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GROUP BOOKING Group bookings over 10 can be held without payment for up to two weeks after booking. Groups may also be eligible for discounts upon booking. Contact our Box Office for further information.
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OPENING HOURS: MON - SAT 10AM - 6PM Opening is extended on performance evenings to 15 minutes after our last performance starts. SUNDAY One hour before first performance, otherwise closed.
CONCESSIONS Children (under 16 or over 16 in full-time education); Students; Senior Citizens; Jobseekers Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Employment & Support Allowance recipients; Young Scot Card holders; and members of Equity, BECTU, the Musicians’ Union and Scottish Society of Playwrights. Concessions are subject to availability and proof of entitlement must be shown when purchasing or collecting tickets.
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HOW TO BOOK In person and telephone bookings are free of any booking fees and we accept the following card types: Delta, Electron, Maestro, Mastercard, Solo and Visa. If you would like your tickets posted to you, there is a 50p charge.
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BY UNDERGROUND The nearest Subway station is St Enoch. BY TRAIN The Tron is a 10 minute walk from Glasgow Central or Queen Street Stations; 3 minutes from Argyle Street and 5 minutes from High Street stations.
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WELCOME TO THE TRON’S SPRING SEASON... The future of the Tron Panto is at risk and we need your help to guarantee that this well-loved family event continues to delight audiences for many years to come. We’re signed up this year to The Big Give Christmas Challenge – a national fundraising initiative that allows us to access funds to match the amount raised online during the challenge by our supporters. From 10am on Monday 5th December every pound donated to the Save the Future of the Tron Panto campaign will be matched by our friends at The Big Give. All you need to do is log on to new.thebiggive.org.uk/project/ savethetronpanto during challenge week and your donation will be doubled.
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For more information about how you can help please contact Dearbhla Murphy on 0141 559 5304 or by email at dearbhla.murphy@tron.co.uk
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THE TRON GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES SUPPORT FROM:
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SUPPORTERS: The Scottish Council for Development and Industry / The Pearson Playwrights’ Scheme sponsored by Pearson plc
DONORS: The Abbey Charitable Trust The ADAPT Trust Arts & Business BBC Children In Need Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust Canada House Arts Trust The W.A. Cargill Fund Clore Duffield Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation Paul Hamlyn Foundation The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust The Hugh Fraser Foundation Elaine + Joe Gerber Trust The Jennie S. Gordon Memorial Foundation The Inchrye Trust The Lynn Foundation The W.M. Mann Foundation The Merchants House of Glasgow Robertson Trust The Saints + Sinners Club of Scotland Western Recreation Club The James Wood Bequest Foundation
... a new year, new work and new collaborations, as well as long-standing associations with the fabulous Celtic Connections Festival and the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. Our first main house show of the season will be a co-production with Ankur Productions, and Shabina Aslam’s directorial debut with the company, Mwana, the coming-of-age story of a young Zimbabwean man educated in Glasgow, exploring family, race, tradition and secrets. We follow this with the famous Belfast company Big Telly’s Melmoth the Wanderer, where comic surrealism meets shock horror in Nicola McCartney’s terrifying tale of temptation, torture and immortality; and we welcome back Stellar Quines later in the season with their spectacular co-production with Montreal-based Imago Theatre, Ana, which will take audiences on a journey of creativity and madness. Tron Theatre Company is delighted to be able to take to full production this season, one of the shortlisted finalists in our 2010 Open.Stage Playwriting competition, J.C. Marshall’s Plume, the beautifully written story of one man’s grief and anger following the death of his son in a terrorist attack on an aeroplane. We’re undertaking building work on what was originally the Tron Box Office this season, which has an impact on our Changing House programme as this space will become the temporary home to Tron Participation workshops. That said, we are pleased that Random Accomplice return to our studio space after the sell-out successes of Smalltown and Love Hurts last year, with Double Nugget, two hilarious, ingenious and incredible stories; and we’ve two sitespecific pieces in the Vic Bar – Grid Iron with their award-winning show Barflies and Alistair Rutherford’s new romantic comedy Passing Through. As ever, the Vic Bar is also home to a full programme of music, cabaret, life-drawing classes, performance poetry, and this season, Shakespeare. With the economic climate being as it is, we’re having to work all the harder to generate the income we need to keep the Tron in business, so we’re opening our doors in January for a church-fête-style fundraiser where we’ll have master-classes, tours, workshops and perhaps even the chance to sponge the Artistic Director (not my idea! What about the critics?). In the evening, we’ve gathered together a glittering array of Tron friends for a gala variety performance – good old-fashioned entertainment – and a guaranteed great night out for a bargain ticket price! We hope to see you down here, you’re always very welcome... Andy Arnold
If you are interested in playing a vital role in the Tron’s future call 0141 559 5304 or email dearbhla.murphy@tron.co.uk
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PREVIEW: THU 1 MARCH £8 FRI 2 - SAT 17 MARCH 7.45PM TUE - THU £12 (£7) / FRI + SAT £15 (£12) WED 14
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Judgement. Then punishment. That’s how it’s supposed to work. Then. And now. WORLD PREMIERE
TRON THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
PLUME BY J.C. MARSHALL
DIRECTED BY ANDY ARNOLD
Glasgow, 2009. In a non-descript budget hotel room, a grieving father prepares to leap to his death as a high profile press event gets underway across the road. Twenty years before, his son William was killed in a terrorist attack on an aeroplane. Mr Peters has been picking up the pieces ever since, clinging on to the fragments of memories, the childhood imaginings that have become the only salve for his anger. With Jon Snow in the lobby, a former justice minister making last-minute changes to his speech, and an abandoned bird perch at the window, can bellboy Maller talk her old teacher down from the ledge; or will the mystery bird carry him off in an epic, unimaginable rescue? Plume was one of the final three plays shortlisted in the Tron Theatre’s Open.Stage Playwriting competition in 2010 and received a rehearsed reading in the Changing House in October of that year. West Yorkshire Playhouse subsequently commissioned J.C. Marshall to develop the play further and we acknowledge their role in the script development process.
