Feb-June 2006 | National Theatre of Scotland inaugural season brochure

FEB-JUNE 2006

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WHAT? IT IS SCOTLAND’S FIRST EVER NATIONAL THEATRE. WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE BEST SCOTTISH ACTORS, DIRECTORS AND THEATRE COMPANIES, WE WILL PRODUCE UNMISSABLE NIGHTS OUT.

WHERE? EVERYWHERE. WITH NO BUILDING OF ITS OWN, NTS WILL TOUR TO BIG THEATRES, SMALL THEATRES AND PLACES WHERE THEATRE HAS NEVER BEEN, ACROSS THE WHOLE OF SCOTLAND AND BEYOND.

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WHY? BECAUSE SCOTLAND HAS THE TALENT AND THE AUDIENCE TO HAVE A WORLD-CLASS NATIONAL THEATRE.

HOME

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THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS

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ELIZABETH GORDON QUINN

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NTS WORKSHOP

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NTS LEARN INSERT

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FALLING

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THE CRUCIBLE

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ROAM

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COMING SOON

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ADDITIONAL INFO

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A BREATHTAKINGLY AMBITIOUS EVENT TO LAUNCH NTS

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TEN INSPIRING DIRECTORS, TEN SURPRISING LOCATIONS, TEN BRAND NEW PIECES OF THEATRE CREATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO CELEBRATE THE BEGINNING OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND. NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND OPENING NIGHT SATURDAY 25TH FEBRUARY, FREE in- Aberdeen, Caithness, Dumfries, Dundee, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Shetland and Stornoway. by – Graham Eatough, Scott Graham, Stewart Laing, Matthew Lenton, Kenny Miller, Anthony Neilson, Alison Peebles, Gill Roberston, John Tiffany and Wils Wilson

the place where one lives, a dwelling house, one’s family background, the native land of a person or a person’s ancestors, an institution for persons needing care, rest or refuge, the place where a thing originates or is native or is most common, the finishing point in a race.

The National Theatre of Scotland has commissioned ten of Britain’s best theatre directors to create ten pieces of theatre around the theme of HOME, widely thought of as the most evocative word in the English language.

Each director will present their own unique vision of home, working together with artists and local communities and drawing inspiration from their surroundings.

Together they will turn the whole of Scotland into their theatre.

Over one night. In what we believe will be a truly unique event, we invite you to join us in forests, ferries, shopfronts, factories, museums, concert halls, nissan huts, tenements and tower blocks.

NTS opening night will be unforgettable. It will be for children, young people, and not so young people. It will be free. It will be a celebration of theatre and a celebration for Scotland.

HOME is a free event with capacity dependent on the nature of each event.

See www.nationaltheatrescotland.com for details of all shows.

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HOME SHETLAND The Northlink Ferry, Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal, Lerwick Thur 23 Feb, Sat 25 Feb and Mon 27 Feb Times: 23, 25 Feb - 12noon, 1.15pm, 2.30pm, 27 Feb - 11.30am, 12.45pm, 2pm Box office: Tickets will be available from the Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal, Lerwick on Sat 4 Feb 10am-2pm.

From Mon 6 Feb Box office: Islesburgh Community Centre 01595 692114 Created and directed by Wils Wilson With text by Jackie Kay and Shetland playwright Jacqui Clark, original music and soundscape by Hugh Nankivell, Installations by visual artist Karen Clubb, photography by Jennifer Ann O’Neill, Lighting Design by Tony Peaker Partner: Creative Links Office, Shetland Islands Council Everyone on this ferry route is on a journey either to or from their home – a place where lives and stories cross and connect. HOME Shetland will be an evocative multimedia experience in a unique setting.

The performances are a guided tour through the miniature house from cellar to attic, uncovering the dark corners where secrets lurk. The tour is presented in Gaelic with English translation.

Full access for wheelchair users.

Stewart Laing has worked extensively across the UK and internationally as a theatre and opera director and has a won a Tony award for his work as a theatre designer.

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HOME CAITHNESS Caithness Glass Factory & Visitor Centre, Wick Thur 23 - Sat 25 Feb

Box office: 01851 703307, An Lanntair Arts Centre (tickets available from 5th Feb) Created and directed by Stewart Laing With Model Makers: Simon Daw, Minty Donald, Marc Hardy, Will Holt, Moira Maclean and Nick Millar Partner: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Stornoway An exploration of the home in miniature. Working with a brilliant team of model-makers, a doll’s house will be built in a shop window in Stornoway.

Partner: Eden Court, Inverness HOME Inverness is a highly energetic performance inspired by a series of specially created photographs of local families in their own homes. This piece is about lives lived on the edge - on the sofa, on the bed, on the run - performed within the walls of an epic new performance space.

Full access for wheelchair users.

Scott Graham is a Co-Artistic Director of Frantic Assembly, the UK’s leading physical theatre company.

HOME ABERDEEN

Created and directed by Matthew Lenton

48 Logie Place, Aberdeen Tue 21 – Sun 26 Feb

Designed by Kai Fischer

Trapped in an old folk’s home, one night, Elsie is visited by characters from the film Once Upon a Time in the West. Inspired, she decides to make a break for HOME… Incorporating live music and physical performance, HOME Caithness will be a highly visual show in this stunning location.

Times: 4pm, 6pm, 8pm

McManus Galleries, Albert Square, Dundee Fri 24 - Sat 25 Feb

Box office: 01955 641270, Lyth Arts Centre www.lytharts.org.uk for booking enquiries

Wils Wilson is Co-Artistic Director of Wilson+Wilson who specialise in creating art, installation and theatre inspired by and performed in unexpected locations.

14 Church Street, Stornoway HIS 2DS Thur 23 - Sat 25 Feb

With Delphine Gaborit, Geir Hytten, Georgina Lamb, Vicki Manderson, Tim Morris and James Daniel Wilson Lighting designed by Andy Purves

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Partner: Grey Coast Theatre Company

HOME STORNOWAY

HOME DUNDEE

Times: 7pm, 9pm

Full access for wheelchair users.Some aspects of this performance are outdoors so please wear warm clothing.

