Autumn-Winter 08/ 09 - National Theatre of Scotland season brochure

Autumn/Winter 08/09

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Introduction Welcome to the National Theatre of Scotland’s programme for Autumn/Winter 08/09. It’s one of our most dynamic seasons yet – full of debuts and firsts, homecomings and long roads travelled, new partnerships formed and older ones strengthened.

It’s important that when people come to us with an amazing idea, we’re able to listen to them, to build a relationship with them, to give them support and ultimately to make that idea come to life. So much of what we do at the National Theatre of Scotland is about people and our latest brochure aims to reflect that.

I hope you enjoy reading my commentary on each of the shows throughout this brochure. Every one of our productions started out as a conversation somewhere along the way. We look forward to many more of these conversations, with the artists and audiences of Scotland and beyond.

Vicky Featherstone Artistic Director National Theatre of Scotland

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“A show that’s proud of Scotland and that Scotland can be proud of.”

The List on The Emperor’s New Kilt (2008)

“Wee Stories have earned a reputation not only as the best children’s theatre company in Scotland, but also as one of the very best companies in any genre.”

Daily Telegraph on The Emperor’s New Kilt (2008)

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National Theatre of Scotland in co-production with Wee Stories

1st September – 11th October Touring

ONE GIANT LEAP Co-created and performed by Andy Cannon, Iain Johnstone and David Trouton

FURTHER INFORMATION Follow One Giant Leap online at www.nationaltheatrescotland.com – full of facts, figures and fun from the Wee Stories tour bus.

Suitable for age 10+ During the tour of One Giant Leap, the National Theatre of Scotland Learn department will connect with teachers and pupils to create exciting and accessible events and resources. To find out more check page 25.

“One Giant Leap is an extraordinary journey through science and astronomy. It’s a piece of theatre for everyone aged 10 and over about Galileo’s discovery that the Earth is round and how the way we look at our universe has changed since then.

As Andy Cannon, from Wee Stories, puts it: ‘The wonder of space exploration is when you’re in space and you look back and you realise that actually Earth is the wonder.’

Wee Stories are very much in the story-telling tradition.

They love just sitting down one-to-one and telling you

a story both emotionally but also through humour and song.

I think that audiences leave the theatre after a Wee Stories show very energised and I love that about them.

One Giant Leap will be touring round villages and smaller communities, which is the way Wee Stories like to develop their work. They begin with a smaller version of their show where they try out their ideas and if they know it can work in that context then they’re fearless about how it can work on a bigger scale.”

Vicky Featherstone

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National Theatre of Scotland in co-production with the Edinburgh International Festival

8th – 27th September Lyric Hammersmith London

365

“One of the things about 365 that’s really thrilling is knowing that you’re making a piece of theatre about something that needs to be spoken about.

David Harrower Writer Vicky Featherstone Director Georgia McGuinness Designer Steven Hoggett Movement Director Simon Pittman Assistant Movement Director Colin Grenfell Lighting Designer Adrienne Quartly Sound Designer Paul Buchanan Song Anne Henderson Casting Director Joe Douglas Assistant Director

I read a book about ten years ago called ‘Dark Heart: The Shocking Truth About Hidden Britain’ by Nick Davies, which was about emotional poverty in children.

I thought: ‘We need to do something about that in theatre’.

But then it just sat there.

It began with a conversation with an amazing woman called Hilary Keenlyside, who was doing business planning with the National Theatre of Scotland’s senior management team.

She was asking us all what we individually wanted to achieve, then she asked me what I was going to direct next because I hadn’t directed anything for ages. I said, ‘I’ve got this idea I’ve been wanting to do about young people but it hasn’t formed into anything. Maybe I should do some development on it.’

Hilary, who is also a trustee of Barnardo’s, said: ‘Well, that’s fascinating, because at Barnardo’s did you know that . . .’ and she reeled off some shocking statistics, and described these things called practice flats which

is where sixteen year olds go to learn to become an adult.

And that was it. It was like there had been these hundreds of ideas floating around and when I saw this tiny little practice flat on stage I suddenly thought: ‘That’s it! I now know what to focus on. I have a central image for the play to develop from.’

365 is about the moment that a young person who has spent their life in care becomes an adult. If you’ve been in care, the moment you become an adult, which is from age 16 onwards, you’re virtually cut off from any of the support you’ve had in your life.

When these children get the keys to these practice flats, of course, first of all it’s a place to have a party and that makes you become the most popular person. But a lot of loneliness goes along with it as well. There’s a lot of learning about how to manage living on your own but there’s also a kind of silence. Which means you’re going to have to face what your past has been – or ignore it.

Ultimately, 365 is about our need for stories.”

Vicky Featherstone

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FURTHER INFORMATION Find out more about 365 online: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com has bonus video interviews with 365 director Vicky Featherstone, writer David Harrower and designer Georgia McGuinness.

