in a red Chanel gown. A baptism of perversity anointed in the kitchen sink. Beware girls … the rubber gloves are ON. The Maids is the murderous tale of two sisters, envious servants to the wealthy, self-centred and imperious Madame. In her absence Solange and Claire plunder their mistress’ coveted wardrobe and act out grotesque rituals of dominance and submission. |
20:45 | 21 |
The maids - Glasgay!Tron Theatre
The maids - Glasgay!Tron Theatre
Class war in a red Chanel gown. A baptism of perversity anointed in the kitchen sink. Beware girls … the rubber gloves are ON. The Maids is the murderous tale of two sisters, envious servants to the wealthy, self-centred and imperious Madame. In her absence Solange and Claire plunder their mistress’ coveted wardrobe and act out grotesque rituals of dominance and submission. Class war in a red Chanel gown. A baptism of perversity anointed in the kitchen sink. Beware girls … the rubber gloves are ON. The Maids is the murderous tale of two sisters, envious servants to the wealthy, self-centred and imperious Madame. In her absence Solange and Claire plunder their mistress’ coveted wardrobe and act out grotesque rituals of dominance and submission. |
21:00 | 21 |
Musical - Stammer productions/Colette SadlerPlatform
Musical - Stammer productions/Colette SadlerPlatform
Takes a humorous look at entertainment through the lens of post-modern dance. Playing with certain associations and expectations suggested by the title word, ’Musical’ is not entertaining per se but is rather about entertainment and self-amusement. Taking elements from historical music hall theatre, the performance presents a tension between kitsch and minimalist aesthetics. Takes a humorous look at entertainment through the lens of post-modern dance. Playing with certain associations and expectations suggested by the title word, ’Musical’ is not entertaining per se but is rather about entertainment and self-amusement. Taking elements from historical music hall theatre, the performance presents a tension between kitsch and minimalist aesthetics. |
21:00 | 21 |
Watch it! - Room 2 ManoeuvreCCA
Watch it! - Room 2 ManoeuvreCCA
Room 2 Manoeuvre presents a dynamic double bill of dance solos performed by Tony Mills: Watch iT! is a multi-media dance odyssey about one man’s love / hate relationship with his TV. Expressed through a striking mix of break-dance, physical theatre and animation and cutting-edge animation from Nexus Digital media. A big hit at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009, Watch iT! has been described as essential viewing! Room 2 Manoeuvre presents a dynamic double bill of dance solos performed by Tony Mills: Watch iT! is a multi-media dance odyssey about one man’s love / hate relationship with his TV. Expressed through a striking mix of break-dance, physical theatre and animation and cutting-edge animation from Nexus Digital media. A big hit at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009, Watch iT! has been described as essential viewing! |
21:00 | 21 |
The tailor of Inverness - Dogstar TheatreThe Arches
The tailor of Inverness - Dogstar TheatreThe Arches
Words, music, dance and video combine to tell the moving story of this ordinary man caught by the murderous tides of the Second World War. “A triumph” The Observer. Winner Scotsman Fringe First; Holden Street Theatres Award, Adelaide, Australia, Stage Award for Best Solo Performer and CATS Awards Best Actor 2008-9. Words, music, dance and video combine to tell the moving story of this ordinary man caught by the murderous tides of the Second World War. “A triumph” The Observer. Winner Scotsman Fringe First; Holden Street Theatres Award, Adelaide, Australia, Stage Award for Best Solo Performer and CATS Awards Best Actor 2008-9. |
21:00 | 21 |
Watch it! - Room 2 ManoeuvreCCA
Watch it! - Room 2 ManoeuvreCCA
Room 2 Manoeuvre presents a dynamic double bill of dance solos performed by Tony Mills: Watch iT! is a multi-media dance odyssey about one man’s love / hate relationship with his TV. Expressed through a striking mix of break-dance, physical theatre and animation and cutting-edge animation from Nexus Digital media. A big hit at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009, Watch iT! has been described as essential viewing! Room 2 Manoeuvre presents a dynamic double bill of dance solos performed by Tony Mills: Watch iT! is a multi-media dance odyssey about one man’s love / hate relationship with his TV. Expressed through a striking mix of break-dance, physical theatre and animation and cutting-edge animation from Nexus Digital media. A big hit at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009, Watch iT! has been described as essential viewing! |
21:00 | 21 |
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. |
21:00 | 21 |
Musical - Stammer productions/Colette SadlerPlatform
Musical - Stammer productions/Colette SadlerPlatform
Takes a humorous look at entertainment through the lens of post-modern dance. Playing with certain associations and expectations suggested by the title word, ’Musical’ is not entertaining per se but is rather about entertainment and self-amusement. Taking elements from historical music hall theatre, the performance presents a tension between kitsch and minimalist aesthetics. Takes a humorous look at entertainment through the lens of post-modern dance. Playing with certain associations and expectations suggested by the title word, ’Musical’ is not entertaining per se but is rather about entertainment and self-amusement. Taking elements from historical music hall theatre, the performance presents a tension between kitsch and minimalist aesthetics. |
21:00 | 21 |
The tailor of Inverness - Dogstar TheatreThe Arches
The tailor of Inverness - Dogstar TheatreThe Arches
Words, music, dance and video combine to tell the moving story of this ordinary man caught by the murderous tides of the Second World War. “A triumph” The Observer. Winner Scotsman Fringe First; Holden Street Theatres Award, Adelaide, Australia, Stage Award for Best Solo Performer and CATS Awards Best Actor 2008-9. Words, music, dance and video combine to tell the moving story of this ordinary man caught by the murderous tides of the Second World War. “A triumph” The Observer. Winner Scotsman Fringe First; Holden Street Theatres Award, Adelaide, Australia, Stage Award for Best Solo Performer and CATS Awards Best Actor 2008-9. |
21:00 | 21 |
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. |
12:00 | 21 |
Blood and roses - PoorboyTron Theatre
Blood and roses - PoorboyTron Theatre
If the situation is desperate enough then a mother will eat her young, said Baba Yaga. Battle lines are drawn across 400 years, from Glasgow to Russia, as two families prepare to become one. This audio promenade leads audiences through streets and hidden spaces of Glasgow, as Poorboy bring their world of rituals, fairytale and the dark corners of family, music, soundscape, smells, and their curation of visual art, photography and film. If the situation is desperate enough then a mother will eat her young, said Baba Yaga. Battle lines are drawn across 400 years, from Glasgow to Russia, as two families prepare to become one. This audio promenade leads audiences through streets and hidden spaces of Glasgow, as Poorboy bring their world of rituals, fairytale and the dark corners of family, music, soundscape, smells, and their curation of visual art, photography and film. |