LIVING THEATRE WORKSHOP WED 21 MARCH 6 - 8.30PM – SEE P25 FOR DETAILS
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PREVIEWS: FRI 10 + SAT 11 FEBRUARY £8 TUE 14 - SAT 18 FEBRUARY 7.45PM
WED 22 - SAT 25 FEBRUARY 7.45PM WED + THU £12 (£7) / FRI + SAT £15 (£12)
TUE - THU £12 (£7) / FRI + SAT £15 (£12)
BIG TELLY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
MELMOTH
WORLD PREMIERE
ANKUR PRODUCTIONS IN A CO-PRODUCTION WITH TRON THEATRE COMPANY PRESENT
MWANA
THE WANDERER
WRITTEN BY TAWONA SITHOLÉ DIRECTED BY SHABINA ASLAM
ADAPTED BY BIG TELLY THEATRE COMPANY SCRIPTED BY NICOLA McCARTNEY DIRECTED BY ZÖE SEATON
CELEBRATING BIG TELLY’S 25TH YEAR AND FOLLOWING THE SMASH HIT PUCKOON... Five chancers present a terrifying tale of temptation, torture and a traveller desperate to find someone to take over his pact and release him from immortality. Who will take on his curse? His only surviving relative? A stranger in the depths of despair? An innocent child raised on a desert island with no knowledge of the world? Or the clowns compelled to play out this extraordinary tale of temptation, desire and cannibalism who may well have bitten off more than they can chew...
Returning to Harare for his elder brother’s wedding, Mwana has a secret to reveal which has far wider consequences than he
can imagine. Mwana needs to face up to his responsibilities, but can he? Mwana is a coming-of-age story which explores family, race, tradition and secrets using spoken word, film and sound design. www.ankurproductions.org.uk http://blog.ankurproductions.org.uk/
POST-SHOW DISCUSSION THU 16 FEBRUARY LIVING THEATRE WORKSHOP MON 20 FEBRUARY 6 - 8.30PM – SEE P25 FOR DETAILS
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SUPPORTED BY CREATIVE SCOTLAND + GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL
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Mwanawashe is a salad boy : neither Western or African, he is a young Zimbabwean educated in Glasgow, conflicted between his love for the West and the traditional values and expectations of his heritage.
Comic surrealism meets shock horror in this series of ridiculous situations where innocent eccentrics struggle to survive. A random playground of the bizarre inspired by Saw, Psycho, Tim Burton and Fawlty Towers using projection, animation and squeaky toys, this is the sort of delirious chaos that sets Big Telly apart.
‘It is easy to see why this rumbustious romp of a show has been a huge hit... The wildly talented company of six actor-musicians attack Spike Milligan’s absurd comic novel with inspired physical gusto...’ ★★★★ WHATSONSTAGE.COM on Puckoon (2011) 7
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CHANGING HOUSE
THU 22 - SAT 24 MARCH 7.45PM
TUE 14 - SAT 18 FEBRUARY 8PM
MATINEE SAT 2.30PM THU £12 (£7) / FRI + SAT £15 (£12)
MATINEE SAT 2.30PM
Recommended for ages 14+
RANDOM ACCOMPLICE PRESENTS
£10 (£7)
DOUBLENUGGET A double bill of two critically acclaimed comedies from Scotland’s premier touring company, described in the national press as brilliant, gifted and fiercely accessible. Hot on the heels of sell-out productions with the National Theatre of Scotland and the New York Times Critics Award for their 2011 productions, Random Accomplice showcase two ingenious, hilarious and incredible stories under the banner DOUBLE NUGGET.
MARY MASSACRE
STELLAR QUINES + IMAGO THEATRE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TRAVERSE THEATRE PRESENT
ANA BY CLARE DUFFY + PIERRE YVES LEMIEUX DIRECTED BY SERGE DENONCOURT
A bittersweet, emotional rollercoaster of a story about two disappointed women waiting at the candy floss machine on Irvine Moor. On the surface, there are the overlapping stories of the women who share a light-hearted secret and a love of psychics. Underneath lies a tale of deceit, loss and betrayal. Both of them are unaware how they’ll change each others’ lives forever.
SEVEN YEAR ITCH This true story of the brutal slaying of an office worker in America is interwoven with the delightfully flamboyant tale of two Glasgow co-workers, one of whom is obsessed with Dolly Parton. Seven Year Itch is for the daydreamer who looks at the stapler with murderous intent, for anyone who thinks about shredding their co-workers fingers and for those of you who sing out loud and proud at your desk.