Suitable for age 16+ Accessible performances: Lyric Hammersmith Thu 25 Sep 7.30pm: - Audio Described Sat 27 Sep 2.30pm: - BSL Interpreted

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National Theatre of Scotland in co-production with Catherine Wheels

19th September – 1st October Touring

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES Written and adapted by Ray Bradbury Gill Robertson Director Karen Tennent Designer Paul Sorley Lighting Designer

David Paul Jones Composer Christine Devaney Choreographer Jonathan Charles Video Artist

Jonothan Campbell Aerial Technician/ Choreographer

FURTHER INFORMATION

“When I started at the National Theatre of Scotland one of the first conversations I had was with Gill Robertson, the Artistic Director of Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, about how we could work together. Something Wicked This Way Comes is the result of those conversations.

What I love about the story is the darkness. It’s genuinely scary and really terrifying.

It’s set in Middle America, a world which we all have in our cultural DNA. It’s very evocative of that fairground world of clowns and carousels. It’s a world that you can become really obsessed with.

Get into Something Wicked This Way Comes at www.nationaltheatrescotland.com Suitable for age 9+ Accessible performances: Dundee Rep Theatre Fri 3 Oct 7pm: - Captioned & Audio Described Eden Court, Inverness Sat 11 Oct 7pm: - BSL Int. & Audio Described Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Fri 17 Oct 7pm: - Captioned & Audio Described The Lowry, Salford Sat 25 Oct 2:30pm: - Captioned & Audio Described Tramway, Glasgow Fri 31 Oct 7pm: - Captioned & Audio Described Connect with Something Wicked This Way Comes through our series of Learn workshops. For more information see page 24.

It’s from the novel by Ray Bradbury and we discovered that Ray Bradbury himself had written a stage adaptation of it. That was a real bonus for us, because obviously Ray Bradbury is such an iconic figure in literature, and also in film. I feel really thrilled that we’re able to put his own adaptation of the piece on stage.

Gill’s productions just ooze this extraordinary confidence and joyfulness. She always gets a fantastic performance style out of her actors, really front foot forward – so I’m excited about what Something Wicked is going to be like as a piece of theatre.”

Vicky Featherstone

It’s something Gill’s wanted to turn into a piece of theatre for ages and what’s great is the space within this adaptation for her to weave her Catherine Wheels magic into the story telling.

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“Catherine Wheels Theatre Company is the high wire act in Scottish children’s theatre.”

Times Educational Supplement

“A style of theatre that is frequently more engaging, imaginative and transformative than adult theatre.”

Scotland on Sunday

“World class work for children and young people.”

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National Theatre of Scotland in co-production with the Traverse Theatre

23rd October – 29th November Traverse Theatre Edinburgh

TRAVERSE DEBUTS

“When John Tiffany and I started at the National Theatre of Scotland, one of the things we wanted to do was to start developing writers. So earlier in 2008 we had a ‘writers’ jamboree’ and worked with eleven writers, most of whom hadn’t had their work professionally performed. It was an opportunity for us to connect with those writers, to develop their work and to get to know them.

Cockroach 23rd October – 1st November Written by Sam Holcroft Directed by Vicky Featherstone The Dogstone 6th - 15th November Written by Kenny Lindsay Directed by Dominic Hill Nasty, Brutish and Short 6th - 15th November Written by Andy Duffy Directed by Dominic Hill Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us 19th - 27th November Written by Paul Higgins Directed by John Tiffany

We asked Dominic Hill, Artistic Director of the Traverse, to come and do it with us. By the Thursday of that week, John and Dominic and I had agreed to put on some of the work we had developed. By the Friday we’d worked out how we could stage four of these plays and decided to do them as a co-production between the National Theatre of Scotland and the Traverse.

I think it’s so important to create a culture where people are genuinely flexible, that even though we’re planning big shows, we always have this space where we can react so quickly.

The first play is called Cockroach, which I’m directing. It’s by a young writer called Sam Holcroft and it’s a story about the brutalisation of war. The play is set in a school and deals with the deterioration of the relationships and the hopes and dreams of the kids in this school.”

Vicky Featherstone

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FURTHER INFORMATION Find out more about the Traverse Debuts season at www.nationaltheatrescotland.com featuring chat with our writers and directors, and more about new writing in Scotland.

Suitable for age 16+ Accessible performances: Cockroach Sat 1 Nov 2.30pm: - Audio Described, BSL Interpreted & Touch Tour Connect with the Traverse Debuts season through our National Theatre of Scotland Learn workshops and post show discussions. For more information see page 24.

Sam Holcroft- writer of Cockroach

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TRAVERSE DEBUTS Cockroach 23rd October – 1st November Written by Sam Holcroft Directed by Vicky Featherstone The Dogstone 6th - 15th November Written by Kenny Lindsay Directed by Dominic Hill Nasty, Brutish and Short 6th - 15th November Written by Andy Duffy Directed by Dominic Hill Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us 19th - 27th November Written by Paul Higgins Directed by John Tiffany

FURTHER INFORMATION Suitable for age 16+ Accessible performances: Nasty, Brutish and Short & The Dogstone Sat 15 Nov 2.30pm: - Audio Described, BSL Interpreted & Touch Tour

Kenny Lindsay - writer of The Dogstone

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“The two in the middle are shorter plays and Dominic’s directing them both. We’re presenting the plays as a double bill so there will be one before the interval, and one after.