12:00 | 21 |
Alma mater - Fish & GameScotland Street School
Alma mater - Fish & GameScotland Street School
New site-specific piece created for Macintosh's Scotland Street School. Individual audience members use portable video screens to explore the school and encounter traces of performances past. Conceived in collaboration with a range of Glasgow-based artists, Alma Mater engages with childhood and the coercive, civilising power of education. ‘These are original and talented thinkers and theatre-makers’ Robert Dawson Scott, The Times. New site-specific piece created for Macintosh's Scotland Street School. Individual audience members use portable video screens to explore the school and encounter traces of performances past. Conceived in collaboration with a range of Glasgow-based artists, Alma Mater engages with childhood and the coercive, civilising power of education. ‘These are original and talented thinkers and theatre-makers’ Robert Dawson Scott, The Times. |
12:00 | 21 |
Blood and roses - PoorboyTron Theatre
Blood and roses - PoorboyTron Theatre
If the situation is desperate enough then a mother will eat her young, said Baba Yaga. Battle lines are drawn across 400 years, from Glasgow to Russia, as two families prepare to become one. This audio promenade leads audiences through streets and hidden spaces of Glasgow, as Poorboy bring their world of rituals, fairytale and the dark corners of family, music, soundscape, smells, and their curation of visual art, photography and film. If the situation is desperate enough then a mother will eat her young, said Baba Yaga. Battle lines are drawn across 400 years, from Glasgow to Russia, as two families prepare to become one. This audio promenade leads audiences through streets and hidden spaces of Glasgow, as Poorboy bring their world of rituals, fairytale and the dark corners of family, music, soundscape, smells, and their curation of visual art, photography and film. |
12:00 | 21 |
Alma mater - Fish & GameScotland Street School
Alma mater - Fish & GameScotland Street School
New site-specific piece created for Macintosh's Scotland Street School. Individual audience members use portable video screens to explore the school and encounter traces of performances past. Conceived in collaboration with a range of Glasgow-based artists, Alma Mater engages with childhood and the coercive, civilising power of education. ‘These are original and talented thinkers and theatre-makers’ Robert Dawson Scott, The Times. New site-specific piece created for Macintosh's Scotland Street School. Individual audience members use portable video screens to explore the school and encounter traces of performances past. Conceived in collaboration with a range of Glasgow-based artists, Alma Mater engages with childhood and the coercive, civilising power of education. ‘These are original and talented thinkers and theatre-makers’ Robert Dawson Scott, The Times. |
13:00 | 21 |
Parallel lines - Highway Diner/Eaton LewisThe Arches
Parallel lines - Highway Diner/Eaton LewisThe Arches
A room that tells a story about love, idealism and loss. Enter whenever you wish and stay as long as you like. Inside, depending on where and how you look, you will find a place of pilgrimage for a secular age, a work of science fiction, and a glimpse of life after death. A room that tells a story about love, idealism and loss. Enter whenever you wish and stay as long as you like. Inside, depending on where and how you look, you will find a place of pilgrimage for a secular age, a work of science fiction, and a glimpse of life after death. |
13:00 | 21 |
Parallel lines - Highway Diner/Eaton LewisThe Arches
Parallel lines - Highway Diner/Eaton LewisThe Arches
A room that tells a story about love, idealism and loss. Enter whenever you wish and stay as long as you like. Inside, depending on where and how you look, you will find a place of pilgrimage for a secular age, a work of science fiction, and a glimpse of life after death. A room that tells a story about love, idealism and loss. Enter whenever you wish and stay as long as you like. Inside, depending on where and how you look, you will find a place of pilgrimage for a secular age, a work of science fiction, and a glimpse of life after death. |
13:30 | 21 |
A play, a pie and a pint ‘wee Andy’ - Paddy CunneenOran Mor
A play, a pie and a pint ‘wee Andy’ - Paddy CunneenOran Mor
What happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang? This is the story of how medical services try to repair the physical damage, how his mother tries to keep him safe, and how Wee Andy tries to imagine a life for himself in a world bordered by four local streets. What happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang? This is the story of how medical services try to repair the physical damage, how his mother tries to keep him safe, and how Wee Andy tries to imagine a life for himself in a world bordered by four local streets. |
13:30 | 21 |
A play, a pie and a pint ‘wee Andy’ - Paddy CunneenOran Mor
A play, a pie and a pint ‘wee Andy’ - Paddy CunneenOran Mor
What happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang? This is the story of how medical services try to repair the physical damage, how his mother tries to keep him safe, and how Wee Andy tries to imagine a life for himself in a world bordered by four local streets. What happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang? This is the story of how medical services try to repair the physical damage, how his mother tries to keep him safe, and how Wee Andy tries to imagine a life for himself in a world bordered by four local streets. |
14:00 | 21 |
Susurrus - David LeddyBotanic Gardens
Susurrus - David LeddyBotanic Gardens
Unique drama by ‘Scotland’s hottest, edgiest young playwright’ (Sunday Times) that has received overwhelming critical acclaim and sell-out audiences around the world. Following a map in and out of the glasshouses of the beautiful Botanic Garden you listen to the piece on headphones, wearing a specially designed scarf and gloves. Unique drama by ‘Scotland’s hottest, edgiest young playwright’ (Sunday Times) that has received overwhelming critical acclaim and sell-out audiences around the world. Following a map in and out of the glasshouses of the beautiful Botanic Garden you listen to the piece on headphones, wearing a specially designed scarf and gloves. |
14:00 | 21 |
Susurrus - David LeddyBotanic Gardens
Susurrus - David LeddyBotanic Gardens
Unique drama by ‘Scotland’s hottest, edgiest young playwright’ (Sunday Times) that has received overwhelming critical acclaim and sell-out audiences around the world. Following a map in and out of the glasshouses of the beautiful Botanic Garden you listen to the piece on headphones, wearing a specially designed scarf and gloves. Unique drama by ‘Scotland’s hottest, edgiest young playwright’ (Sunday Times) that has received overwhelming critical acclaim and sell-out audiences around the world. Following a map in and out of the glasshouses of the beautiful Botanic Garden you listen to the piece on headphones, wearing a specially designed scarf and gloves. |