‘...a tremendously vivid show… features an unobtrusively excellent script that turns on a sixpence between looming tragedy and brilliant comic one-liners… ’
★★★★ THE SCOTSMAN on Seven Year Itch (2009)
Born before history – before even the gods – in the house of stars, ANA is a strange and wondrous being. She is a delight and a terror. An abomination, a deity, a freak and the star of our carnival show. ANA is not bound by the same laws that govern the lives of us mere mortals. When this creature is caught in the mouth of inescapable decision, she deceives fate by splitting into a new self, multiplying at every crossroad, escaping her own terror to survive, to be free. But the selves she leaves behind still
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exist and go on living to this day. Now, completely overcome and bewildered by her many incarnations, ANA must face her selves to reconcile her countless existences. This daringly bilingual play takes audiences on a journey of creativity and madness. Combining the rhythms of Scots-English with Canadian-French, ANA dissolves barriers between languages to explore a space that words alone cannot describe. www.stellarquines.com/ana www.imagotheatre.ca/ana
FOR A FULL LIST OF FUNDERS AND SPONSORS SEE WWW.STELLARQUINES.COM/ANA
NOTE: Contains strong language
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VICTORIAN BAR
VICTORIAN BAR
THU 9 FEB 8.30PM FREE BUT TICKETED
WINNER: HERALD ANGEL AND SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST 2009
“ Some people never get crazy. What boring awful lives they must lead.”
STONE SOUP SHAKESPEARE PRESENTS
BUKOWSKI
THE COMEDY PROJECT: SHAKESPEARE’S THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Boy meets girl. Boy marries girl. Boy’s identical twin brother that Boy did not know existed comes to town and things get messy. The Comedy of Errors starts here, then adds twin servants, a sister-in-law, a courtesan and a motley crew of townspeople all convinced that Boy has lost his marbles. Did we mention that the brothers are both named Antipholus? Stone Soup Shakespeare’s staged reading of this classic comedy starts a five-year mission to uncover just what ‘comedy’ really is.
www.stonesoupshakespeare.com
‘...Many people who wouldn’t normally give Shakespeare a chance were suddenly captivated...’ THE SOUTHERN www.gridiron.org.uk
WED 22 - SAT 25 FEB 8.30PM £8 (£6) PEAPOD PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
PASSING THROUGH BY ALISTAIR RUTHERFORD Passing Through is set on a wet winter’s night. At the Dockers Social Club there’s been a terrible mistake. They booked ‘The Ace of Spades’ thinking it was a Motörhead tribute band but they got Tommy the Magician instead. Tommy made a sharp exit and is nursing a pint and a bruised ego in the pub down the road when Alice stomps in from the rain. She’s soaked, been stood up and that’s it, she’s had it forever with romance.
What neither of them know is that some magic might just be around the corner. Or is true love just another conjuring trick, a sleight of hand? A new romantic comedy by Alistair Rutherford (BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Scotland) performed in an intimate cabaret style in the Victorian Bar. www.peapodproductions.co.uk
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ALL EVENTS IN THE VICTORIAN BAR ARE 18YRS+
WED 14 - SAT 17 MARCH 9PM £15 (£11) A huge sell-out success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2009, Barflies, from multi-award-winning site-specific company Grid Iron, is a visceral look at the pains and glories of drunkenness and all the humour, horror, hope and devastation it can bring.
GRID IRON PRESENTS
BARFLIES BASED ON THE SHORT STORIES AND POEMS OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI
Drawn from the short stories and poems of cult American writer Charles Bukowski, Barflies is a rumbustious encounter with his alter-ego Henry Chinaski and a bevvy of the women who shaped his life and work.
ADAPTED + DIRECTED BY BEN HARRISON MUSIC BY DAVID PAUL JONES DESIGNED BY BECKY MINTO NOTE: Contains adult material (sexual content + swearing)
‘Fiercely funny, unbearably sad and pitch perfect.’ ★★★★★ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
‘Grid Iron are surely one of the most sophisticated site-specific theatremakers in Europe. This is bravura theatre-making in every detail.’ ★★★★★ THE TIMES
PLEASE NOTE ALL EVENTS IN THE VICTORIAN BAR ARE 18YRS+
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THE VICTORIAN BAR PLAYS HOST TO A MIX OF CABARET, COMEDY + MUSIC
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SUN 5 FEB, 4 MAR, 1 APR 3-5PM £7(£5)
SUN 19 FEB 4PM £8
RHYMES WITH PURPLE PRESENTS
INSIDEOUT PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
DR SKETCHY’S ANTI-ART SCHOOL
LOUISE CAIRNS ‘HERE BECAUSE...’
Dr Sketchy’s models are burlesque stars, contortionists, fire-jugglers, tattooed beefcakes, cabaret artistes and sideshow freaks and their snappy poses are accompanied by live music, interspersed with performances and competitions. Basic art materials are available.
The Vic Bar provides the perfect ambiance for Glasgow singer-songwriter Louise Cairns to perform tracks from her emotive debut album Here Because You’re Not. Louise has residencies at The Corinthian and Metropolitan in Glasgow and has appeared at Celtic Connections and on BBC Radio Scotland. Her music has taken her from Glasgow’s King Tut’s and the Royal Concert Hall to Abbey Road studios in London and New York. Add in some talented guest musicians and a few little surprises and this promises to be the ideal way to spend your Sunday afternoon. loucairns.bandcamp.com
WED 8 FEB, 7 MAR, 4 APR 8.30PM £2 WORD FACTORY PRESENTS
WORD PLAY On the first Wednesday of every month Word Factory stages Word Play, an open mic performance event. Come along and join them either as a performer or as an audience member. Further information can be found on the Word Factory website www.wordfactory.org.uk and Marc Sherland is the contact if you’d like a reading slot: marcsherland@btinternet.com
SUN 12 FEB, 25 MAR 4PM £15 INSIDEOUT PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
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ALL EVENTS IN THE VICTORIAN BAR ARE 18YRS+
Glasgow’s annual folk, roots and world music festival, Celtic Connections celebrates Celtic music and its connections to cultures across the globe. Between 19th January - 5th February 2012, 2,100 musicians from around the world will descend on Glasgow and bring the city to life for 18 days of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, art exhibitions, workshops, and free events.