The first one’s called The Dogstone by Kenny Lindsay and is the story of a father and son. It’s about the comedy and humility and tragedy of their relationship. It’s beautifully written and very poetic.

The other play is Nasty, Brutish and Short and is written by Andy Duffy. He went to see some theatre - he hasn’t told us what - and he thought: ‘That’s rubbish, I can do better than that!’ so he wrote a play. It’s about two vulnerable teenagers and their search for something they can call a family. It’s brutal and modern; quite a tough piece.”

Vicky Featherstone

Andy Duffy - writer of Nasty, Brutish and Short

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TRAVERSE DEBUTS Cockroach 23rd October – 1st November Written by Sam Holcroft Directed by Vicky Featherstone The Dogstone 6th - 15th November Written by Kenny Lindsay Directed by Dominic Hill Nasty, Brutish and Short 6th - 15th November Written by Andy Duffy Directed by Dominic Hill Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us 19th - 27th November Written by Paul Higgins Directed by John Tiffany

“Finally, there’s Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us by the actor Paul Higgins. He was in the original production of Black Watch and played the Writer and Sergeant. John Tiffany, who directed him in Black Watch, will be directing this. It’s the first play Paul’s written and it’s a dark, dark comedy about a Glasgow family and religion.

We’re doing this whole season in the round at the Traverse so that everything is focussed on the writing and the actors. None of them have had their work professionally produced before. It’s a great way for us to present four new pieces together like this as it takes the pressure off one individual piece to be the Big New Play.”

Vicky Featherstone

FURTHER INFORMATION Find out more about the Traverse Debuts season at www.nationaltheatrescotland.com featuring chat with our writers and directors, and more about new writing in Scotland.

Suitable for age 16+ Accessible performances: Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us Sat 29 Nov 2.30pm: - Audio Described, BSL Interpreted & Touch Tour Connect with the Traverse Debuts season through our National Theatre of Scotland Learn workshops and post show discussions. For more information see page 24.

Paul Higgins- writer of Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us

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National Theatre of Scotland in co-production with the Donmar Warehouse

From 14th January 2009 Palace Theatre Kilmarnock From 22nd January 2009 Donmar Warehouse London and Touring

BE NEAR ME

“Be Near Me is the story of a priest who goes to Ayrshire in search of himself. He goes about it in a slightly immature way and gets into a compromising situation with a young man that he’s been teaching at school.

Then his world collapses as the community rises up against him.

By Andrew O’Hagan Adapted for the stage by Ian McDiarmid Directed by John Tiffany

FURTHER INFORMATION Find out more about Be Near Me: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com has bonus features, interviews and more about Andrew O’Hagan and Ian McDiarmid.

Suitable for age 14+ Connect with Be Near Me through our series of National Theatre of Scotland Learn workshops. For more information see page 25.

John Tiffany and I have been fans both of Ian McDiarmid and of Andrew O’Hagan for ages. In fact, since I began at the National Theatre of Scotland we’ve been talking with Andrew O’Hagan about working together. We had also been thinking that it would be absolutely amazing to get Ian McDiarmid to work in Scotland again.

Then completely by coincidence, Ian McDiarmid, who had just seen Black Watch, met John and handed him an adaptation that he’d quietly been working on of Andrew O’Hagan’s novel Be Near Me. He was very keen for us to read it, which of course we did, and it was brilliant. And we gave it to Andrew and he loved it.

It’s a very emotional, dark, sad piece but incredibly funny as well because the priest himself is quite arrogant and snobby.

He has ideas above his station, as does his housekeeper. There are these fantastic humorous scenes about food and wine and about how they’re better than everybody else.

Andrew O’Hagan is one of Scotland’s great writers. He writes about Scotland with such beauty and insight. He’s obsessed and in love with Scotland but he also shines his searchlight onto many things.

Ian McDiarmid is an extraordinary performer. He ran the Almeida Theatre in London for twelve years, and he has worked continuously in very high profile productions. To be able to bring that experience back to the stage in Scotland is absolutely amazing for us.”

Vicky Featherstone

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Ian McDiarmid at Saltcoats beach, Ayrshire

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National Theatre of Scotland Workshop in co-production with Hush Productions

28th – 31st January 2009 Tramway Glasgow

DOLLS

FURTHER INFORMATION Go online at www.nationaltheatrescotland.com for bonus features

Adapted from the film by Takeshi Kitano with permission of Office Kitano Inc

Directed by Carrie Cracknell

“Dolls is a very tender, very fragile tale of love and devotion. It’s something that we’ve been developing for a long time with a young director called Carrie Cracknell.

Last year Carrie worked on Dolls for a week at Tramway, and it was incredible how successfully she was able to bring these images to life, and tell the story using the stage as a catwalk on which characters and locations appeared out of nowhere.

Carrie’s really interested in the depth of the stage, things coming into view then going back again; it’s very exciting.”

Suitable for age 16+ I first met Carrie when I was Artistic Director of Paines Plough, the new writing touring theatre company. She has since become the Artistic Director at the Gate Theatre in London.