15:00 | 21 |
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. |
15:00 | 21 |
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. |
17:00 | 21 |
Human animal - Janis Claxton DancePlatform
Human animal - Janis Claxton DancePlatform
Human Animal is a unique performance installation recently performed at the Shanghai Expo and in Beijing 798 Space. This work, inspired by the award winning performance Enclosure 44 – Humans (2008) is a moving installation which challenges perceptions of “who's watching who”. Human Animal exposes audiences and performers to the intrinsic evolutionary complicity between humans and animals. Human Animal is a unique performance installation recently performed at the Shanghai Expo and in Beijing 798 Space. This work, inspired by the award winning performance Enclosure 44 – Humans (2008) is a moving installation which challenges perceptions of “who's watching who”. Human Animal exposes audiences and performers to the intrinsic evolutionary complicity between humans and animals. |
17:00 | 21 |
Human animal - Janis Claxton DancePlatform
Human animal - Janis Claxton DancePlatform
Human Animal is a unique performance installation recently performed at the Shanghai Expo and in Beijing 798 Space. This work, inspired by the award winning performance Enclosure 44 – Humans (2008) is a moving installation which challenges perceptions of “who's watching who”. Human Animal exposes audiences and performers to the intrinsic evolutionary complicity between humans and animals. Human Animal is a unique performance installation recently performed at the Shanghai Expo and in Beijing 798 Space. This work, inspired by the award winning performance Enclosure 44 – Humans (2008) is a moving installation which challenges perceptions of “who's watching who”. Human Animal exposes audiences and performers to the intrinsic evolutionary complicity between humans and animals. |
19:00 | 21 |
Private dancer - Janice ParkerDoge’s Palace
Private dancer - Janice ParkerDoge’s Palace
2010 Herald Angel winners Janice Parker, Richard Layzell and 16 diverse performers create an hour long promenade event in and around a real sized luminous house. We might let you in......! A cross between Art Installation, Zen Garden, dance show and party.... The Skinny. 2010 Herald Angel winners Janice Parker, Richard Layzell and 16 diverse performers create an hour long promenade event in and around a real sized luminous house. We might let you in......! A cross between Art Installation, Zen Garden, dance show and party.... The Skinny. |
19:00 | 21 |
Private dancer - Janice ParkerDoge’s Palace
Private dancer - Janice ParkerDoge’s Palace
2010 Herald Angel winners Janice Parker, Richard Layzell and 16 diverse performers create an hour long promenade event in and around a real sized luminous house. We might let you in......! A cross between Art Installation, Zen Garden, dance show and party.... The Skinny. 2010 Herald Angel winners Janice Parker, Richard Layzell and 16 diverse performers create an hour long promenade event in and around a real sized luminous house. We might let you in......! A cross between Art Installation, Zen Garden, dance show and party.... The Skinny. |
20:00 | 21 |
Roadkill - Ankur and PachamamaTron Theatre
Roadkill - Ankur and PachamamaTron Theatre
In Benin City, a girl struggles to support her family. A world away, in Glasgow, ‘aunty’ Martha arranges a job and flight for her. Based on the experiences of women trafficked to Scotland, Cora Bissett’s explosive production, combining direct, chilling performances with video, animation and music, thrusts you into the brutal, hidden world behind the newspaper headlines on sex-trafficking. In Benin City, a girl struggles to support her family. A world away, in Glasgow, ‘aunty’ Martha arranges a job and flight for her. Based on the experiences of women trafficked to Scotland, Cora Bissett’s explosive production, combining direct, chilling performances with video, animation and music, thrusts you into the brutal, hidden world behind the newspaper headlines on sex-trafficking. |
20:00 | 21 |
Roadkill - Ankur and PachamamaTron Theatre
Roadkill - Ankur and PachamamaTron Theatre
In Benin City, a girl struggles to support her family. A world away, in Glasgow, ‘aunty’ Martha arranges a job and flight for her. Based on the experiences of women trafficked to Scotland, Cora Bissett’s explosive production, combining direct, chilling performances with video, animation and music, thrusts you into the brutal, hidden world behind the newspaper headlines on sex-trafficking. In Benin City, a girl struggles to support her family. A world away, in Glasgow, ‘aunty’ Martha arranges a job and flight for her. Based on the experiences of women trafficked to Scotland, Cora Bissett’s explosive production, combining direct, chilling performances with video, animation and music, thrusts you into the brutal, hidden world behind the newspaper headlines on sex-trafficking. |
20:00 | 21 |
Trilogy - Nic GreenThe Arches
Trilogy - Nic GreenThe Arches
Award-winning show, brimming with raw energy and takes its shape as a celebratory venture into modern-day feminism. Green and her company give their all in this thrilling performance triptych designed to challenge, inspire and make way for positive change. Expect passion, beauty and fifty female volunteer dancers in this radical performance, delivered with relentless, raw energy. Award-winning show, brimming with raw energy and takes its shape as a celebratory venture into modern-day feminism. Green and her company give their all in this thrilling performance triptych designed to challenge, inspire and make way for positive change. Expect passion, beauty and fifty female volunteer dancers in this radical performance, delivered with relentless, raw energy. |
20:00 | 21 |
Trilogy - Nic GreenThe Arches
Trilogy - Nic GreenThe Arches
Award-winning show, brimming with raw energy and takes its shape as a celebratory venture into modern-day feminism. Green and her company give their all in this thrilling performance triptych designed to challenge, inspire and make way for positive change. Expect passion, beauty and fifty female volunteer dancers in this radical performance, delivered with relentless, raw energy. Award-winning show, brimming with raw energy and takes its shape as a celebratory venture into modern-day feminism. Green and her company give their all in this thrilling performance triptych designed to challenge, inspire and make way for positive change. Expect passion, beauty and fifty female volunteer dancers in this radical performance, delivered with relentless, raw energy. |
20:30 | 21 |
A Clockwork Orange - Citizens’ TheatreCitizens’ Theatre
A Clockwork Orange - Citizens’ TheatreCitizens’ Theatre