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Created and directed by Scott Graham

Times: 21 – 26 Feb: Bus leaves Aberdeen Arts Centre at 6.30pm, 7.30pm and 8.30pm 25 Feb: Bus leaves Aberdeen Arts Centre at 2pm, 3pm, 6.30pm, 7.30pm and 8.30pm

Times: 7.30pm Box office: 01382 223530, Dundee Rep Created and directed by Kenny Miller Video by Davie McKay. Cast: Andy Clark, Sally Reid and Julie Austin Director of Photography: Jerry Kelly Editor: Jim Hamilton Lighting Designer: Graham Sutherland Partner: Dundee Rep Theatre This project will transform the McManus Galleries into a 1950’s Dance Hall. With live performance and filmed interviews with residents of care homes, HOME Dundee recreates a theatrical youth culture from half a century ago - a nostalgic journey through time and an unforgettable night out for the young at heart.

Full access for wheelchair users.

Box office: Aberdeen Box Office 01224 641122

Kenny Miller is an award-winning director/designer who has worked as Head of Design and Associate Director at the Citizens’ Theatre and has worked extensively across the UK.

Created and directed by Alison Peebles

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Full access for wheelchair users.

Designed by Ursula Cleary and martin McNee with text by Rona Munro

HOME EDINBURGH

Matthew Lenton is Artistic Director of highly-acclaimed Glasgow-based company Vanishing Point.

Partner: Aberdeen International Youth Festival and Culture & Leisure Services Team, Aberdeen City Council

The Queens Hall, Clerk Street, Edinburgh 25 Feb

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HOME INVERNESS Arts in Motion Creation Centre, Evanton Thur 23 – Sat 25 Feb Times: Thu 23 Feb: 7pm, Fri 24 Feb: 7pm and 9pm and Sat 25 Feb: 4pm and 7pm Box office: 01463 234234, Eden Court

48 Logie Place has been abandoned for years - home only to local pigeons. An exciting creative team will transform this tenement and create a ground-breaking series of theatrical encounters within the previously empty rooms. The project involves local community performers and professional actors.

Alison Peebles is a founder of Communicado Theatre and is one of Scotland’s leading theatre directors, film-makers and actresses.

Times: 4pm and 7.30pm Box office: 0131 668 2019 Created and directed by Anthony Neilson Partner: Scene and Heard A mock session of First Minister’s Questions, scripted by children between the ages of 9 and 12 years old and performed by a collection of Scotland’s finest actors.

An unusual and irreverent theatrical happening – part parliamentary occasion, part Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.

Full access for wheelchair users.

Anthony Neilson is an award-winning writer/director who has worked in theatre, opera, film, radio and television.

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BSL signed performances available for all HOME productions contact 0141 227 9003 or visit www.nationalthatrescotland.com for details

HOME EAST LOTHIAN A journey beginning at Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh Previews: 23 Feb at 5pm, 24 Feb at 5pm & 8pm Main performances: 25 Feb at 5pm & 8pm Tickets will only be available through a free draw. Telephone the ticket hotline on 0131 665 4960 (max. 4 per family) or email: homeeastlothian@nationaltheatrescotland.com The draw will take place on 14th Feb 2006 Created and directed by Gill Robertson Designed by Karen Tennent, Lighting Design by Jeanine Davies & Composition by Steve Kettley With Cath Whitefield, James Anthony Pearson and Susan Harrison Partners: Brunton Theatre and East Lothian Council

Associate Director Davey Anderson Choreographed by Allan Irvine Lighting Designed by Natasha Chivers Cast includes Billy Boyd, Blythe Duff, Neil Campbell, Louise Ludgate and Colette O’Neil Partner: Greater Easterhouse Arts Company 25 Soutra Place is an 18-storey tower block, an iconic landmark on the M8 out of Glasgow. HOME Glasgow will be an outdoor spectacular featuring abseiling, dance and live film creating a fantastical glimpse into secret lives.

Full access for wheelchair users.

Audiences are recommended to travel on public transport (limited parking available). This performance takes place outdoors so please wear warm clothing.

John Tiffany is Associate Director (New Work) at NTS and has won many awards for his directing.

An enchanted winter’s tale for all the family.

Audiences will be transported to a secret location in East Lothian where, in a unique and atmospheric setting, they will uncover a modern take on a familiar fairytale about fear, hope, strength and love. What lengths would you go to get Home?

The Loreburn Hall, Newall Terrace, Dumfries 23 - 24 Feb at 7.30pm and 25 Feb at 5.30pm and 7.30pm

HOME East Lothian is for adults and children from 8 - 12.

Adults must be accompanied by children. The production is partly accessible for wheelchair users.

Box office: Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association 01387 253383

Gill Robertson is the Artistic Director of Catherine Wheels, one of Scotland’s leading theatre companies for children and young people.

Created and directed by Graham Eatough

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HOME CAITHNESS HOME STORNOWAY

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HOME INVERNESS

HOME SHETLAND

HOME DUMFRIES

HOME ABERDEEN

HOME DUNDEE

With Audio Visual Art Work by Kenny MacLeod, photography

by Nicky Bird and interviews by Mary Smith.

Cast: Pauline Lockhart and Calum Cuthbertson

HOME EDINBURGH

Partner: Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association

HOME GLASGOW 25 Soutra Place, Cranhill, (near Easterhouse) 25 - 26 Feb Times: 5.30pm and 8pm Box office: email ntshome@platform-online.co.uk or call GEAC on 0141 781 2034 Created and directed by John Tiffany

A powerful, multimedia exploration of home, memory and death, bringing together sound, visuals and live performance in a unique installation that will encompass both audiences and performers. Inspired by Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs and interviews with local senior citizens.

Graham Eatough co-founded Suspect Culture in 1992 and has been the company’s Artistic Director since 1995. He has also directed opera, television and film.

HOME Helpline (weekdays 10am – 6pm): 0141 227 9003

HOME EAST LOTHIAN HOME GLASGOW HOME DUMFRIES

DIRECTOR IMAGE, L to R: back row: John Tiffany, Scott Graham, Matthew Lenton, Kenny Miller, Alison Peebles seated row: Stewart Laing, Wils Wilson, Graham Eatough, Gill Robertson foreground: Anthony Neilson

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NTS CREATES A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE OVER 7 WHO’S NOT A SCAREDY CAT

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‘A STORY FOR COOL KIDS WHO WILL GROW UP FEARLESS.’ THE SUNDAY TIMES

Presented by NTS and Improbable in association with Tramway Conceived and made for the stage by Julian Crouch, Vicky Featherstone and Nick Powell Additional lyrics by Neil Gaiman Choreography by Steven Hoggett

This is the story of Lucy, who hears creeping, creaking, crumpling noises coming from behind the wallpaper and is convinced that there are wolves in the walls of her house. Her jam-making mother, tuba-playing father and video game obsessed brother think the noises are really mice, or rats or bats. But they are wrong and she is right as they will all soon find out…

Improbable has made ten pieces of work to date; 70 Hill Lane, Animo, Lifegame, Cinderella, Coma, Spirit, Sticky, The Hanging Man, Theatre Of Blood and Stars Are Out Tonight. These shows have toured to eighteen countries around the world. www.improbable.co.uk

‘IMPROBABLE... IS ONE OF THE MOST ENERGISING AND PROVOCATIVE FORCES IN BRITISH THEATRE.’ THE GUARDIAN

With an unruly pack of actors, musicians and crazy puppets, the show will make you laugh, shriek with horror and watch the action between the cracks in your fingers, because everyone knows… when the wolves come out of the walls, it’s all over.

