PRESENTING A NEW SEASON OF WORK - JANUARY TO JUNE 2010

28/10/09

The National Theatre of Scotland presents a new six month season of work from January to June 2010.
 
The new season will include a new Scottish version of a classic adventure story, a thrilling public art carnival experience, a season of new shows for young people, more home grown and local talent at Allotment, a Transform community theatre project in Aberdeen and a New Year appearance at Celtic Connections.

The season at a glance:

JANUARY 2010
Duncan McLean’s musical tribute to Thomas Fraser’s life, featuring the Lone Star Swing Band, directed by Vicky Featherstone, is back by popular demand. Long Gone Lonesome is playing at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, as part of the Celtic Connections festival (21st and 22nd January 2010).

FEBRUARY & MARCH 2010
The National Theatre of Scotland, visual artist Stephen Skrynka and the Ken Fox Troupe join forces to present a spectacular piece of touring theatre. Wall of Death: A Way of Life is presented at exhibition centres and show grounds in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen (4th to 28th February 2010).

Allotment is a newly sprouted arts bar at Govan Cross Shopping Centre in Glasgow, created by a team of professional artists from the National Theatre of Scotland and local community groups based in the Govan area (19th February 2010).

The National Theatre of Scotland presents a season of three new shows for young people by three of Scotland’s leading writers: Empty by Cathy Forde and The Miracle Man by Douglas Maxwell, touring to Glasgow, Musselburgh, Inverness and Aberdeen. Mr Write by Rob Drummond, an emerging young theatre maker, opens in Glasgow then tours to schools and colleges in Spring 2010.

The epic National Theatre of Scotland Learn Transform journey arrives in Aberdeen with Paddy Cunneen’s production featuring music, puppets and young people from Dyce Academy (17th to 19th March 2010). Transform Aberdeen is sponsored by ScottishPower and supported by Determined to Succeed, in partnership with Aberdeen City Council.

APRIL to JUNE 2010
John Tiffany directs Peter Pan, in a new version of JM Barrie’s classic adventure by David Greig, relocating the story to Victorian Edinburgh. John Tiffany is reunited with Davey Anderson, Laura Hopkins and Gareth Fry, three of the creative team from the multi-award winning Black Watch. Peter Pan is touring to Glasgow, London, Inverness, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, in a co-production with barbicanbite10 (23rd April to 19th June 2010).