In a world of high unemployment, state surveillance and fierce repression, the young get their kicks from random violence. Alex is with his gang of droogs, hyping them up for their nightly orgy of opportunistic brutality. But our charismatic delinquent narrator isn’t a straightforward psychopath. As we follow his rehabilitation by the state we are left wondering if being forced to be good is in fact more evil than sin itself. In a world of high unemployment, state surveillance and fierce repression, the young get their kicks from random violence. Alex is with his gang of droogs, hyping them up for their nightly orgy of opportunistic brutality. But our charismatic delinquent narrator isn’t a straightforward psychopath. As we follow his rehabilitation by the state we are left wondering if being forced to be good is in fact more evil than sin itself. |
20:30 | 21 |
Gilgamesh - Tam Dean BurnRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Gilgamesh - Tam Dean BurnRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
The Play of Gilgamesh by Edwin Morgan brings the world’s oldest poem to life, moving between ritual, comedy and moments of intense beauty – and has never been performed until now. Renowned theatremaker Tam Dean Burn directs performers from Scotland’s national conservatoire in an edited version with live songs and original music. The Play of Gilgamesh by Edwin Morgan brings the world’s oldest poem to life, moving between ritual, comedy and moments of intense beauty – and has never been performed until now. Renowned theatremaker Tam Dean Burn directs performers from Scotland’s national conservatoire in an edited version with live songs and original music. |
20:30 | 21 |
A Clockwork Orange - Citizens’ TheatreCitizens’ Theatre
A Clockwork Orange - Citizens’ TheatreCitizens’ Theatre
In a world of high unemployment, state surveillance and fierce repression, the young get their kicks from random violence. Alex is with his gang of droogs, hyping them up for their nightly orgy of opportunistic brutality. But our charismatic delinquent narrator isn’t a straightforward psychopath. As we follow his rehabilitation by the state we are left wondering if being forced to be good is in fact more evil than sin itself. In a world of high unemployment, state surveillance and fierce repression, the young get their kicks from random violence. Alex is with his gang of droogs, hyping them up for their nightly orgy of opportunistic brutality. But our charismatic delinquent narrator isn’t a straightforward psychopath. As we follow his rehabilitation by the state we are left wondering if being forced to be good is in fact more evil than sin itself. |
20:30 | 21 |
Midsummer - Traverse Theatre CompanyTron Theatre
Midsummer - Traverse Theatre CompanyTron Theatre
It’s Midsummer’s weekend in Edinburgh. It’s raining. Two thirtysomethings are sitting in a New Town bar waiting for something to turn up. He’s a failing car salesman on the fringes of the city’s underworld and she’s a high powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people’s husbands. She’s out of his league and he’s not her type at all. They absolutely should not sleep together. Ever. Ever. Midsummer [a play with songs] is the story of Bob and Helena and a great lost weekend of bridge burning, car chases, wedding bust-ups, bondage miscalculations, midnight trysts and horrible hungover self loathing misery. Featuring Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon as the ill-advised love match, Midsummer is a quirky, charming love story by one of Scotland’s leading playwrights, David Greig and top Edinburgh singer/songwriter, Gordon McIntyre of the band ballboy. It’s Midsummer’s weekend in Edinburgh. It’s raining. Two thirtysomethings are sitting in a New Town bar waiting for something to turn up. He’s a failing car salesman on the fringes of the city’s underworld and she’s a high powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people’s husbands. She’s out of his league and he’s not her type at all. They absolutely should not sleep together. Ever. Ever. Midsummer [a play with songs] is the story of Bob and Helena and a great lost weekend of bridge burning, car chases, wedding bust-ups, bondage miscalculations, midnight trysts and horrible hungover self loathing misery. Featuring Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon as the ill-advised love match, Midsummer is a quirky, charming love story by one of Scotland’s leading playwrights, David Greig and top Edinburgh singer/songwriter, Gordon McIntyre of the band ballboy. |
20:30 | 21 |
Midsummer - Traverse Theatre CompanyTron Theatre
Midsummer - Traverse Theatre CompanyTron Theatre
It’s Midsummer’s weekend in Edinburgh. It’s raining. Two thirtysomethings are sitting in a New Town bar waiting for something to turn up. He’s a failing car salesman on the fringes of the city’s underworld and she’s a high powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people’s husbands. She’s out of his league and he’s not her type at all. They absolutely should not sleep together. Ever. Ever. Midsummer [a play with songs] is the story of Bob and Helena and a great lost weekend of bridge burning, car chases, wedding bust-ups, bondage miscalculations, midnight trysts and horrible hungover self loathing misery. Featuring Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon as the ill-advised love match, Midsummer is a quirky, charming love story by one of Scotland’s leading playwrights, David Greig and top Edinburgh singer/songwriter, Gordon McIntyre of the band ballboy. It’s Midsummer’s weekend in Edinburgh. It’s raining. Two thirtysomethings are sitting in a New Town bar waiting for something to turn up. He’s a failing car salesman on the fringes of the city’s underworld and she’s a high powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people’s husbands. She’s out of his league and he’s not her type at all. They absolutely should not sleep together. Ever. Ever. Midsummer [a play with songs] is the story of Bob and Helena and a great lost weekend of bridge burning, car chases, wedding bust-ups, bondage miscalculations, midnight trysts and horrible hungover self loathing misery. Featuring Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon as the ill-advised love match, Midsummer is a quirky, charming love story by one of Scotland’s leading playwrights, David Greig and top Edinburgh singer/songwriter, Gordon McIntyre of the band ballboy. |
20:30 | 21 |
Orlando - CrypticTramway
Orlando - CrypticTramway
Orlando opens with the hero as a young man in Elizabethan England, and follows his transformations of fortune, love and gender in this sensuous epic of self-discovery. Cryptic performances seek to ‘ravish the senses’, fusing performance, live music, visuals and technology, enabling ‘music to be looked at…not just listened to’. “I tied my heart to the oak tree.” Orlando opens with the hero as a young man in Elizabethan England, and follows his transformations of fortune, love and gender in this sensuous epic of self-discovery. Cryptic performances seek to ‘ravish the senses’, fusing performance, live music, visuals and technology, enabling ‘music to be looked at…not just listened to’. “I tied my heart to the oak tree.” |
20:30 | 21 |
The monster in the hall - Citizens' Theatre - A TAG ProductionCitizens’ Theatre
The monster in the hall - Citizens' Theatre - A TAG ProductionCitizens’ Theatre