The National Theatre of Scotland and Improbable are unleashing The Wolves in the Walls onto the stage. NTS Artistic Director, Vicky Featherstone, co-directs in partnership with Improbable’s Julian Crouch, whose work includes the unforgettable Shockheaded Peter and Jerry Springer the Opera. Nick Powell, best known for his haunting television scores and soundtracks for Suspect Culture provides the music and songs.

Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean have conquered the world with the Sandman series, Coraline and most recently MirrorMask, a stunning new feature film. Bookshops across the world are crammed with their work and Gaiman is a regular New York Times number one bestseller. Having expressed their unique vision through graphic and adult novels, children’s books, television and film, this is the first time the duo’s work gatecrashes theatre.

For everyone over 7 who isn’t a scaredy cat.

in association with

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THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS TRAMWAY GLASGOW 22 MARCH - 8 APRIL Wed 22 - Thur 23 Mar 1pm (Schools preview) - £2 (teachers free) Sat 25 Mar 1pm & 7.30pm (Previews) £7/£4 Tue 28 Mar 7.30pm (Preview) £7/£4 Wed 29 – Fri 31 Mar 7.30pm £9/£6 Sat 1 Apr 1pm & 7.30pm £9/£6 Tue 4 Apr 1pm & 7.30pm £9/£6 Wed 5 Apr 7.30pm £9/£6 Thur 6 Apr 1pm & 7.30pm £9/£6 Fri 7 Apr 7.30pm £9/£6 Sat 8 Apr 1pm & 7.30pm £9/£6 Family Discounts: £18 for Preview performances – family of 2 adults and 2 kids (additional adults/kids £7/£4), £25 for all other performances (additional adults/kids £9/£6) Tramway box office: 0845 330 3501 -LYRIC HAMMERSMITH 12 - 29 APRIL 7.30pm (no performances 16-17, 23 April) Matinees: 13 Apr (2.30pm), 15 Apr (4pm), 22 Apr (2.30pm), 26 Apr (1.30pm), 29 Apr (2.30pm) £12-25 (concessions / children under 16 – £10, 18-25’s - £6) Performances 12-13 Apr £9 An open captioned performance will take place on 27 Apr (7.30pm) A post show discussion will be held on 25 Apr (5.30pm) Lyric Hammersmith box office: 08700 500 511 Online booking: www.lyric.co.uk -PERTH THEATRE 3 - 6 MAY Wed 3 May 7.45pm £10/£8 (children £5.50) Thur 4 May 7.45pm £10/£8 (children £5.50) Fri 5 May 7.45pm £10/£8 (children £5.50) Sat 6 May 2.30pm and 7.45pm £10/£8 (children £5.50) Perth Theatre box office: 0845 612 6322 Online booking: www.horsecross.co.uk -MACROBERT ARTS CENTRE, STIRLING 9 - 10 MAY Tues 9 May 7pm £5/£4 Wed 10 May 1.30pm and 7pm £5/£4 Post show discussion on Wed 10 May Macrobert Arts Centre box office: 01786 466666

ADAM SMITH THEATRE, KIRKCALDY 12 - 13 MAY Fri 12 May 7.30pm £8/£5 Sat 13 May 2.30pm and 7.30pm £8/£5 Family ticket £24.00 Adam Smith Theatre box office: 01592 412929 -AYR GAIETY THEATRE 18 - 20 MAY Thur 18 May 7.30pm £12 (children £6) Fri 19 May 7.30pm £12 (children £6) Sat 20 May 2.30pm and 7.30pm £14 (children £7) Adult concessions available Family ticket 2 adults and 2 children £30.00 Audio described performance: Friday 19 May Hospital broadcast: Fri 19 May Ayr Gaiety Theatre box office: 01292 611222

The Wolves in the Walls will tour again across the UK in Autumn 2006 and internationally from Spring 2007.

“THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND... A MILESTONE IN SCOTTISH THEATRE HISTORY.” SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

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NTS REVIVES THE VERY BEST SCOTTISH PLAYS

‘CHRIS HANNAN’S MONSTROUS AND MAGNIFICENT HEROINE.’ JOYCE MACMILLAN in THE GUARDIAN (1985)

Cast includes Siobhan Redmond Directed by John Tiffany Designed by Neil Warmington Lighting Designed by Chahine Yavroyan

‘ONE OF THE BEST WOMEN’S ROLES EVER TO EMERGE FROM SCOTTISH THEATRE.’ JOYCE MACMILLAN in THE GUARDIAN (1985)

While others worry about the trivial things in life, like food, a roof over their heads, rent strikes and world wars, Elizabeth Gordon Quinn has but one concern – her piano. She can’t play a note but it sets her apart from her impoverished neighbours.

Or so she thinks…

Written in 1985, Elizabeth Gordon Quinn is a contemporary classic, featuring one of the best women’s roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre. Holding court amidst her dysfunctional family and its filth, Elizabeth Gordon Quinn is an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.

John Tiffany (Perfect Days, Passing Places, Gagarin Way) directs a crack Scottish cast led by Siobhan Redmond in a production that promises to be epic and electrifying.

‘Chris Hannan has created one of the most intriguing characters of the modern stage.’

MARK FISHER in THE LIST (1985) Chris Hannan is one of Scotland’s most inspiring and influential writers.

His work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Traverse Theatre, the Tron Theatre, the Old Vic and the Bush and includes the plays Shining Souls and The Evil Doers.