Vicky Featherstone Dolls is based on a Japanese film that interweaves three folk tales with this amazingly rich and stunning cinematography.

There isn’t much dialogue or spoken language, so it’s all about the visuals. There’s this really strong image of two lovers walking through eternity bound together with a red cord.

That’s what drew Carrie to it and made her want to re-imagine the film as a piece of theatre.

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BLACK WATCH A National Theatre of Scotland Production

Written by Gregory Burke Directed by John Tiffany

30th September - 30th November Touring

“We cannot underestimate what the success of Black Watch has done for the National Theatre of Scotland.

of Scotland has been set up.

Enabling artists to follow an idea and to take a risk, then for that idea to grow and turn into a piece of theatre is what the National Theatre of Scotland is about.

rest of the UK. Many of these are people who otherwise may not have come to see a theatre production.

Why should people know the name of our Company, if they don’t know us by our work?

Now we can say that we’re the Company that did Black Watch and I think that’s really exciting. It’s right that we should be defined through our work.

More than that, for me, Black Watch has shown the potential of the way the National Theatre

With Black Watch we’ve also seen that audiences are hungry to be entertained like that. And we have been so privileged that it has given us the opportunity to reach out to so many new audiences around the world: in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the USA,Ireland, throughout Scotland and the

One of the things I feel about Black Watch is that it reminds us how brilliant theatre can be and how much it can matter.

Audiences and theatre makers spend a lot of time wishing that to be the case but it often isn’t. With Black Watch we can all say: ‘Yes, we are right to be as passionate as this about our theatre.’”

Vicky Featherstone

FURTHER INFORMATION Go online at www.nationaltheatrescotland.com for bonus features Suitable for age 16+

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TRANSFORM: OCTOBER 2008 - MARCH 2009 National Theatre of Scotland Learn in partnership with Determined to Succeed and ScottishPower Learning

Transform Dumfries Performance week: 16 Mar 09 Directed by Simon Sharkey In partnership with Dumfries Academy and Dumfries Council Transform East Renfrewshire Performance week: 30 Mar 09 Directed by Tashi Gore and Jess Thorpe In partnership with Barrhead High School and East Renfrewshire Council Transform Fife Performance week: 23 Mar 09 Directed by Ben Harrison and Jemima Levick In partnership with AttFife, Woodmill High School and Fife Council. www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/learn

“Transform is a partnership we set up with local authorities across Scotland. We put a team of artists with different specialisms into a community and they work with schools and different groups to make a piece of theatre.

Each project is unique and innovative and ambitious. We aim to transform not just the area we go into, but also to transform the lives of the people who get involved.

Every time we put on a Transform we learn from it as a Company, and we get better and better.

We become more demanding of it artistically, which I think is fantastic because people have more and more to be proud of in terms of the end result.

As the pieces emerge, it’s amazing to see the ownership that the community and the people involved have over it. It’s a really important part of what we do.”

Vicky Featherstone

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NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND LEARN “The National Theatre of Scotland Learn team goes from strength to strength, energising audiences and communities throughout the country.

Along with New Work, the Learn department also allows us to express our commitment to supporting and nurturing creative talent in Scotland.

The Learn department plays a central role in our whole programme. For us it’s about weaving our artistic vision throughout everything we do, whether it’s a large-scale, high- profile play, a small-scale rural tour, or a community event involving a cast of hundreds.

As well as our programme of Transform events (see page 21) Learn are creating an extensive programme of workshops to allow audiences to connect with our shows (see pages 24–5).

Learning materials for schools and colleges will be available on our website.

This autumn, we’re very excited to be welcoming three young theatre makers on to our Emerging Artists programme.

They are Brian Ferguson, Gary McNair and Molly Taylor.

They will play a hugely valuable role in assisting on a number of our shows, delivering workshops and creating resources, as well as having the space and guidance to develop their own work.

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Last year, we had four brilliant Emerging Artists – Jennifer Edgar, Catrin Evans, Liam Hurley and Gareth Nicholls – who will be returning as Creative Partners on this year’s Exchange.

Stirling next summer. Exchange has always explored what it means to be ‘young, Scottish and international’. Next year, two European youth theatre groups will be joining to make this our first truly international Exchange.

2009 will be our fourth year of Exchange. It’s an initiative which pairs up youth groups from across Scotland who swap ideas and different ways of working, culminating in a week of performances at Macrobert in

The way that Learn can involve so many people across the country in such an immediate, personal way is absolutely vital to us.”

Vicky Featherstone

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PRODUCTION SUPPORT: WORKSHOPS AND RESOURCES Something Wicked This Way Comes An exciting workshop programme to accompany the production, aimed at pupils from P6 to P7 and S1 to S4.

Workshops will focus on how to create atmospheric and dramatic situations using nothing other than imagination. S1 to S4 pupils will also explore the ways in which a novel can be brought to life for the stage.

Workshops are available from 22nd September to 24th October 2008.

Places are limited and will be offered on a ‘first to book’ basis.

Traverse Debuts Cockroach The Dogstone , Nasty, Brutish and Short Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us A series of Learn events to accompany all four productions, including workshops and post show discussions.