World premiere from Scottish playwright, David Greig. Duck Macatarsney cares for her biker dad whose MS is getting increasingly bad. The two of them are just about surviving when one morning the Duke wakes up blind and the Duck hears that the Social Services are coming to take her away. A low budget indie comedy musical about a girl on the verge of a nervous breakdown played out by four actors and a big fat motorbike which goes vrrooommm. World premiere from Scottish playwright, David Greig. Duck Macatarsney cares for her biker dad whose MS is getting increasingly bad. The two of them are just about surviving when one morning the Duke wakes up blind and the Duck hears that the Social Services are coming to take her away. A low budget indie comedy musical about a girl on the verge of a nervous breakdown played out by four actors and a big fat motorbike which goes vrrooommm. |
20:30 | 21 |
Orlando - CrypticTramway
Orlando - CrypticTramway
Orlando opens with the hero as a young man in Elizabethan England, and follows his transformations of fortune, love and gender in this sensuous epic of self-discovery. Cryptic performances seek to ‘ravish the senses’, fusing performance, live music, visuals and technology, enabling ‘music to be looked at…not just listened to’. “I tied my heart to the oak tree.” Orlando opens with the hero as a young man in Elizabethan England, and follows his transformations of fortune, love and gender in this sensuous epic of self-discovery. Cryptic performances seek to ‘ravish the senses’, fusing performance, live music, visuals and technology, enabling ‘music to be looked at…not just listened to’. “I tied my heart to the oak tree.” |
20:30 | 21 |
Gilgamesh - Tam Dean BurnRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Gilgamesh - Tam Dean BurnRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
The Play of Gilgamesh by Edwin Morgan brings the world’s oldest poem to life, moving between ritual, comedy and moments of intense beauty – and has never been performed until now. Renowned theatremaker Tam Dean Burn directs performers from Scotland’s national conservatoire in an edited version with live songs and original music. The Play of Gilgamesh by Edwin Morgan brings the world’s oldest poem to life, moving between ritual, comedy and moments of intense beauty – and has never been performed until now. Renowned theatremaker Tam Dean Burn directs performers from Scotland’s national conservatoire in an edited version with live songs and original music. |
20:30 | 21 |
The monster in the hall - Citizens' Theatre - A TAG ProductionCitizens’ Theatre
The monster in the hall - Citizens' Theatre - A TAG ProductionCitizens’ Theatre
World premiere from Scottish playwright, David Greig. Duck Macatarsney cares for her biker dad whose MS is getting increasingly bad. The two of them are just about surviving when one morning the Duke wakes up blind and the Duck hears that the Social Services are coming to take her away. A low budget indie comedy musical about a girl on the verge of a nervous breakdown played out by four actors and a big fat motorbike which goes vrrooommm. World premiere from Scottish playwright, David Greig. Duck Macatarsney cares for her biker dad whose MS is getting increasingly bad. The two of them are just about surviving when one morning the Duke wakes up blind and the Duck hears that the Social Services are coming to take her away. A low budget indie comedy musical about a girl on the verge of a nervous breakdown played out by four actors and a big fat motorbike which goes vrrooommm. |
20:45 | 21 |
The maids - Glasgay!Tron Theatre
The maids - Glasgay!Tron Theatre
Class war in a red Chanel gown. A baptism of perversity anointed in the kitchen sink. Beware girls … the rubber gloves are ON. The Maids is the murderous tale of two sisters, envious servants to the wealthy, self-centred and imperious Madame. In her absence Solange and Claire plunder their mistress’ coveted wardrobe and act out grotesque rituals of dominance and submission. Class war in a red Chanel gown. A baptism of perversity anointed in the kitchen sink. Beware girls … the rubber gloves are ON. The Maids is the murderous tale of two sisters, envious servants to the wealthy, self-centred and imperious Madame. In her absence Solange and Claire plunder their mistress’ coveted wardrobe and act out grotesque rituals of dominance and submission. |
20:45 | 21 |
The maids - Glasgay!Tron Theatre
The maids - Glasgay!Tron Theatre
Class war in a red Chanel gown. A baptism of perversity anointed in the kitchen sink. Beware girls … the rubber gloves are ON. The Maids is the murderous tale of two sisters, envious servants to the wealthy, self-centred and imperious Madame. In her absence Solange and Claire plunder their mistress’ coveted wardrobe and act out grotesque rituals of dominance and submission. Class war in a red Chanel gown. A baptism of perversity anointed in the kitchen sink. Beware girls … the rubber gloves are ON. The Maids is the murderous tale of two sisters, envious servants to the wealthy, self-centred and imperious Madame. In her absence Solange and Claire plunder their mistress’ coveted wardrobe and act out grotesque rituals of dominance and submission. |
21:00 | 21 |
Figure this - Anna KryzstekCCA
Figure this - Anna KryzstekCCA
Third in a series of pieces based on waiting. Waiting is experienced by everyone every day. The performer is referred to as the figure, and her presence is both immediate and distant, in relation to time, space, sound, object & filmed image. The juxtapositions of the elements forming these works create space for individual experiences. FIGURE THIS is a New Territories 09 commission co-produced by Les Halles, Brussels (A Space For Live Art). Additional funding & support: Scottish Arts Council, Choreographic Fellowship Award, The Work Room, CCA, Dance Base, Dance House, Tramway, Oblivia and Balance. Third in a series of pieces based on waiting. Waiting is experienced by everyone every day. The performer is referred to as the figure, and her presence is both immediate and distant, in relation to time, space, sound, object & filmed image. The juxtapositions of the elements forming these works create space for individual experiences. FIGURE THIS is a New Territories 09 commission co-produced by Les Halles, Brussels (A Space For Live Art). Additional funding & support: Scottish Arts Council, Choreographic Fellowship Award, The Work Room, CCA, Dance Base, Dance House, Tramway, Oblivia and Balance. |
21:00 | 21 |
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. |
21:00 | 21 |
The tailor of Inverness - Dogstar TheatreThe Arches
The tailor of Inverness - Dogstar TheatreThe Arches
Words, music, dance and video combine to tell the moving story of this ordinary man caught by the murderous tides of the Second World War. “A triumph” The Observer. Winner Scotsman Fringe First; Holden Street Theatres Award, Adelaide, Australia, Stage Award for Best Solo Performer and CATS Awards Best Actor 2008-9. Words, music, dance and video combine to tell the moving story of this ordinary man caught by the murderous tides of the Second World War. “A triumph” The Observer. Winner Scotsman Fringe First; Holden Street Theatres Award, Adelaide, Australia, Stage Award for Best Solo Performer and CATS Awards Best Actor 2008-9. |