BY CHRIS HANNAN

DUNDEE REP THEATRE 25 - 29 APRIL Tues – Wed (Previews) 7.45pm £8 Thurs – Sat 7.45pm £14 (Concessions £5-£8) Sat matinee 2.30pm £8/£5 Box office: 01382 223530 Online booking: www.dundeerep.co.uk -CITIZENS’ THEATRE (MAIN THEATRE), GLASGOW 2 - 6 MAY Tues 2 May 7.30pm £5 Wed 3 May 7.30pm £12/£6 (£3 Gorbals Citizens’ Cardholders) Thurs 4 May 7.30pm £12/£6 (£3 Gorbals Citizens’ Cardholders) Fri 5 May 7.30pm £14/£7 Sat 6 May 2.30pm (all tickets £5) and 7.30pm £14/£7 Citizens’ box office: 0141 429 0022 Online booking: www.citz.co.uk -PERTH THEATRE 10 - 13 MAY 7.45pm + Sat matinee 2.30pm £15: £12 concessions (children £5.50) Perth Theatre box office: 0845 612 6320 Online booking: www.horsecross.co.uk -ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, EDINBURGH 31 MAY - 3 JUNE Wed 31 May – Fri 2 June 7.45pm £18/£15 Sat 3 June 2.30pm and 7.45pm £12 (students, disabled, unemployed and under 18s £7.50, matinee £6) Royal Lyceum box office: 0131 248 4848 Online booking: www.lyceum.org.uk -HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE, ABERDEEN 6 – 10 JUNE Tues – Thurs 7.30pm £13.50 - £16.50 (Concessions £3 off) Fri – Sat 7.30pm £14.50 - £17.50 (Concessions £3 off) His Majesty’s Theatre box office: 01224 641122 Online booking: www.hmtheatre.com

WORKSHOP

The NTS Workshop is the innovative heart of the National Theatre of Scotland and exists to invigorate our notion of theatre. First port of call for any artist or company wanting to develop ideas with or through the company, it helps projects realise their full potential by encouraging risk-taking and demanding excellence. It provides opportunities and stimulus for artists across the whole artform and encourages collaboration.

In addition to development, NTS Workshop will also produce occasional experimental projects. The first of these is Falling, a co-production with Poorboy in association with the Arches.

Our teams of artists and theatre makers are now working across Scotland. We aim to inspire and empower so that anyone who wants to, can help make exciting and vibrant theatre to be shared with audiences across the country. This way we can help create a confident, outward-looking and distinctively Scottish theatre voice.

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LEARN

Learning is at the heart of everything we do.

We believe that you can’t be creative without learning and that you can’t learn without being creative. Young and old, amateur and professional, schools, colleges and universities, teachers, students, voluntary groups and enthusiastic individuals are all involved in celebrating theatre in all its forms.

NTS WORKSHOP: SUPPORTING AND DEVELOPING WORLD CLASS SCOTTISH TALENT

NTS LEARN IS ABOUT OPENING UP GREAT THEATRE EXPERIENCES TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE ACROSS SCOTLAND.

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image. Some of the members of NTS Team

The team also delivers workshops related to all our productions which will tour around Scotland. If you would like any of our teams to visit simply contact our Learning and Outreach Manager.

The teams connect with primary and secondary schools, colleges and community groups and train participants in design, dance, drama, digital arts, visual arts and craft, music, multimedia, creative writing and devising of new forms of theatre.

NTS Team is designed to be open and responsive and relies entirely on positive partnerships. Moray, North Ayrshire, Fife, East and West Lothian councils are all playing host to our teams.

Four teams of theatre artists are working in communities throughout Scotland sharing their skills and experiences with a range of groups.

St Margaret’s Academy Bathgate Academy Ross High School Musselburgh Grammar School Generation Arts Community Group Dunbar Grammar School Dunbar Primary East Linton Primary Innerwick Primary School Stenton Primary School West Barns Primary School

Elgin High School Lossiemouth High School

In Moray:

Also working with the local community and businesses in The Three Towns

Garnock Academy Auchenharvie Academy Ardrossen Academy Dykesmain Primary School Winton Primary School Stanley Primary School West Kilbride Primary School

Viewforth High School Lochgelly High School Madras College Haydays Community Group, St Andrew’s In the Lothians:

In North Ayrshire:

In Fife:

SCHOOLS INVOLVED IN NTS TEAM PROJECTS INCLUDE:

TEAM

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Events and productions will be happening throughout Scotland from May onwards and culminate in a festival at the Theatre and Concert Hall at Horsecross, Perth in July.

NTS Exchange is a creative partnership with the Playwrights’ Studio Scotland. Working with youth theatre groups from Ayr, Dundee, Lochaber, Inverness, Kilmarnock, Perth, Cumbernauld, Fife, Edinburgh and Skye.

Get them to create a theatre festival and then brace yourself.

It’s risky and irreverent.

Take over two hundred 16 to 25 year olds and ask them to explore what it is to be young, Scottish and international.

Give them a team of mentors who are renowned for creating some of the most exciting theatre in Scotland.

Perth Theatre box office: 0845 612 6322 Online booking: www.horsecross.co.uk

NTS Exchange Festival Perth Theatre & Concert Hall, Horsecross 5 – 8 July 2006

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Cumbernauld Theatre box office: 01236 732887

Cumbernauld Youth Theatre Cumbernauld Theatre 30 June - 1 July

CONFIRMED EVENTS:

Details will be available at www.nationaltheatrescotland.com soon.

Box Office: 01563 554900

East Ayrshire Youth Theatre Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock

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Box office: 0845 612 6328

Perth Youth Theatre Perth Theatre 185 High Street Perth PH1 5UW

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Box office: (01383) 845000 ext. 5265 or 5268

Lauder College Youth Theatre Lauder College Media Space Dunfermline, Fife.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON OTHER EXCHANGE EVENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:

EXCHANGE

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Communities from Russia, Sweden, Stornoway, Clydebank, Glasgow, and Edinburgh will connect and create new theatrical forms that combine innovation and imagination with integration and accessibility in its broadest definition.

Connecting Communities is an unprecedented programme bringing together the very best theatre created inclusively.

It will showcase the results in a celebration of some of the most cutting edge theatre in Scotland.

For performance dates and venue details, contact: Wendy Niblock, Co-ordinator on 0141 649 4844 or email: wendyniblock@metronet.co.uk

BEYOND threads together music, movement, drama and storytelling in an uplifting and inspirational performance.

Performed in Russian and Scots, BEYOND is a unique collaboration between the critically acclaimed East Glasgow Youth Theatre and Vesoliy Gorchishnik, the award-winning youth theatre company from Priyut No 1 Orphanage in Togliatti, Volga region in the Russian Federation.

Up, up and away! In July 2006 over thirty young people take off on the journey of a lifetime. A voyage of discovery into the power of travel, culture, their own life histories and possible futures.