FRI 20 JANUARY 8PM £13
CATHY JORDAN + DAMIEN O’KANE Cathy Jordan is best known as lead singer for Dervish, one of the hottest traditional music groups to come out of Ireland. Her ineffably lovely voice demonstrates a deep understanding of the Irish tradition and tonight she launches her solo album, with guest appearances from fellow Dervish star Seamie O Dowd, Mancunian flute/whistle genius Michael McGoldrick and Swedish band Väsen. Banjo virtuoso Damien O’Kane performs new album The Mystery Inch session-style with guitarist David Kosky.
SAT 10 MAR 8.30PM £5
LOST IN DIGRESSION Return to the back-waters of Digression. Join the nancy boys, supertramps & anti-heroes for another night of music, poetry, stand-up and missed opportunity. For anyone who ever digressed and never quite found their way back.
A SONG AND A SIP Join our sensational singers for A Song and A Sip, an intimate afternoon of musical theatre, with a little tipple and a lot of banter thrown in for good measure. Check the website www.insideoutproductions.co.uk for details of monthly specials.
www.celticconnections.com
SAT 14 APR 8.30PM £25 UPSTAGE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
WEDDINGS CAN BE MURDER Dillon Jackson and Lindi Armitage have just been married. Not everyone is happy about the union, especially Dillon’s father Bob, an obnoxious egotistical tyrant. As skeletons tumble from cupboards, one of the wedding party gets their come-uppance. Enter supersleuth Sherbert Holmes to help dinner guests solve a dastardly murder! Ticket prices includes three course dinner, coffee and mints. Guests may dress formally for the wedding and Bucks Fizz will be served on arrival.
SAT 21 JANUARY 8PM £13
AILIE ROBERTSON’S TRADITIONAL SPIRITS + GRÁINNE HOLLAND Harpist Ailie Robertson’s instrumental suite Traditional Spirits, originally premiered in 2011, distils and blends folk, jazz and classical elements in a musical evocation of whisky-making. Robertson features alongside Fraser Fifield, Patsy Reid, Adam Sutherland, James Ross, Conrad Molleson, Tom Oakes and Chris Wallace. Opening tonight will be Gráinne Holland, from West Belfast. A wonderful talent in the Irish traditional music circuit, with amazing vocal strength and beauty.
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SUN 22 JANUARY 8PM £13
TOM RUSSELL + SUPPORT Acclaimed American singer-songwriter Tom Russell is most strongly identified with the Texas Country music tradition, however his music also incorporates elements of folk, Tex-Mex, and the cowboy music of the American West. His latest release Mesabi corrals some of his most compelling tales to date – a logical progression from Russell’s last album, 2009’s Blood and Candle Smoke, it’s like no other album Russell has made in his nearly four decades as a recording artist.
www.celticconnections.com
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FRI 28 JANUARY 8PM £13
THE ANNIE GRACE BAND + LÍDIA PUJOL Annie Grace’s richly abundant talents on
vocals, bagpipes and whistles featured in her 2004 solo debut, Take Me Out Drinking Tonight. Joining her on stage to launch her follow-up album The Bell will be long-time musical compadres Jonny Hardie and Aaron Jones (Old Blind Dogs), and the awardwinning Aly Macrae. Opening the evening will be Catalonian singer Lídia Pujol who boldly interweaves her native traditions with Yiddish, Celtic, medieval, Sephardic and flamenco sounds.
SUN 29 JAN - THU 2 FEB 8PM £13
WED 25 + THU 26 JANUARY 8PM £13
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THE CAPTAIN’S COLLECTION
Melting Pot Theatre Company’s dynamic production marks the centenary of Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (1912-1967) and features four multi-talented actor-musicians – playing guitars, fiddles, banjo, mandolin, dobro, autoharp, dulcimer, jaw harp and spoons – who bring to life both Guthrie’s own colourful, arduous story and the rich cast of characters who shared in it. Featuring around 30 classic Guthrie songs the show pays a fittingly heartfelt, uncontrived and freshly topical tribute to a towering folk icon.
Originally the brainchild of Blazin’ Fiddles’ Bruce MacGregor, Dogstar Theatre Company’s awardwinning music theatre production vibrantly dramatises the life and work of Captain Simon Fraser – fiddler, composer, publisher, dispossessed laird and Empire soldier. Directed by Alison Peebles, the cast comprises Matthew Zajac (winner of Best Actor at the 2009 Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland) and Gaelic singer/actress Alyth McCormack, with live music from Jonny Hardie and Ingrid Henderson.
FRI 27 JANUARY 8PM £13
THE QUEBE SISTERS BAND + SIMON BRADLEY TRIO Fronted by the three sisters’ divinely dovetailed vocals and silkily intertwined fiddles, hot young Texan combo The Quebe Sisters Band have been captivating audiences worldwide with their vintage-sounding yet freshly-minted mix of Western Swing, bluegrass, jazz and cowboy songs. The Simon Bradley Trio brings together three award winning multi instrumentalists – Matheu Watson, Anna Wendy Stevenson and Simon Bradley – with a polished, lush and dynamic sound reminiscent of The Easy Club/Fine Friday/Django/Session A9 – ‘traditional swing’.