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Figure this - Anna KryzstekCCA
Figure this - Anna KryzstekCCA
Third in a series of pieces based on waiting. Waiting is experienced by everyone every day. The performer is referred to as the figure, and her presence is both immediate and distant, in relation to time, space, sound, object & filmed image. The juxtapositions of the elements forming these works create space for individual experiences. FIGURE THIS is a New Territories 09 commission co-produced by Les Halles, Brussels (A Space For Live Art). Additional funding & support: Scottish Arts Council, Choreographic Fellowship Award, The Work Room, CCA, Dance Base, Dance House, Tramway, Oblivia and Balance. Third in a series of pieces based on waiting. Waiting is experienced by everyone every day. The performer is referred to as the figure, and her presence is both immediate and distant, in relation to time, space, sound, object & filmed image. The juxtapositions of the elements forming these works create space for individual experiences. FIGURE THIS is a New Territories 09 commission co-produced by Les Halles, Brussels (A Space For Live Art). Additional funding & support: Scottish Arts Council, Choreographic Fellowship Award, The Work Room, CCA, Dance Base, Dance House, Tramway, Oblivia and Balance. |
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The tailor of Inverness - Dogstar TheatreThe Arches
The tailor of Inverness - Dogstar TheatreThe Arches
Words, music, dance and video combine to tell the moving story of this ordinary man caught by the murderous tides of the Second World War. “A triumph” The Observer. Winner Scotsman Fringe First; Holden Street Theatres Award, Adelaide, Australia, Stage Award for Best Solo Performer and CATS Awards Best Actor 2008-9. Words, music, dance and video combine to tell the moving story of this ordinary man caught by the murderous tides of the Second World War. “A triumph” The Observer. Winner Scotsman Fringe First; Holden Street Theatres Award, Adelaide, Australia, Stage Award for Best Solo Performer and CATS Awards Best Actor 2008-9. |
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The life & times of girl A and NQR - Scottish Dance TheatrePlatform
The life & times of girl A and NQR - Scottish Dance TheatrePlatform
The Life & Times of Girl A, by award winning choreographer Ben Duke (Lost Dog). A woman is trying to tell us something important. What she needs is a film crew and a financier, what she’s got is a stage and some dancers. An eloquent blend of dance theatre veering between moments of hilarity and exposed vulnerability. NQR* questions the concept of normality, revealing our preconceptions and exploring our differences. It is ultimately a celebration of quirky individuality and diversity. An entertaining, thoughtful, touching and provocative work. The Life & Times of Girl A, by award winning choreographer Ben Duke (Lost Dog). A woman is trying to tell us something important. What she needs is a film crew and a financier, what she’s got is a stage and some dancers. An eloquent blend of dance theatre veering between moments of hilarity and exposed vulnerability. NQR* questions the concept of normality, revealing our preconceptions and exploring our differences. It is ultimately a celebration of quirky individuality and diversity. An entertaining, thoughtful, touching and provocative work. |
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Spaceman 2 & Out Of The Wild - Dudendance TheatreSWG3
Spaceman 2 & Out Of The Wild - Dudendance TheatreSWG3
Stark and compelling physical theatre performance by Paul Rous. Latest piece in development explores the relationship between armament and the body the slow morphing movement will be created around a costume that disassembles in layers- a suspension of time that draws lost moments and actions into focus – inspired by the paintings of Ucello and polyphonic voices of the renaissance. Stark and compelling physical theatre performance by Paul Rous. Latest piece in development explores the relationship between armament and the body the slow morphing movement will be created around a costume that disassembles in layers- a suspension of time that draws lost moments and actions into focus – inspired by the paintings of Ucello and polyphonic voices of the renaissance. |
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An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
An audience with Adrienne - Adrian HowellsCCA
Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. Adrian's cross-dressing persona - the sensationally warm, friendly and miniskirted Adrienne, openly explores his upbringing, family relationships and journey through life in a gentle, hilarious and honest way. RELAX in Adrienne's kitschy living room, listen to and share childhood stories, watch home movies and play nostalgic parlour games. |
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The life & times of girl A and NQR - Scottish Dance TheatrePlatform
The life & times of girl A and NQR - Scottish Dance TheatrePlatform
The Life & Times of Girl A, by award winning choreographer Ben Duke (Lost Dog). A woman is trying to tell us something important. What she needs is a film crew and a financier, what she’s got is a stage and some dancers. An eloquent blend of dance theatre veering between moments of hilarity and exposed vulnerability. NQR* questions the concept of normality, revealing our preconceptions and exploring our differences. It is ultimately a celebration of quirky individuality and diversity. An entertaining, thoughtful, touching and provocative work. The Life & Times of Girl A, by award winning choreographer Ben Duke (Lost Dog). A woman is trying to tell us something important. What she needs is a film crew and a financier, what she’s got is a stage and some dancers. An eloquent blend of dance theatre veering between moments of hilarity and exposed vulnerability. NQR* questions the concept of normality, revealing our preconceptions and exploring our differences. It is ultimately a celebration of quirky individuality and diversity. An entertaining, thoughtful, touching and provocative work. |
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Spaceman 2 & Out Of The Wild - Dudendance TheatreSWG3
Spaceman 2 & Out Of The Wild - Dudendance TheatreSWG3
Stark and compelling physical theatre performance by Paul Rous. Latest piece in development explores the relationship between armament and the body the slow morphing movement will be created around a costume that disassembles in layers- a suspension of time that draws lost moments and actions into focus – inspired by the paintings of Ucello and polyphonic voices of the renaissance. Stark and compelling physical theatre performance by Paul Rous. Latest piece in development explores the relationship between armament and the body the slow morphing movement will be created around a costume that disassembles in layers- a suspension of time that draws lost moments and actions into focus – inspired by the paintings of Ucello and polyphonic voices of the renaissance. |