BEYOND

East Glasgow Youth Theatre and Vesoliy Gorchishnik present

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Citizens box office: 0141 429 0022 Online booking: www.citz.co.uk

Citizens Theatre Circle Studio Tue 28 March – Sat 1 April 2006

This project is also supported by Sense over Sectarianism and the Scottish Executive, JP Morgan Foundations, Scottish International Education Trust, Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust, The JTH Charitable Trust, Mary Andrew Charitable Trust and The Tay Charitable Trust.

Working with the culturally diverse Citizens’ Community Company, playwright Peter Arnott will draw on stories from all around the world to examine questions that are both fundamental and specific, local and global.

Where does solidarity end and bigotry begin? When is a mob just a crowd? Where would Rangers be if there was no Celtic?

What can we learn from other conflicts elsewhere? What can we learn from the very origins of humanity itself?

Directed by Neil Packham

A New Work by Peter Arnott (Drawing on three classical folk tales and inspired by the writing of young Glaswegians)

THE APE MEN, THE WARRIORS, THE OTHERS AND ME

The Citizens’ Community Company presents

PROJECTS INCLUDE:

CONNECTING COMMUNITIES

Tramway Theatre 20 – 21, 24 – 28 October 2006, 8:00pm 26 October matinee at 2:30pm

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Broken marks the premiere of a large-scale, cutting-edge new play which pushes the bounds of physical theatre.

Performed by professional adult actors and a cast of young performers, Broken heralds major advances in theatremaking though the development of unique on-stage aesthetics that combine British Sign Language, speech, sound and movement.

Written by Deborah Andrews Directed by Gerry Ramage

BROKEN

Solar Bear Theatre Company presents

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For further information: 0141 222 2540

Clydebank Town Hall Tue 27 June 2006

Life, Stories & Dreams is a multimedia artistic installation project using personal testimonies from twenty young people and twenty adults with mixed abilities from West Dunbartonshire and Inverclyde. They will collaborate in music, drama and dance workshops culminating with an exhibition of artifacts from the process and two performances at Clydebank Town Hall.

Directed by Gordon Dougall Music by Nigel Dunn Movement by Linda Payne Drama by Liam Hurley

Sound of Progress presents

LIFE, STORIES AND DREAMS

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Eight international directors partnered with eight Scotland-based directors will produce four platform performances and four studio theatre explorations of international work. The abundant talents of students who are about to graduate from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama will be on display as cast and co-explorers at one of Scotland’s most celebrated and innovative theatre venues – The Tron Theatre in Glasgow.

In the face of all this what stories must we tell?

It’s estimated that in ten years time 90% of the world population will live in urban conurbations. War, famine, a shrinking global economy and easy air travel have created an immeasurable community of people in transit. They are part of our daily life, they are a country’s greatest asset and its greatest threat. Our world is shrinking and with it our individual identity and heritage are being challenged.

Scotland, Sweden, Egypt, Canada, Romania, Greece, India, Philippines and Russia will all share their stories and methods of creating the most urgent and contemporary theatre possible.

If this mix of talent and entertainment isn’t enough then join us in debate hosted by Glasgow University Theatre Department. The University will chair open workshops on a range of subjects inspired by the performances and workshops.

DIASPORA

Love and Money Produced by RSAMD Martin McCardie and Nadezhda Ptshkina Fri 23 – Sun 25 June

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Untitled Tue 20 – Thur 22 June

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Faust’s Dreams Produced by NTS Simon Sharkey and Mohamed Aboudoma Fri 16 – Sun 18 June

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Cheech Produced by the Tron Theatre Pamela Carter and Françios Létourneau Tue 13 – Thur 15 June

Confirmed events include:

DIASPORA INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL TRON THEATRE, GLASGOW 13 – 25 JUNE 2006

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Transform is a collaborative project with Scottish Power Learning that allows Schools of Ambition to transform their approaches to learning.

By bringing these schools together with cutting edge theatre professionals, communities and groups of local primary schools, the partnerships produce a high impact theatre event that uses the local environment as a backdrop to tell compelling stories.

Transform your school. Transform your community. Transform your attitude. Transform your chances. Transform your luck.

Transform your life.

Kirklands Community High School, Methil Aberhill Primary school Denbeats Primary school Mounteurie Primary school Lundin Mill Primary school St Agatha’s Primary school Balcurvie Primary school Buckhaven Youth Theatre Dunbar Grammar School Dunbar Primary East Linton Primary Innerwick Primary School Stenton Primary School West Barns Primary School

Doon Academy and the Doon Learning Partnership

In East Ayrshire:

In Fife:

Also working with the local community and businesses in The Three Towns

Ardrossen Academy Dykesmain Primary School Winton Primary School Stanley Primary School West Kilbride Primary School

In North Ayrshire:

In the Lothians:

SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN TRANSFORM INCLUDE:

See www.nationaltheatrescotland.com for further details.

Transform events will take place in Moray, Fife, East and West Lothians and North Ayrshire between March and May 2006. Full details of venues, times and other information will be announced shortly.

TRANSFORM EVENTS:

TRANSFORM

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‘ THE BEAUTY OF POORBOY’S WORK IS THEIR SHEER AMBITION.’

FALLING

Further details will be announced at www.nationaltheatrescotland.com

Presented by Poorboy and the NTS Workshop in association with Arches Theatre Company

Devised by Sandy Thomson and Brian Ferguson. Dramaturg Davey Anderson Performed by Brian Ferguson and Carmen Pieruccini

A promenading site-specific performance through the heart of the city.

Get to know this new young company – they could be the next big thing.

Lost. Lied to. Maligned. And knocked on his arse by love…

Some of Scotland’s brightest and most promising talent will create innovative new work. We don’t know what and we’re not sure how, but we’re brave enough to experiment and create theatre in new and interesting ways. We also aim to learn all we can in the process.

Forthcoming NTS Young Company performances will include the Easterhouse Festival, July 2006 and a national tour from February 2007.

Four Young Actors a young director and producer will form the NTS Young Company and be based in Easterhouse. The company will engage with the surrounding community to create new and radical theatre productions and produce them on Easterhouse’s brand new Platform stage.

YOUNG COMPANY

SUNDAY HERALD

Through the streets and subways of the city centre an innocent bastard glasgow liar chases beauty and redemption without a map. Be careful, so careful, what you wish for.