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FRI 3 FEB 7PM + SAT 4 FEB 2PM £13 FAMILY TICKET £35 (2 adults + 2 children) Bring all the family wearing bunnets and your family ticket will be £31!
THE BOY AND THE BUNNET The Boy and the Bunnet unites the formidable talents of Booker-nominated author James Robertson, pianist/composer James Ross and Gaelic poet Aonghas MacNeacail. Robertson’s Scots text, narrated by Gerda Stevenson, spins a lively contemporary fairy-tale about a boy getting lost in the woods, where he encounters an array of real and supernatural creatures, each characterfully conjured by Ross’s typically imaginative, lyrical score.
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GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2012 TUE 27 MARCH 8PM £12 (£10)
THE GINGE, THE GEORDIE AND THE GEEK After another sell-out Fringe, the sketch sensations return home to Glasgow to bring you their 2011 show (plus a few new neverseen-before sketches). Jam-packed with silliness, surrealism and 80’s anthems, it’s a truly uplifting family-friendly good laugh.
‘The pace is relentless, laugh-out-loud moments the rule, and so well rehearsed a beat is never skipped.’ ★★★★★ THE HERALD
www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com
THU 29 - SAT 31 MARCH 8PM £14.50
THE LEGENDARY ARNOLD BROWN COMEDY INTERVIEWS What do comedians do after they stand up and talk comedy? They sit down and talk comedy! From an original idea of Jerry Sadowitz, Arnold Brown and guests perform comedy and chat about the serious side of funny business... what makes them tick, write, laugh... what annoys them... how they got started... what’s wrong with comedy... the lot! Your host, the legendary Arnold Brown, has been in the vanguard of alternative comedy since the original comedy store days of the early eighties... if he doesn’t know what he’s talking about... who does?!
THU 15 MARCH - SUN 1 APRIL 2012
WED 28 MARCH 8PM £12 (£10) ROBIN INCE + MICHAEL LEGGE PRESENT
POINTLESS ANGER, RIGHTEOUS IRE 2: BACK IN THE HABIT Robin Ince and Michael Legge, who like everyone at the Glasgow Comedy Festival are ‘award-winning’ and appeared on Mock the Week (not Michael), get angry about stuff again. Last year was a total sell-out despite their best efforts to discourage people from turning up. Come see two men who you’d normally see shouting in a park and crying. If you like laughing at men with blotchy skin (Michael this time) and who, if they were a dog, would be shot by a kindly owner, this is for you.
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FRI 30 + SAT 31 MARCH 10.30PM £12.50
LATE NIGHT GIMP FIGHT Late Night Gimp Fight bring their Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated show to the Glasgow Comedy Festival after a complete sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe that cemented their position as the most exciting sketch group in the country. This hour of fast-paced sketch comedy combines song, dance and the occasional gimp, with their trademark off-the-wall sketches that’ll leave you feeling violated, but in a good way.
‘Sketch comedy doesn’t get much better than this.’ ★★★★ THE SCOTSMAN 17
CHANGING HOUSE
THU 29 - SAT 31 MARCH 8PM £7 TRON YOUNG COMPANY PRESENTS
I WAS ALWAYS BEHIND YOU TRON PARTICIPATION –WHAT WE’RE ABOUT AIM: To provide opportunities to participate in art activities regardless of age, ability or background. WHY: To encourage the behaviour of theatregoing as both audience and artist because we believe participating in cultural activity enriches your life. HOW: Participating in our program can lead to developing new skills, meeting new people and embarking on a life-long relationship with the Tron.
OUR GLOW ACTIVITY… August to December 2011 was a particularly busy time for Tron Participation. As part of our strategy to strengthen relationships with schools we launched our GLOW site to coincide with the start of the academic year. GLOW is the national education intranet in Scotland and provides the Tron with the opportunity to communicate online with schools on a regular basis. This season pupils have had the chance to watch video diaries of a day in the life of Andy Arnold, Artistic Director, read weekly blogs from the cast of Days of Wine and Roses and compare the rehearsal process with similar weekly blogs from Mister Merlin panto rehearsals. Pupils also had the chance to support their studies by getting behind-the-scenes on the new Liz Lochhead play Edwin Morgan’s Dreams and other nightmares, with detailed interviews with Liz Lochhead and set designer Kirsty McCabe available for download. Meanwhile, teachers could download workshop resources and a supporting film for Catherine Wheel’s Kes which we hosted in September. We are also preparing to re-launch our Teachers Resource Group where we will partner with up to 6 schools to explore the
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For you I would crumble and reform. I would rip my heart from my chest, place it in a neatly wrapped box and give it to you for Christmas. I would get on my hands and knees and crawl to the depths of the darkness. For you I would sell myself: body and soul.
best use of GLOW resources. Teachers interested in joining the group should contact Deborah McArthur, Drama Officer on 0141 559 5318.
Somewhere a man does something very, very stupid. He thinks it a grand gesture of undying love and congratulates himself on the romantic tragedy of it all. At the same time a woman enters a hotel in the middle of nowhere. She puts down her little red case, rings the bell three times and proclaims (loudly) that she is here to save him.