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Alma mater - Fish & GameScotland Street School
Alma mater - Fish & GameScotland Street School
New site-specific piece created for Macintosh's Scotland Street School. Individual audience members use portable video screens to explore the school and encounter traces of performances past. Conceived in collaboration with a range of Glasgow-based artists, Alma Mater engages with childhood and the coercive, civilising power of education. ‘These are original and talented thinkers and theatre-makers’ Robert Dawson Scott, The Times. New site-specific piece created for Macintosh's Scotland Street School. Individual audience members use portable video screens to explore the school and encounter traces of performances past. Conceived in collaboration with a range of Glasgow-based artists, Alma Mater engages with childhood and the coercive, civilising power of education. ‘These are original and talented thinkers and theatre-makers’ Robert Dawson Scott, The Times. |
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Alma mater - Fish & GameScotland Street School
Alma mater - Fish & GameScotland Street School
New site-specific piece created for Macintosh's Scotland Street School. Individual audience members use portable video screens to explore the school and encounter traces of performances past. Conceived in collaboration with a range of Glasgow-based artists, Alma Mater engages with childhood and the coercive, civilising power of education. ‘These are original and talented thinkers and theatre-makers’ Robert Dawson Scott, The Times. New site-specific piece created for Macintosh's Scotland Street School. Individual audience members use portable video screens to explore the school and encounter traces of performances past. Conceived in collaboration with a range of Glasgow-based artists, Alma Mater engages with childhood and the coercive, civilising power of education. ‘These are original and talented thinkers and theatre-makers’ Robert Dawson Scott, The Times. |
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Blood and roses - PoorboyTron Theatre
Blood and roses - PoorboyTron Theatre
If the situation is desperate enough then a mother will eat her young, said Baba Yaga. Battle lines are drawn across 400 years, from Glasgow to Russia, as two families prepare to become one. This audio promenade leads audiences through streets and hidden spaces of Glasgow, as Poorboy bring their world of rituals, fairytale and the dark corners of family, music, soundscape, smells, and their curation of visual art, photography and film. If the situation is desperate enough then a mother will eat her young, said Baba Yaga. Battle lines are drawn across 400 years, from Glasgow to Russia, as two families prepare to become one. This audio promenade leads audiences through streets and hidden spaces of Glasgow, as Poorboy bring their world of rituals, fairytale and the dark corners of family, music, soundscape, smells, and their curation of visual art, photography and film. |
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Blood and roses - PoorboyTron Theatre
Blood and roses - PoorboyTron Theatre
If the situation is desperate enough then a mother will eat her young, said Baba Yaga. Battle lines are drawn across 400 years, from Glasgow to Russia, as two families prepare to become one. This audio promenade leads audiences through streets and hidden spaces of Glasgow, as Poorboy bring their world of rituals, fairytale and the dark corners of family, music, soundscape, smells, and their curation of visual art, photography and film. If the situation is desperate enough then a mother will eat her young, said Baba Yaga. Battle lines are drawn across 400 years, from Glasgow to Russia, as two families prepare to become one. This audio promenade leads audiences through streets and hidden spaces of Glasgow, as Poorboy bring their world of rituals, fairytale and the dark corners of family, music, soundscape, smells, and their curation of visual art, photography and film. |
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Parallel lines - Highway Diner/Eaton LewisThe Arches
Parallel lines - Highway Diner/Eaton LewisThe Arches
A room that tells a story about love, idealism and loss. Enter whenever you wish and stay as long as you like. Inside, depending on where and how you look, you will find a place of pilgrimage for a secular age, a work of science fiction, and a glimpse of life after death. A room that tells a story about love, idealism and loss. Enter whenever you wish and stay as long as you like. Inside, depending on where and how you look, you will find a place of pilgrimage for a secular age, a work of science fiction, and a glimpse of life after death. |
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Parallel lines - Highway Diner/Eaton LewisThe Arches
Parallel lines - Highway Diner/Eaton LewisThe Arches
A room that tells a story about love, idealism and loss. Enter whenever you wish and stay as long as you like. Inside, depending on where and how you look, you will find a place of pilgrimage for a secular age, a work of science fiction, and a glimpse of life after death. A room that tells a story about love, idealism and loss. Enter whenever you wish and stay as long as you like. Inside, depending on where and how you look, you will find a place of pilgrimage for a secular age, a work of science fiction, and a glimpse of life after death. |
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A play, a pie and a pint ‘wee Andy’ - Paddy CunneenOran Mor
A play, a pie and a pint ‘wee Andy’ - Paddy CunneenOran Mor
What happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang? This is the story of how medical services try to repair the physical damage, how his mother tries to keep him safe, and how Wee Andy tries to imagine a life for himself in a world bordered by four local streets. What happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang? This is the story of how medical services try to repair the physical damage, how his mother tries to keep him safe, and how Wee Andy tries to imagine a life for himself in a world bordered by four local streets. |
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A play, a pie and a pint ‘wee Andy’ - Paddy CunneenOran Mor
A play, a pie and a pint ‘wee Andy’ - Paddy CunneenOran Mor
What happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang? This is the story of how medical services try to repair the physical damage, how his mother tries to keep him safe, and how Wee Andy tries to imagine a life for himself in a world bordered by four local streets. What happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang? This is the story of how medical services try to repair the physical damage, how his mother tries to keep him safe, and how Wee Andy tries to imagine a life for himself in a world bordered by four local streets. |
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Susurrus - David LeddyBotanic Gardens
Susurrus - David LeddyBotanic Gardens