Workshops are aimed at secondary school pupils, community groups and members of the general public.

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Be Near Me A series of Learn events to accompany the production, aimed at secondary school pupils and community groups.

The events will explore issues of religion, faith, trust, sectarianism and our responsibility to society.

One Giant Leap We want to connect with school teachers and pupils to help us create exciting and accessible events and resources to accompany the production and support the school curriculum.

A requirement of becoming involved with this network is that you must have booked a place to see the show.

Places are limited and will be offered on a ‘first to book’ basis.

For booking forms and further information about these events, please contact: Gillian Gourlay Learning and Outreach Manager National Theatre of Scotland Atlantic Chambers, 45 Hope Street Glasgow, G2 6AE Tel: 0141 227 9011 gillian.gourlay@ nationaltheatrescotland.com

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NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND NEW WORK “The New Work Department is essential in shaping what we do at the National Theatre of Scotland.

New Work is about listening to the extraordinary voices that exist within Scotland, and opening our arms to people outside Scotland who want to work with us. New Work allows us to give these artists the right environment to be able to grow,

and to be able to say important things about who we are, how we live and what we do as a culture.

We’re constantly searching for new material to put on in ways which are interesting for contemporary audiences, and New Work does that so very well.

This might be from working with playwrights and commissioned scripts through our new Literary Manager, or it may come from other theatre makers through National Theatre of Scotland Workshop.

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We can take a little bit more risk with Workshop productions. There isn’t the pressure to get a massive audience, to sell hundreds of tickets or tour it round the country. If we had a building, Workshop productions are what we would do in our Studio Theatre.

FURTHER INFORMATION The National Theatre of Scotland is always scouting for new talent. To find out how you can get involved visit www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/newwork

It’s really important that in an organisation like ours we can still find a place to take these kinds of risks.”

Vicky Featherstone

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SUPPORT US Great theatre has the power to move, influence and transform The National Theatre of Scotland is building-free. This innovative model means that we are able to perform in a huge variety of theatres, halls and found spaces. Equally importantly, it allows us the freedom to collaborate with a richly diverse mixture of companies, festivals and individuals to fulfil our key aim of producing worldclass theatre for the people of Scotland and beyond.

Whether you are an individual wishing to become a patron or make a donation, or a company seeking sponsorship opportunities, your support is invaluable to our continuing efforts to deliver exceptional work to the widest possible audience.

Corporate Partners We wish to develop longlasting, mutually valuable relationships with a small number of corporate partners.

Through these new partnerships we aim to create strategic, innovative, high profile associations allowing both sides to achieve their objectives.

Contact us For information on ways to support us and enjoy a rich and rewarding relationship with Scotland’s national theatre, contact Stella Litchfield in the Development Department direct on 0141 227 9236 or email: stella.litchfield@ nationaltheatrescotland.com

Individual Donors By making a donation to the National Theatre of Scotland you will play a vital role in helping us to develop and deliver exceptional work. You will help to nurture a new generation of theatregoers, bring Scottish excellence to an international stage and create access to a wide range of experiences so that theatre can touch and enhance the lives of all.

Acknowledgements The National Theatre of Scotland wishes to thank the following individuals and organisations for their support: ScottishPower Learning Determined To Succeed The Robertson Trust Maclay Murray & Spens LLP Stewarts & Murdochs Mr Iain More Mr Martin Segal James Johnston & Company of Elgin Ltd Allison Lightbody Waddell JarHair The Greenwall Foundation Image: BOLT - part of Transform: Inverclyde, supported

by ScottishPower Learning and Determined To Succeed.

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ACCESSIBILITY The National Theatre of Scotland is fully committed to providing access to its performances for everyone, regardless of ability or circumstance.

Please take a look at the diary pages for further details relating to each production.

Audio Description Audio Description offers a live commentary for audience members with visual impairment. The description starts about 10 minutes before the show and includes information on the production.

The audio describers then provide commentary on the action and visual effects throughout the performance. This information is relayed over an infrared system to individual headsets, which are available free of charge from the venue Box Office.

Shows with Audio Described performances: 365, Cockroach, The Dogstone, Nasty, Brutish and Short, Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us, Something Wicked This Way Comes.

BSL Interpreted BSL (British Sign Language) interpretation offers deaf and hearing impaired audience members a live translation of all spoken words and sound effects into sign language. Please mention when you contact the Box Office that you are booking for the BSL interpreted performance so you can be allocated seats with the best view of the signer.

Shows with BSL Interpreted performances: 365, Cockroach, The Dogstone, Nasty, Brutish and Short, Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us, Something Wicked This Way Comes.

Touch Tour Touch Tours offer blind and visually impaired members of the audience a chance to orientate themselves with the set and costumes immediately prior to an audio described performance. The Stage Manager will lead these tours. Those wishing to take part in a touch tour should register with the Box Office when booking tickets for the performance.