TRON STUDIO, our adult community company attended several productions as part of their term including My Romantic History, Days of Wine and Roses and Blackbird ; and participated in master-classes with Random Accomplice, creating their own curtaintwitching monologues in association with Love Hurts. Our ARTS IN THE CITY drama company has kicked off again. Howie Reeve and Emma Hagen are currently working with 6 young care leavers to create and perform a brand new piece of theatre in the Changing House in March 2012. January 2012 will see the continuation of the new class programme with a whole host of participation activities on offer, for all ages, including: SKILLSHOPS: P1-P3, P4-P7, S1-S2, S3-S4
TRON YOUNG COMPANY: 18-25’s TRON STUDIO: adult drama company WRITE TRON: creative writing group Visit www.tron.co.uk/education for details of all the classes, dates and how to book.
PERFORMANCE PROJECTS: Performers required! Next year our Skillshop P4-P7 group will be creating a new piece of theatre called The Curse of Class 2B to be performed on the main stage in June 2012. We are currently looking for performers in P4-P7 who would like to get involved. Classes meet Saturdays 12noon - 2pm. For further info or to book your place please contact the Box Office on 0141 552 4267.
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THU 5 - SAT 7 APRIL 7.30PM £7 TRON SKILLSHOPS PRESENTS
GIFTED Worst thing you’ve ever been given? Come on now, think. You know. The kind of gift that someone gives you and immediately you wish they hadn’t bothered. I can see by your faces you’re recalling the same kind of crap as I am: the itchy knitted polo-neck from your gran, fake perfume bought from a man in the street that you know for certain will not make you smell like Britney Spears, a box of sugared almonds... I mean are they even edible? Well I’ve got one of those gifts. Way worse than the one you’re thinking about just now. Problem is I’m stuck with it. No receipt. Can’t return it, or even give it away in one of those charity bags that come through the door. You see, the problem is me. I’m gifted...
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TRON THEATRE
SUN 15 JANUARY 12-4PM With a ‘church fête theme’, we were a Kirk once after all, will be opening our doors in January for a fundraising afternoon of workshops, tours, Tall and Tiny Tales and a whole host of stalls, activity and entertainment in every nook and cranny of the Tron.
TINY AND TALL TALES Every parent wants to give their little ones the best start possible. Participating in cultural activity can do exactly that. The Tron believe that our young theatre-goers are entitled to the same quality experience, whether workshop or performance, as our adult audience, after all they are the theatre audience of the future. Tiny and Tall Tales provide that experience.
to flourish whilst complementing and preparing your child for the formal learning experiences nursery and school will provide. Best of all you get to join in too. All our pre-5 workshops are for parent and child, allowing you to share the experience and develop a positive and creative relationship with your wee one.
TINY TALES (6mths+)
TALL TALES (3-5yrs)
Tiny and Tall Tales give your little ones the chance to explore, discover and experiment in a safe, creative and fun way. Workshops help to develop essential and desirable life skills, encourage imaginations
Wednesday 8 February Wednesday 7 March
Thursday 9 February Saturday 25 February Thursday 8 March Saturday 24 March
With practical sessions including masterclasses in costume and set design, stage management and theatrical make-up, backstage tours, your chance to sponge the artistic director, face-painting, tombola, home-baking and musical interludes this is a great opportunity to see what we do yearround as well as contribute to future activity.
CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR THE FULL PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES WWW.TRON.CO.UK
THINGS TO KNOW... ● Sessions start at 10am.
● During the session the facilitators will guide the participants through the story, giving instructions on how to join in to bring the tale to life. Parents and guardians support the little storytellers, helping and encouraging them to join in with the actions and instructions. ● There will be an element of moving around during the session and also sitting on the floor, so please wear something comfortable!
● Children must be supervised by accompanying parent/guardian at all times during the session. ● Cost: £6 (ticket admits 1 child and accompanying parent/carer). Every child attending the workshop under the age of 8 requires a ticket. ● To book call the Box Office on 0141 552 4267 ● For more information visit:
www.tron.co.uk/education
ALL TRON PARTICIPATION IMAGES: JOHN JOHNSTON PHOTOGRAPHY
● Participants should meet in the Box Office where the facilitators will take them over to the workshop space. Buggies can be left in our buggy park at the bottom of the stairs next to Box Office.
● During the session the facilitator may use props, costume or music to create the story. This part of the workshop will last approx 35 minutes. After the story has ended, participants have the chance to explore with props and costumes in a creative play environment.
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SUN 15 JANUARY 7.30PM £10
Join us for a star-studded gala evening where individuals and companies who have worked with us before will take to the stage in a series of sketches, musical interludes, stand-up routines and general japery. With a mystery guest host, this glittering event promises to brighten up the dreariest of months.
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? Expect good old-fashioned entertainment from the likes of Karen Dunbar, Horse, Forbes Masson, Joyce Falconer, Alan McHugh and the Sirens of Titan (to name-drop just a few!). Come share your love of the Tron with our all-star cast.
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PARTIES + EVENTS
BECOMING A PATRON
The VIC BAR is a great venue for all types of private parties – and we’ve played host to everything from corporate events and wrap parties for the likes of Scottish Television; to family celebrations, birthdays, christenings and retirement dos. With space for 60 people for a sit-down meal; or 80 guests for drinks and canapes, our team will go the extra mile to make sure your event is the best in town!