Unique drama by ‘Scotland’s hottest, edgiest young playwright’ (Sunday Times) that has received overwhelming critical acclaim and sell-out audiences around the world. Following a map in and out of the glasshouses of the beautiful Botanic Garden you listen to the piece on headphones, wearing a specially designed scarf and gloves. Unique drama by ‘Scotland’s hottest, edgiest young playwright’ (Sunday Times) that has received overwhelming critical acclaim and sell-out audiences around the world. Following a map in and out of the glasshouses of the beautiful Botanic Garden you listen to the piece on headphones, wearing a specially designed scarf and gloves. |
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Susurrus - David LeddyBotanic Gardens
Susurrus - David LeddyBotanic Gardens
Unique drama by ‘Scotland’s hottest, edgiest young playwright’ (Sunday Times) that has received overwhelming critical acclaim and sell-out audiences around the world. Following a map in and out of the glasshouses of the beautiful Botanic Garden you listen to the piece on headphones, wearing a specially designed scarf and gloves. Unique drama by ‘Scotland’s hottest, edgiest young playwright’ (Sunday Times) that has received overwhelming critical acclaim and sell-out audiences around the world. Following a map in and out of the glasshouses of the beautiful Botanic Garden you listen to the piece on headphones, wearing a specially designed scarf and gloves. |
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Trilogy - Nic GreenThe Arches
Trilogy - Nic GreenThe Arches
Award-winning show, brimming with raw energy and takes its shape as a celebratory venture into modern-day feminism. Green and her company give their all in this thrilling performance triptych designed to challenge, inspire and make way for positive change. Expect passion, beauty and fifty female volunteer dancers in this radical performance, delivered with relentless, raw energy. Award-winning show, brimming with raw energy and takes its shape as a celebratory venture into modern-day feminism. Green and her company give their all in this thrilling performance triptych designed to challenge, inspire and make way for positive change. Expect passion, beauty and fifty female volunteer dancers in this radical performance, delivered with relentless, raw energy. |
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Trilogy - Nic GreenThe Arches
Trilogy - Nic GreenThe Arches
Award-winning show, brimming with raw energy and takes its shape as a celebratory venture into modern-day feminism. Green and her company give their all in this thrilling performance triptych designed to challenge, inspire and make way for positive change. Expect passion, beauty and fifty female volunteer dancers in this radical performance, delivered with relentless, raw energy. Award-winning show, brimming with raw energy and takes its shape as a celebratory venture into modern-day feminism. Green and her company give their all in this thrilling performance triptych designed to challenge, inspire and make way for positive change. Expect passion, beauty and fifty female volunteer dancers in this radical performance, delivered with relentless, raw energy. |
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Curse of the Demeter - Visible FictionsThe Tall Ship
Curse of the Demeter - Visible FictionsThe Tall Ship
Visible Fictions presents the thrilling tale of the ill-fated ship, Demeter, and her ghostly cargo. A unique opportunity to experience live theatre on board one of Scotland’s leading attractions, the Tall Ship. Whilst storms rage and the crew mysteriously disappear, fear grows as rumours of a sinister stowaway spread around. Inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this play will leave you sitting on the edge of your seat. Visible Fictions presents the thrilling tale of the ill-fated ship, Demeter, and her ghostly cargo. A unique opportunity to experience live theatre on board one of Scotland’s leading attractions, the Tall Ship. Whilst storms rage and the crew mysteriously disappear, fear grows as rumours of a sinister stowaway spread around. Inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this play will leave you sitting on the edge of your seat. |
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Curse of the Demeter - Visible FictionsThe Tall Ship
Curse of the Demeter - Visible FictionsThe Tall Ship
Visible Fictions presents the thrilling tale of the ill-fated ship, Demeter, and her ghostly cargo. A unique opportunity to experience live theatre on board one of Scotland’s leading attractions, the Tall Ship. Whilst storms rage and the crew mysteriously disappear, fear grows as rumours of a sinister stowaway spread around. Inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this play will leave you sitting on the edge of your seat. Visible Fictions presents the thrilling tale of the ill-fated ship, Demeter, and her ghostly cargo. A unique opportunity to experience live theatre on board one of Scotland’s leading attractions, the Tall Ship. Whilst storms rage and the crew mysteriously disappear, fear grows as rumours of a sinister stowaway spread around. Inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this play will leave you sitting on the edge of your seat. |
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Bridging - Laika (Minty Donald/Nick Millar)River Clyde, between the Clyde Arc and Bells’ Bridge Head for the City Inn or STV building
Bridging - Laika (Minty Donald/Nick Millar)River Clyde, between the Clyde Arc and Bells’ Bridge Head for the City Inn or STV building
Bridging, a site-responsive performance on the River Clyde in Glasgow city centre, laces together the banks of the river with 1.5 kilometres of heavy mooring rope. This unique collaboration between artists Minty Donald and Nick Millar and Offshore Workboats brings together ‘culture’ and ‘industry’ in a poetic evocation of the role of the Clyde – past, present and future. Bridging, a site-responsive performance on the River Clyde in Glasgow city centre, laces together the banks of the river with 1.5 kilometres of heavy mooring rope. This unique collaboration between artists Minty Donald and Nick Millar and Offshore Workboats brings together ‘culture’ and ‘industry’ in a poetic evocation of the role of the Clyde – past, present and future. |
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Bridging - Laika (Minty Donald/Nick Millar)River Clyde, between the Clyde Arc and Bells’ Bridge Head for the City Inn or STV building
Bridging - Laika (Minty Donald/Nick Millar)River Clyde, between the Clyde Arc and Bells’ Bridge Head for the City Inn or STV building
Bridging, a site-responsive performance on the River Clyde in Glasgow city centre, laces together the banks of the river with 1.5 kilometres of heavy mooring rope. This unique collaboration between artists Minty Donald and Nick Millar and Offshore Workboats brings together ‘culture’ and ‘industry’ in a poetic evocation of the role of the Clyde – past, present and future. Bridging, a site-responsive performance on the River Clyde in Glasgow city centre, laces together the banks of the river with 1.5 kilometres of heavy mooring rope. This unique collaboration between artists Minty Donald and Nick Millar and Offshore Workboats brings together ‘culture’ and ‘industry’ in a poetic evocation of the role of the Clyde – past, present and future. |