Shows with Touch Tours: Something Wicked This Way Comes, Cockroach, The Dogstone, Nasty, Brutish and Short, Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us. Captioned Performances Captioning converts the spoken word into text that provides people with hearing loss access to live performance. In captioning, the words appear on a screen at the same time as they are sung or spoken. Captions also include sound effects and offstage noises. For more information visit www.stagetext.org Shows with Captioned performances: Something Wicked This Way Comes, Be Near Me. For more information you can call or text 0141 227 9238 or email info@nationaltheatrescotland.com www.nationaltheatrescotland.com contains full details on all accessible performances. The site also links to the websites of many of the venues we perform in. These sites contain information on the theatre facilities and methods of booking.

TICKETS FOR ALL ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES AND HEADSETS FOR AUDIO DESCRIPTION MUST BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE FROM VENUE BOX OFFICES.

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SEPTEMBER

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One Giant Leap

Fri 12

Thu 11

7.30pm 7.30pm

by Wick

Lyth Arts Centre

Lyric Hammersmith

London

Ullapool

MacPhail Theatre

One Giant Leap

365

London

Lyric Hammersmith

365

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

London

Lyric Hammersmith

by Wick

365

Tue 9

7.30pm

2.30pm

10.30am (schools) & 7.30pm

7.30pm

10.30am (schools)

7.30pm

London

Lyric Hammersmith

Kirkwall

Lyth Arts Centre

365

Mon 8

Orkney Arts Theatre

Shetland

One Giant Leap

One Giant Leap

Sat 6

Brae Hall

Shetland

London

One Giant Leap

Thu 4

Brae Hall

Shetland

Shetland

Lyric Hammersmith

One Giant Leap

Wed 3

Scalloway Hall

Scalloway Hall

365

One Giant Leap

Tue 2

Wed 10

One Giant Leap

- Captioned Performance - Signed / BSL Interpreted - Audio Described Performance - Touch Tours

Mon 1

Sep:

Key:

DIARY

Sat 20

Fri 19

Thu 18

Wed 17

Tue 16

Mon 15

Sat 13

Fri 12th

365

Something Wicked This Way Comes

One Giant Leap

Lyric Hammersmith

Platform

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig

Lyric Hammersmith

Dornie Hall

One Giant Leap 365

Lyric Hammersmith

Caol Community Centre

Lyric Hammersmith

Lyric Hammersmith

Lyric Hammersmith

Lyric Hammersmith

Mallaig & Morar Community Centre

365

One Giant Leap

365

365

365

365

One Giant Leap

London

Easterhouse

Skye

London

Dornie

London

Fort William

London

London

London

London

Mallaig

2.30pm & 7.30pm

7pm (preview)

7.30pm

7.30pm

8pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

1.30pm & 7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

2.30pm & 7.30pm

7.30pm

Red Location - Scottish Venue Blue Location - UK Venue (outside Scotland) Green Location - International Venue

Tue 30

Sat 27

Fri 26

Thu 25

Wed 24

Tue 23

Mon 22

Webster Theatre

Arbroath

St Andrews

Byre Theatre Something Wicked This Way Comes One Giant Leap

Findhorn

Universal Hall One Giant Leap

Fortrose

10.15am & 1.30pm

2pm (Preview)

7.30pm

2.30pm 7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

London

London

Community Theatre

7.30pm

Cromarty

Lyric Hammersmith 365

One Giant Leap

365

Lyric Hammersmith

Victoria Hall

7.30pm

London One Giant Leap

7pm

Invergordon Lyric Hammersmith

Arts Centre 365

One Giant Leap

1.30pm & 7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

8pm

London

Inverness

London

London

Kingussie

Lyric Hammersmith

Eden Court

Lyric Hammersmith

Lyric Hammersmith

Badenoch Centre

365

One Giant Leap

365

365

One Giant Leap

Month Weekday Weekend

OCTOBER

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Black Watch

One Giant Leap

Fri 10

Sat 1

Nov: New York Edinburgh

Traverse

Cockroach

New York

New York

Glenrothes

St Ann’s Warehouse

St Ann’s Warehouse

St Ann’s Warehouse

Rothes Halls

Black Watch

Black Watch

Duns

Volunteer Hall

Black Watch

Thu 9

Sat 11

New York

St Ann’s Warehouse

One Giant Leap

Stirling

Wed 8

MacRobert Arts Centre

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Tue 7

Dublin

Something Wicked This Way Comes

RDS

Dundee

Dundee Rep Theatre

Black Watch

7.30pm

Johnshaven

Johnshaven Village Hall

One Giant Leap

2 30pm

8pm

8pm

10.30am (schools) & 1.30pm (schools)

3pm & 8pm

8pm (preview)

7.30pm

7pm

3pm

2.30pm & 7pm

3pm & 8.15pm

7pm

Dublin

Dundee

Dundee Rep Theatre

Something Wicked This Way Comes

7.30pm

RDS

New Deer

Public Hall

One Giant Leap

8.15pm

10am & 7pm

7.30pm

8.15pm

7pm

8.15pm

7pm

Black Watch

Dublin

Dundee

Dundee Rep Theatre

Something Wicked This Way Comes

RDS

Alford

Tullynessle & Forbes Hall

One Giant Leap

Black Watch

Dublin

Dundee

Dundee Rep Theatre

Something Wicked This Way Comes

RDS

Dublin

RDS

Black Watch

Black Watch

Newtonhill

Bettridge Centre

One Giant Leap

Sun 5

Sat 4

Fri 3

Thu 2

Wed 1

Oct:

Edinburgh

Traverse Theatre Lowry Centre

Cockroach Something Wicked This Way Comes

Tue 11

New York

St Ann’s Warehouse

Black Watch

St Ann’s Warehouse Traverse Theatre

Black Watch Nasty, Brutish & Short +

Edinburgh

New York

Salford

New York

Thu 23

St Ann’s Warehouse

Black Watch

New York

New York

Edinburgh

New York

Edinburgh

New York

8pm

8pm

7pm

8pm (Preview)

8pm

8pm

8pm

2pm & 7pm

2.30pm & 7pm

8pm

7pm

3pm & 8pm

10am & 7pm

8pm

New York Edinburgh

7pm

8pm

2pm & 7pm

7pm

7.30pm

Edinburgh

Wed 22

St Ann’s Warehouse

St Ann’s Warehouse

Lyceum Theatre

St Ann’s Warehouse

Lyceum Theatre

St Ann’s Warehouse

Lyceum Theatre

St Ann’s Warehouse

Lyceum Theatre

New York

Black Watch

Black Watch

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Black Watch

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Black Watch

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Black Watch

Something Wicked This Way Comes

No performance

St Ann’s Warehouse

New York

Inverness

Coldingham

Tue 21

Sun 19

Sat 18

Fri 17

Thu 16

Wed 15

Black Watch

Tue 14

St Ann’s Warehouse

Eden Court

Something Wicked This Way Comes Black Watch

Coldingham Hall

One Giant Leap

Sun 12

Sat 11

Thu 20

Fri 31

Thu 30

Wed 29

Tue 28

Sun 26

Sat 25

Fri 24

Tramway Something Wicked This Way Comes

Tramway Something Wicked This Way Comes

Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us

Traverse Theatre

St Ann’s Warehouse

Traverse Theatre Cockroach

Black Watch

St Ann’s Warehouse

Tramway

Traverse Theatre

Black Watch

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Cockroach

St Ann’s Warehouse

Traverse Theatre Cockroach

Black Watch

St Ann’s Warehouse

Traverse Theatre

St Ann’s Warehouse

St Ann’s Warehouse

Lowry Centre

Traverse Theatre

St Ann’s Warehouse

Lowry Centre

Traverse Theatre

St Ann’s Warehouse

Black Watch

Cockroach

Black Watch

Black Watch

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Cockroach

Black Watch

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Cockroach

Black Watch

Edinburgh

New York

Glasgow

Edinburgh

New York

Glasgow

Edinburgh

New York

Glasgow

Edinburgh

New York

Edinburgh

New York

New York

Salford

Edinburgh

New York

Salford

Edinburgh

New York

8pm

8pm

7pm

8pm

3pm & 8pm

10am & 7pm

8pm

8pm

7pm

8pm

8pm

8pm

8pm

2pm & 7pm

2.30pm & 7pm

8pm

8pm

7pm

8pm

3pm & 8pm

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Be Near Me

Palace Theatre

Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock tbc

tbc Dolls

Be Near Me

Sat 17

Palace Theatre Wed 28

Be Near Me

Fri 16

Be Near Me Be Near Me

Mon 26 Tue 27

Be Near Me

tbc (Preview)

Sat 24 Kilmarnock

Be Near Me

Thu 15

Palace Theatre

Be Near Me

Thu 22

London Glasgow

Donmar

London

London

London

London

London

Edinburgh

New York

New York

New York

Edinburgh

New York

Edinburgh

New York

Edinburgh

New York

Tramway

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Traverse Theatre

Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us

Be Near Me

St Ann’s Warehouse

Black Watch

Wed 19

Fri 23

tbc (Preview)

2pm & 7pm

St Ann’s Warehouse

St Ann’s Warehouse

Black Watch

Black Watch

Traverse Theatre

St Ann’s Warehouse

Traverse Theatre

Tue 18

Sun 16

Be Near Me

Kilmarnock

New York

8pm

8pm

Nasty, Brutish & Short + The Dogstone

Black Watch

Nasty, Brutish & Short + The Dogstone

St Ann’s Warehouse

Traverse Theatre

Nasty, Brutish & Short + The Dogstone Black Watch

St Ann’s Warehouse

Edinburgh

Traverse Theatre

Nasty, Brutish & Short + The Dogstone Black Watch

New York

Edinburgh

St Ann’s Warehouse

Traverse Theatre

Black Watch

Wed 14

Palace Theatre

St Ann’s Warehouse

Edinburgh

Traverse Theatre

Nasty, Brutish & Short + The Dogstone

Black Watch

New York

St Ann’s Warehouse

Black Watch

Sat 15

Fri 14

Thu 13

Wed 12

Nasty, Brutish & Short + The Dogstone

Jan 2009:

Sun 9

Sat 8

8pm

3pm & 8pm

Edinburgh

8pm (Preview)