LOOKING FOR AN ORIGINAL GIFT IDEA? WHY NOT GIVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY A TRON PATRON’S MEMBERSHIP? For as little as £10 a month you’ll be giving them a present that keeps on giving throughout the year. With a range of benefits including invitations to opening night festivities, discounts on tickets and meals, not to mention a free bottle of anCnoc whisky for all new joiners, membership of the Tron’s Patron Scheme is the perfect gift solution this Christmas, or at any other time throughout the year. Our Patrons are vital to the well-being of the building and their support allows us to continue to provide the extensive
programme of productions and education workshops that are currently on offer. By gifting a Tron Patron’s membership, not only will you be giving a present that lets the recipient experience some of the most exciting work on the Scottish stage for a full year but you’ll also be GET INTO playing a crucial part in helping us to do what we do best, produce WITH THE award-winning, exciting and relevant theatre for the people of Glasgow, Scotland and beyond. TRON THEATRE
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FROM AS LITTLE
MORAG HASTIE, PA TO LAURIE RUSSELL, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, THE WISE GROUP
‘…I cannot commend your team enough for all your efforts...(we)...had a great time and were fed and watered to a very high standard all in a very helpful and welcoming manner. I very much hope we are back with you soon…’
AS £10 A MONTH
TOM FORREST, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, DATUM POINT
‘…It has been a pleasure to work with the staff team for whom nothing was too much trouble...the food was great and the whole thing ran like clockwork...’ LINDA THOMPSON, WOMEN’S SUPPORT PROJECT
Feel good about giving.
Please contact the Tron Box Office on 0141 552 4267 for further details or pick up a Patron’s leaflet in the building
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BECOMING A PATRON
‘…the hosts were delighted with the venue and catering… and everything that you did to ensure our event ran smoothly…’
For more information visit www.tron.co.uk or call Sally Dorrian on 0141 552 8587 to discuss your booking requirements
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CURATED BY GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO
ACCESS The Tron Theatre is committed to being an accessible venue and our public areas are fully accessible for those with limited mobility. Facilities include ramps, elevators, adapted toilets and auditorium seating. In addition, we are committed to programming Audio Described, Signed and Captioned performances. Please let us know if you have any specific access requirements and we will do our utmost to accommodate them.
ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES CAPTIONING is similar to television
AUDIO DESCRIBED performances
subtitling and gives Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people access to live performances. A captioner carefully prepares and cues text that appears in real time on units placed to the side of the stage, centrally or within the set. While we advise sitting in the front section of our auditorium, we have no restricted view between our seats and the stage.
support people who are blind or partially sighted to access live performance. An audio-describer meets audience members to introduce set and characters by providing a verbal description which continues during the performance via a headset. Sometimes there is a touch tour of the set and costumes before the performance.
Captioned Performances:
Audio Described Performances:
Plume Thu 15 March, 7.45pm
Plume Wed 14 March, 7.45pm
CAP
Peter Howson, Bodygaurd, Published by Glasgow Print Studio. Copyright the artist.
Robert McSpadyen, Kool Keith, copyright of the artist.
13 DEC - 12 FEB
13 FEB - 15 APR
PETER HOWSON
ROBERT McSPADYEN
Peter Howson studied at Glasgow School of Art between 1975 and 1981 alongside Ken Currie, Adrian Wisniewski and Steven Campbell, before returning to complete his Masters in 1979. In 1993 he was appointed the official war artist for Bosnia, where he produced some of his most shocking and controversial work detailing the atrocities, which were taking place at the time. Much of his work cast stereotypes on the lower social groups and was shown in major exhibitions at the Imperial War Museum, London and Bosnian Harvest at the Glasgow Print Studio.
Godard said all you need to make a film is a girl and a gun. This credo plays out obsessively through Robert McSpadyen’s vivid, seductive screenprints, which re-imagine Warhol’s Factory run by a co-op of Cahiers du Cinema, Kenneth Anger and Creem magazine. Robert is building a shrine to a deeply personal pantheon of the late 20th century’s sharpest icons, all abstracted into impossibly vivid Technicolor. The titles of the prints set up a pop culture feedback loop that tells you everything you need to know about the inspiration behind these glamorous, covetable images: dazzling reflections from a hall of mirrors where a superheated dialogue between rock‘n’roll and cinema echoes into infinity.
Works by these artists and many more are available at Glasgow Print Studio,Trongate 103, G1 5HD. 0141 552 0704 www.gpsart.co.uk An internationally acclaimed centre of excellence in fine art printmaking, Glasgow Print Studio is located in Glasgow’s new centre for the arts and creativity Trongate 103, the organisation is registered as a charity in Scotland, is foundation funded by Creative Scotland and supported by Glasgow City Council.
BSL interpreted performances allow people who are Deaf or for whom British Sign Language is their first or preferred language access to live performance. BSL interpreters provide a linguistic and artistic interpretation. The interpreter mostly stands to one side of the stage but sometimes interpreters are involved in the staging or the performance. We have no restricted view between our seats and the stage. All our seats are suitable to see the signer. BSL performances:
Plume Wed 14 March, 7.45pm
TEXT PHONE: 18001 0141 552 4267 Online: www.tron.co.uk (we cannot always provide specific seating online). Wheelchair spaces are available in all our performance venues. Infra-red headsets for onstage sound amplification and an Induction Loop are available in the Main Auditorium.
This brochure is available in large print format.