Poorboy creates stories for places. The Angus-based company’s site-specific promenades have taken audiences on surreptitious adventures through streets, shops, churches, warehouses and disused airbases. Their inaugural production, Learning the Rules of Chinese Whispers, was nominated for Best Production and Best Director at the 2004 CATS Awards.

BEGINNING AT QUEEN STREET STATION, GLAGOW 14 MARCH – 15 APRIL Excludes Sundays and Mondays, 7.55pm Tickets: £9 (£5 Concession) Arches box office: 0870 240 7528 Online booking: www.thearches.co.uk Duration: Approx. 90 mins (no interval) The performance promenades indoors and outside over some distance.

Please dress appropriately. If you have any specific access requirements contact Jacqui Skelton on: 07793 058213.

with support from

Waxy O’Connor’s

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NTS BRINGS YOU GREAT CLASSICS OF WORLD THEATRE IN GROUND-BREAKING PRODUCTIONS

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‘ TAG HAVE FOUND A WAY TO TELL THEIR STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A CLARITY, IMAGINATION, AND TOTAL LACK OF CONDESCENSION THAT SETS THE MIND RACING.’ THE HERALD

A co-production with NTS LEARN and TAG Theatre Company Directed by Guy Hollands By permission of the Royal Shakespeare Company

“Written by Arthur Miller, one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century”, The Crucible is an intense and timeless work inspired by the 1692 witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. This co-production provides a rare chance to see Miller’s masterpiece.

A riveting drama of individual conscience set against a community consumed by hysteria, The Crucible puts truth on trial as the actions of a group of young girls fuel a lethal climate of fear and intolerance.

This unique large-scale production will feature a cast of professional actors, working alongside school and community actors. The Crucible will tour to Livingston, Cumbernauld, Findhorn, St Andrews and Irvine. The ninestrong company will work with a different group of school and community performers in each of its five touring destinations.

These performances are the culmination of a pioneering six-month schools and community collaboration with the National Theatre of Scotland and TAG Theatre Company. The Crucible is part of the NTS Learn programme.

THE CRUCIBLE

BY ARTHUR MILLER

TAG Theatre Company is one of Scotland’s leading theatre companies for children and young people. They offer an exceptionally broad range of outstanding professional productions and participatory projects, designed to engage and inspire. TAG generates memorable and cutting-edge creative experiences for our young citizens, both within and outwith the formal education sector.

For more details visit www.tag-theatre.co.uk

HOWDEN PARK CENTRE, LIVINGSTON 6 - 8 APRIL Thur 6 April, 7.30pm (schools only performance) Tickets £3, teachers free Fri 7 -Sat 8 April, 7.30pm (public performances) Tickets £9 (£6 concession) Howden Park box office: 01506 433634 -CUMBERNAULD THEATRE 20 - 22 APRIL Thur 20 Apr 7pm £9/£7 (schools £5) Fri 21 Apr 1pm and 7pm £9/£7 (schools £5) Sat 22 Apr 7pm £9/£7 (schools £5) Cumbernauld Theatre box office: 01236 732887 -UNIVERSAL HALL, FINDHORN 27 - 29 APRIL Thur 27 7pm £8/£6 (Schools £3) Fri 28 1.30pm and 7pm £8/£6 (Schools £3) Sat 29th 7pm £8/£6 (Schools £3) Tickets: Phoenix Stores, Findhorn 01309 690110, Nairn Bookshop 01667 455528 Online booking: www.thebooth.co.uk -THE BYRE THEATRE, ST ANDREWS 4 - 6 MAY Thur 4 May 7.30pm £13/£9 (Schools £6) Fri 5 May 1.30pm £8.50 and 7pm £13/£9 (Schools £6) Sat 6 May 7pm £14.50/£12 (Schools £6) The Byre Theatre Box Office: 01334 475000 Online booking: www.byretheatre.com -HARBOUR ARTS CENTRE, IRVINE 11 – 13 MAY 7pm £8/£6 (Schools £4) Fri 12 May 1.30pm £8/£6 (Schools £4) Box Office: 01294 274059 Suitable for those aged 12 years and over.

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NTS CREATES EXTRAORDINARY THEATRE IN PLACES YOU NEVER DREAMED POSSIBLE

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‘GRID IRON ARE THE MASTERS OF SITE-SPECIFIC THEATRE.’ THE OBSERVER

A co-production with NTS and Grid Iron in association with BAA Edinburgh Written and directed by Ben Harrison Produced by Judith Doherty Music by Philip Pinsky Set design by Cliff Dolliver Light by Paul Claydon Costume by Joan Hickson Choreography by Fleur Darkin Dramaturg Zinnie Harris Cast includes: Sarah Belcher, Andy Clark, Claire Cochrane, Saseen Kawzally, John Kazek, Itaxso Moreno

Roam - the first ever full-scale theatrical production to be created in the passenger areas of an airport.

BAA EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 4 – 22 APRIL Departing Traverse Theatre at 8.30pm (not Sundays) £15 (£11/£7.50 unemployed) includes travel from city centre to airport Tickets: Traverse Theatre box office 0131 228 1404 Online booking: www.traverse.co.uk IMPORTANT Your journey will begin at the Traverse Theatre. You will be transported to the airport by bus. Passengers MUST travel by the bus provided.

There will be no admission at the airport. All passengers MUST bring a current passport or valid UK driving license and will be subject to normal airport security checks.

Show duration: approx 2 1/2 hours (inc return bus journey).

CAPACITY IS LIMITED. PRE-BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL. PLEASE CONTACT BOX OFFICE FOR DISABLED ACCESS INFORMATION.

Roam is Grid Iron‘s tenth anniversary production and their most ambitious to date. Set in and around the lounges and gates of Edinburgh International Airport, the production explores the phenomenon of mass global air travel.

Are modern air passengers the contemporary equivalent of angels, bearing messages across the globe, or nomadic wanderers for whom home is no longer bound by national boundaries?

ROAM

Inspired by a diversity of texts from Michel Serres, Pico Iyer, Alain de Botton and many others, as well as testimonies from refugees and airport workers, Grid Iron‘s production combines a multinational company of ten performers together with a large group of non-professional participants aged five to eighty-five.

Roam begins as the last flight leaves, that liminal time when airports become something other, a twilight world of memories, travellers‚ detritus, ghosts and echoes of tearful and joyous conversations. Roam reflects on national identity, the gross inequalities in our world, the politics of terror and on flight itself as a symbol of human achievement.