Edinburgh

Traverse Theatre

Traverse Theatre

Nasty, Brutish & Short + The Dogstone

8pm

New York

St Ann’s Warehouse

Nasty, Brutish & Short + The Dogstone

Black Watch

Thu 6

8pm

8pm

2pm & 7pm

7pm

2.30pm 8pm

New York

St Ann’s Warehouse

New York

Black Watch

Black Watch

Wed 5

St Ann’s Warehouse

New York

New York

Black Watch

Tue 4

St Ann’s Warehouse

St Ann’s Warehouse

No performance

Mon 3

Fri 7

Black Watch

Glasgow

Tramway

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Sun 2

Edinburgh

Traverse Theatre

Warehouse

Cockroach

8pm (Preview)

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm (Preview)

7.30pm (Preview)

7.30pm (Preview)

7.30pm (Preview)

8pm (Preview)

8pm

8pm

2pm

2.30pm 8pm

8pm

8pm

3pm & 8pm

8pm

8pm

8pm

8pm

8pm

Sat 31

Fri 30

Thu 29

Sat 29

Fri 28

Thu 27

Dolls

Be Near Me

Dolls

Be Near Me

Dolls

Be Near Me

Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us

Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us

Black Watch

Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us

London Glasgow

Tramway

Glasgow

London

Donmar

Tramway

Donmar

London Glasgow

Donmar

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

New York

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Tramway

Traverse Theatre

Traverse Theatre

St Ann’s Warehouse

Traverse Theatre

Traverse Theatre

Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us

8pm

St Ann’s Warehouse

Black Watch

New York

Wed 26

8pm

Edinburgh

Traverse Theatre

Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us

2pm & 8pm

7.30pm

2pm & 8pm

7.30pm

2pm & 8pm

7.30pm

2.30pm 8pm

8pm

3pm & 8pm

8pm

8pm

8pm

New York

St Ann’s Warehouse

8pm

2pm & 7pm

Black Watch

Edinburgh

New York

8pm

8pm

8pm

8pm

Tue 25

Traverse Theatre

St Ann’s Warehouse

New York

Edinburgh

New York

Edinburgh

Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us

Black Watch

St Ann’s Warehouse

Traverse Theatre

Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us Black Watch

St Ann’s Warehouse

Black Watch

Traverse Theatre

Mon 24

Sun 23

Sat 22

Fri 21

Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us

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7.30pm

Mon 16

Fri 20

Thu 19

Wed 18

Tue 17

Donmar

London

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

Mon 9

Wed 11

Tue 10

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

London

London

London

London

London

London

London

London

London

London

London

London

London

London

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

Sat 21 Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

London

London

London

London

London

London

London

London

London

London

365 Page7: Ashley Smith as J Photograph by Mark Hamilton

Be Near Me Page19: Photograph by David Eustace www.davideustace.com

Traverse Debuts Pages 11 - 15: Photograhy by Angela Catlin

Something Wicked This Way Comes Page 9: Montage by Greenlight Creative

Black Watch Page 20: Jack Fortune as The Officer Photograph by Lisa Maree Williams / Getty Images

Dolls Page 18: Photograph by Suzanne Tucker / Shutterstock Images

Learn Page 22-23: East Ayrshire Youth Theatre performing at Exchange 2008 Photograph by eamonnmcgoldrick.com

Transform Page 21: Pupils from Port Glasgow High School and St Stephen’s High School in Transform Inverclyde: Bolt.

Photograph by eamonnmcgoldrick.com

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

2.30pm 7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

Information subject to change. For further tour dates – see www.nationaltheatrescotland.com for details.

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Fri 13

Thu 12

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Fri 27

Thu 26

Wed 25

Tue 24

Mon 23

New Work Page 26: (l-r) Libby King, Jake Margolin, Jill Frutkin, Frank Boyd, Kristen Sieh and Jessica Almasy of the TEAM in Architecting Photograph by eamonnmcgoldrick.com

Production Support Page 24-25: Ross Boyland, Craig Millar and Paul Johnstone in Transform Inverclyde: Bolt Photograph by eamonnmcgoldrick.com

Support Us Page 28: Craig Millar and Karyn McCann in Transform Inverclyde: Bolt Photograph by eamonnmcgoldrick.com

FIND UP-TO-DATE BOOKING INFORMATION FOR ALL OUR SHOWS AT WWW.NATIONALTHEATRESCOTLAND.COM

One Giant Leap Page 4: Montage by Small Media Large

Introduction Page 2-3: Cast of 365 Photograph by Pete Dibdin

Photo Credits:

Be Near Me

Thu 5

London

London

Donmar

Donmar

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Tue 3

Wed 4

London

Donmar

Be Near Me

Fri 6 7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

Sat 7

London

London

London

Fri 13 Sat 14

Mon 2

Donmar

Donmar

Donmar

7.30pm 7.30pm

Mar

Be Near Me

Tue 10

London

Donmar

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Sat 7

Mon 9

London

Donmar

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Thu 5

London

Fri 6

London

Donmar

Be Near Me

Be Near Me

Tue 3

Wed 4

Donmar

Wed 11 7.30pm

Thu 12

London

Donmar

Mon 2

Be Near Me

Feb

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