LIVING THEATRE WORKSHOPS
FACILITATED BY EMMA HAGEN SCOTTISH PSYCHODRAMA NETWORK
Living Theatre invites a public audience to engage with a live theatre event in which they are the creators of the action. Workshops have no rehearsed content, instead the starting point for a session will be a theme, based on a play in the Tron season. The workshop aims to shatter the divide between stage and audience, allowing a platform to explore ideas, feelings and inner responses to the drama. These workshops are not acting classes and no previous drama training is required. Workshop participants can choose to be actively involved, offer contributions from their seat or can be silent observers. As a pilot project this season, the Tron Theatre is offering Living Theatre workshops for two productions:
MWANA: MON 20 FEBRUARY 6-8.30PM, CHANGING HOUSE £5 PLUME: WED 21 MARCH 6-8.30PM, CHANGING HOUSE £5 For more information about Living Theatre Workshops contact Lisa Keenan, Education + Outreach Manager on 0141 559 5318 or to book call the Box Office on 0141 552 4267.
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CHANGING HOUSE VICTORIAN BAR OPEN DAY 12-4PM
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CHANGING HOUSE VICTORIAN BAR
DR SKETCHY 3-5PM WORD PLAY 8.30PM THE COMEDY PROJECT 8.30PM MWANA 7.45PM (PREVIEW) MWANA 7.45PM (PREVIEW) MWANA 7.45PM MWANA 7.45PM MWANA 7.45PM MWANA 7.45PM MWANA 7.45PM MELMOTH THE WANDERER 7.45PM MELMOTH THE WANDERER 7.45PM MELMOTH THE WANDERER 7.45PM MELMOTH THE WANDERER 7.45PM
‘…This solo performance is a powerful meditation on the shifting dynamics that seep into the relationship between middle-aged children and elderly parents…’ ★★★★★ THE HERALD
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MAIN AUDITORIUM
WOODY SEZ 8PM WOODY SEZ 8PM THE BOY AND THE BUNNET 7PM THE BOY AND THE BUNNET 2PM
COMING SOON THU 19 - SAT 21 APRIL 8PM £10 (£7)
DONNA RUTHERFORD PRESENTS
OPEN DAY 12-4PM
MARCH
FRI 20 SAT 21 SUN 22 WED 25 THU 26 FRI 27 SAT 28 SUN 29 MON 30 TUE 31
MAIN AUDITORIUM OPEN DAY 12-4PM GALA VARIETY PERFORMANCE 7.30PM CATHY JORDAN 8PM AILIE ROBERTSON 8PM TOM RUSSELL 8PM THE CAPTAIN’S COLLECTION 8PM THE CAPTAIN’S COLLECTION 8PM THE QUEBE SISTERS 8PM THE ANNIE GRACE BAND 8PM WOODY SEZ 8PM WOODY SEZ 8PM WOODY SEZ 8PM
A SONG + A SIP 4PM DOUBLE NUGGET 8PM DOUBLE NUGGET 8PM DOUBLE NUGGET 8PM DOUBLE NUGGET 8PM DOUBLE NUGGET 2.30PM + 8PM HERE BECAUSE… 4PM PASSING THROUGH 8.30PM PASSING THROUGH 8.30PM PASSING THROUGH 8.30PM PASSING THROUGH 8.30PM
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DR SKETCHY 3-5PM PLUME 7.45PM PLUME 7.45PM PLUME 7.45PM PLUME 7.45PM PLUME 7.45PM PLUME 7.45PM PLUME 7.45PM PLUME 7.45PM CAP PLUME 7.45PM PLUME 7.45PM ANA 7.45PM ANA 7.45PM ANA 2.30PM + 7.45PM
WORD PLAY 8.30PM
LOST IN DIGRESSION 8.30PM ARTS IN THE CITY 7.30PM BARFLIES 9PM BARFLIES 9PM BARFLIES 9PM BARFLIES 9PM
A SONG + A SIP 4PM THE GINGE, THE GEORDIE + THE GEEK 8PM POINTLESS ANGER 8PM THE LEGENDARY ARNOLD BROWN... 8PM I WAS ALWAYS BEHIND YOU 8PM THE LEGENDARY ARNOLD BROWN... 8PM I WAS ALWAYS BEHIND YOU 8PM LATE NIGHT GIMP FIGHT 10.30PM THE LEGENDARY ARNOLD BROWN... 8PM I WAS ALWAYS BEHIND YOU 8PM LATE NIGHT GIMP FIGHT 10.30PM
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CHANGING HOUSE VICTORIAN BAR
PLUME 7.45PM (PREVIEW) PLUME 7.45PM PLUME 7.45PM
CHANGING HOUSE VICTORIAN BAR DR SKETCHY 3-5PM WORD PLAY 8.30PM
GIFTED 7.30PM GIFTED 7.30PM GIFTED 7.30PM WEDDINGS CAN BE MURDER 8.30PM
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We are doing all we can to reduce our environmental impact. We recycle wherever we can, all our electricity comes from renewable sources and we’ve significantly reduced our CO2 impact. But you can help too. Why not: Pop your old tickets and info we send you in your recycling bin? Grab a bus instead of the car keys? Or, if the typical West coast weather lets up, why not enjoy a wee walk to the theatre before your show? Sign up to our e-list to get all our juiciest bits by email rather than post? If you have any suggestions of your own, give us an email on weliketrees@tron.co.uk Or, if you want to check out our policy in full, have a look here: http://www.tron.co.uk/about/tron_environmental_policy/
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