‘Few seconds in life are more releasing than those in which a plane ascends to the sky... accompanied by the controlled rage of the engines we rise fluently into the atmosphere and an immense horizon opens up across which we can wander without impediment. A journey which on earth would have taken us an afternoon can be accomplished with an infinitesimal movement of the eye...’ ALAIN DE BOTTON, THE ART OF TRAVEL Roam: an imaginative journey through, in and around the possibilities of air travel.

with support from

The Nancie Massey Trust

Grid Iron are a multi-award winning Edinburgh based theatre company who, over the past ten years, have built a reputation for creating high-profile shows in the widest possible variety of places.

Some of their more unusual locations have included a working cancer hospital in Jordan, the former General Security building in Beirut, the Old City Morgue in Cork, and Debenhams department store in Edinburgh.

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COMING SOON BLACKWATCH

TUTTI FRUTTI

NTS ENSEMBLE

by Gregory Burke directed by John Tiffany

by John Byrne directed by Tony Cownie

Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 2006

A co-production with His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen

The NTS Ensemble, comprising six actors, will tour extensively to small venues around Scotland, taking up residency in communities, performing three pieces of theatre and offering an exciting workshop programme.

A large scale piece of political theatre from one of Scotland’s most incendiary writers (Gagarin Way, The Straits) about one of Scotland’s oldest regiments, based on verbatim interviews and documentary evidence.

His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen and large scale venues across Scotland and beyond in Autumn 2006.

‘Burke’s bitterly funny drama is a ton of theatrical dynamite cunningly disguised as a mere molotov cocktail.

It slips down easily and then explodes.’

THE GUARDIAN ON GAGARIN WAY --

REALISM written and directed by Anthony Neilson

Scottish icon (The Slab Boys and painter extraordinaire), John Byrne’s adaptation of his (1987) TV series which defined an era and occupies a unique place in the Scottish psyche. A large scale piece of music theatre brings The Majestics et al to the stage for the first time.

‘I’m delighted that the Majestics will be ‘rockin thru the rye’, live on stage throughout Scotland this year despite the best efforts of their management, Messrs Clockerty and Cairns, and that Miss Toner will once more be adorning the walls of Scotland’s gents outfitters in her role as the San Diego Misfits calendar girl 2006.’

JOHN BYRNE

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MARY STUART

by Friedrich Schiller a new version by David Harrower directed by Vicky Featherstone

A co-production with the Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow and Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Autumn 2006 The first in a series of annual co-productions with the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow and Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, which brings the major plays from the European canon to the Scottish stage in new versions by leading Scots playwrights.

In recent years a number of home grown productions have achieved great success but limited access.

NTS Unmissable brings outstanding Scottish theatre to a wider audience, both nationally and internationally.

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THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA (NTS

MISS JULIE (NTS ENSEMBLE)

written and directed by Anthony Neilson

by August Strindberg adapted and directed by Zinnie Harris Miss Julie is Strindberg’s masterpiece, written at the height of his powers as a dramatist. A rare chance to see this touchstone of European theatre, adapted and directed by an outstanding talent whose work includes Further than the Furthest Thing for the Tron/National Theatre and a highly acclaimed trilogy for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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MANCUB (NTS ENSEMBLE)

A co-production with Edinburgh International Festival, August 2006 ‘The aim of life is not to change the world.

It is to see it rightly.’

JOHN GRAY, STRAW DOGS

Partners include Performing Arts Network, North East Arts Touring and Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association, Sept – Nov 2006

NTS UNMISSABLE

by Douglas Maxwell adapted from the book The Flight of the Cassowary by John LeVert directed by Matthew Lenton

UNMISSABLE)

A co-production with Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Drum Theatre, Plymouth and Edinburgh International Festival Winner of five awards, including Best Production and Best New Play at the Critics Awards for Scotland 2005 ‘A brilliant and troubling new drama… as radical as anything we have seen at this year’s festival.’

THE GUARDIAN ‘In an unusually strong year for drama at the EIF, Dissocia stands comparison with the very best.’

THE TIMES

A co-production with Vanishing Point Vanishing Point’s 2005 production of Mancub, reached the parts other theatre often fails to reach - young people - who immediately empathised with the comedy and tragedy of the story’s hero.

‘Terrific tenderness and wit… a series of beautifully observed performances… blazing with star quality… a combination of flawless technical presentation and sheer emotional intensity that is genuinely memorable.’ THE SCOTSMAN For audiences of 14 years old and above.

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A NEW PIECE OF THEATRE FOR CHILDREN

BY DAVID GREIG (NTS ENSEMBLE) directed by Wils Wilson David Greig, NTS Dramaturg and one of our leading playwrights, has been commissioned to write an adventure story with epic battles, perilous journeys, bloodthirsty foes and broccoli…

For family audiences.

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SNUFF (NTS UNMISSABLE) written and directed by Davey Anderson A co-production with the Arches Theatre Company ‘a brilliant piece of skewed metaphor… a brave, unflinching work for complex times, which deserves a wider audience.’

THE HERALD ‘frighteningly contemporary and ferociously effective…’

THE SCOTSMAN ‘A stunningly pertinent play… extraordinarily good.’

DAILY MAIL Davey Anderson is the first NTS Director in Residence.

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Scottish theatre has always been for the people, led by great performances, great stories or great playwrights. We now have the chance to build a new generation of theatre-goers as well as reinvigorating the existing ones; to create theatre on a national and international scale that is contemporary, confident and forward-looking; to bring together brilliant artists, composers, choreographers and playwrights; and to exceed our expectation of what and where theatre can be.

The National Theatre of Scotland has no building; there has been no great capital project involving architects and contractors. Instead, we are taking theatre all over Scotland, working with the existing venues, touring and creating work within the theatre community. We have no bricks-andmortar institutionalism to counter, nor the security of a permanent home in which to develop. All our money and energy can be spent on creating the work. Our theatre will take place in the great buildings - Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum and Glasgow’s Citizens – but also in site-specific locations, community halls and sports halls, car parks and forests.

OUR MANIFESTO For over 100 years, the theatre community in Scotland has been campaigning for a National Theatre. Now it is finally happening.

In September 2003 the Scottish parliament announced the creation of the only new major cultural institution since devolution.

As well as producing our own work, we will collaborate with the best companies and individuals working here already. We will travel all over Scotland taking work to schools and communities. A small ensemble of six actors will take up residence for a week at a time in the smallest venues and communities in Scotland, offering plays for adults, young adults and family theatre. At last we will be able to create large-scale work, music and spectacle, something that has disappeared due to lack of resources and time. There will be opportunities for our great playwrights to write big, important plays and to do new versions of those which have not been seen in Scotland for many years. This will create parts for the great Scottish actors spread over the world and at home. We will tour internationally and bring international work into Scotland. We have created a young company of recently graduated actors, directors, producers and technicians who will tour their own work, giving them the opportunity to develop professionally.

We have spent many hours debating the notion of a “national theatre” and the responsibility that entails. It is not, and should not be, a jingoistic, patriotic stab at defining a nation’s identity through theatre. In fact, it should not be an opportunity to try to define anything. Instead, it is the chance to throw open the doors of possibility, to encourage boldness.

I hope our programme goes some way to realising these ambitions.

I hope we will make Scotland proud.

Vicky Featherstone Artistic Director

IN SUMMARY The National Theatre of Scotland has no building but instead will tour work to venues large and small all around Scotland, from Shetland in the north to Dumfries and Galloway in the south

We will produce our own work and collaborate with other companies and individual artists, creating large-scale productions through to theatre specifically made for the smallest venues We are working across Scotland, independently and with local authorities, to bring drama in all its forms to schools and communities A touring ensemble of six actors will bring plays for adults, young people and families to small communities and venues The National Theatre of Scotland will tour work internationally and will work in collaboration with the best international companies We are working with playwrights, designers, directors, youth theatres and many other artists to help further develop the pool of talent in Scotland A young company of recently graduated actors, producers and directors is being created, mentored by the NTS artistic team, who will tour their own work nationally

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ADDITIONAL INFO SHOW ACTIVITIES

ACCESS TO THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND

Details of all show activities will be posted on our website along with online resources and activities, making NTS Learn even more accessible.

We are always seeking new ways to enhance the enjoyment of our work.

If you can contribute ideas or would like further information about the different ways you can access NTS please contact Kate Cattell on 0141 221 0970 or kate.cattell@nationaltheatrescotland.com.

The National Theatre of Scotland is committed to providing exciting opportunities to people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds across Scotland and beyond by offering the chance to explore the possibilities of theatre through the NTS Learn program of show linked activities. From post show discussions with directors and actors, to practical workshops exploring all aspects of theatre and the arts, each NTS production will be accompanied by a melting pot of activities, either in a community or curriculum focused capacity or in some cases, maybe both.

NTS is committed to extending access to our performances and participation in our work to everyone in Scotland, regardless of ability or circumstance.

We will provide a BSL signed performance at every venue we visit and, wherever possible, audio described performances and touch tours of show sets to allow the visually impaired to touch the set and feel the costumes before a performance. We will ensure that information about NTS and its work is as freely available and accessible as possible and we will always seek to make available language translations, braille and audio versions of all our publications. And we will also provide information on the accessibility of the venues where we perform.

ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES

NTS has appointed five Artistic Associates to advise our artistic team on the development of our creative programme. All cultural leaders in their own field, they are Alan Cumming, Liz Lochhead, Forbes Masson, Anthony Neilson and Craig Armstrong.

A large print version of this brochure is available.

Contact Kate Cattell on 0141 221 0970 or email: kate.cattell@nationaltheatrescotland.com

YOUTH ASSOCIATES

Great theatre has the power to move, influence and transform. This is a fantastic time for you or your business to contribute to the growth of Scotland’s newest cultural organisation and national company. We have a wide range of unique and truly national promotional opportunities and exclusive events packages that will help support NTS’s ambitious artistic programme. Either as an individual or together with colleagues, you can experience unforgettable theatre and help to shape and extend our achievements.

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SUPPORTING NTS

For information on how to enjoy a rich and rewarding relationship with Scotland’s new national theatre, please contact Kevin Rowe, Development Director, direct on 0141 227 9002 or email: kevin.rowe@nationaltheatrescotland.com National Theatre of Scotland Atlantic Chambers 45 Hope Street GLASGOW G2 6AE

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NTS is committed to providing representation for young people in the development of our work and each year we will appoint three Youth Associates. Our first Youth Associates are Robin James (18) from Forres, Megan McGarrigle (15) from Glasgow and Anthony Okill (18) from Shetland. They are now contributing to and helping shape the company’s programme and vision. They will also act as advocates for NTS.

FOLD & SEAL EDGES

PROGRAMME CALENDAR

WEEK 1

WEEK 2

WEEK 3

WEEK 4

WEEK 5

HOME 23 - 27 Feb

FEB

Aberdeen, Caithness, Dumfries, Dundee, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Shetland and Stornoway

THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS 22 Mar - 8 Apr

MAR

Glasgow

FALLING 14 Mar - 15 Apr Glasgow

THE APE MEN, THE WARRIORS, THE OTHERS AND ME 28 Mar - 1 Apr Glasgow

THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS 12 - 29 Apr London

APR

PLEASE SEND ME INFORMATION ABOUT THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND, ITS PARTNERS AND FUTURE PERFORMANCES

ELIZABETH GORDON QUINN 25 - 29 Apr Dundee

Title:

First name:

Second name:

Age (please circle): 0-16 | 16-25 | 25-35 | 45-65 | 65+

THE CRUCIBLE 6 - 8 Apr Livingston

Address:

Findhorn

Edinburgh

Postcode:

MAY

THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS 3 - 6 May 9 - 10 May 18 - 20 May

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Perth

Performances for children

Workshops and learning initiatives for adults

Performances for young people

Training for professional theatre workers

Schools activity and support All of the above

Ayr

Kirkcaldy

ELIZABETH GORDON QUINN 2 - 6 May

ELIZABETH GORDON QUINN 10 - 13 May

THE CRUCIBLE 4 - 6 May

THE CRUCIBLE 11 - 13 May

St Andrews

JUN

Workshops and learning initiatives for young people CUT HERE

Performances for adults

Stirling

12 - 13 May

Glasgow

I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN (please tick):

Workshops and learning initiatives for children

Cumbernauld

THE CRUCIBLE 27 - 29 Apr

ROAM 4 - 22 Apr

Town / City: County / region:

THE CRUCIBLE 20 - 22 Apr

ELIZABETH GORDON QUINN 31 May - 3 Jun

Perth

Edinburgh

Irvine

ELIZABETH GORDON QUINN 6 - 10 Jun Aberdeen

DIASPORA 13 - 25 Jun Glasgow

LIFE, STORIES AND DREAMS 27 Jun Glasgow

National Theatre of Scotland Atlantic Chambers 45 Hope Street Glasgow G2 6AE

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