Cloud 9 comes to the Workshop Theatre this week. The production runs for three nights, starting tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7pm. Cloud 9 is a landmark play about sexual politics in colonial Africa and modern-day Britain, in which all our assumptions about sex and gender are stunningly exploded. ‘Sharp comedy and a serious purpose are splendidly...
We have a whole bunch of dates for your diary… so write this little lot down somewhere: Starting on the 27th of September we have Cloud 9 in Studio 1. This is a Workshop Theatre student production (you’ll recall we did The Trial last year). The run will last for 3 nights, finishing on Friday...
Great Scotsman review that came in for the final two shows. It has rounded off the whole Edinburgh experience so nicely and gave us two large audiences to play with. We actually ended up on the front page, which I think is the biggest double take I’ve ever done at a newstand. Here’s the photographic evidence: ...
… this is the promo for Alcatraz. All the shows with Workshop Theatre connections are getting great reviews at the moment. If you happen to spot a review for either Clint’s Reality, Alcatraz, the Dog-Eared Collective, or Chris Fittock’s The Track of the Cat… please pass them along. Share on Facebook
Review by Marissa Burgess from Chortle www.chortle.co.uk * * * * Having seen the Dog Eared guys’ shows for the past the last two years – and awarded them a two-star review each time – I was really hoping they would pull it out the proverbial bag this year for another star. A target, it...
Review of Clint’s Reality from AlltheFestivals (www.allthefestivals.com) by David Marren added on 07 Aug 2010 * * * * Refashioning typical British comedy farce for the 21st century ‘Clint’s Reality’ manages to resuscitate the form with not so much the kiss of life but a full on snog with tongues. It is a smoothly run, well...
It seems the name Aireborne Theatre carries some weight on the streets of Edinburgh. Today, for the second day in a row, audiences were queuing around the block to get in to an Aireborne production. Today saw the preview of Alcatraz, a slick, stylish and atmospheric piece of theatre, the result of a collaboration between Lucy...
ALCATRAZ Aireborne Theatre Venue: Belly Button One moment will create, destroy or alter perspectives. ‘Alcatraz’ explores the perforations and cracks in the walls of everyday perception. This new piece of writing focuses on the experiences of four very individual characters, each locked into their own world, but impacting and imposing upon one another without knowledge...
Winners announced The three winning scripts for the seventh Windsor Fringe Marriott Award for New Drama Writing have been chosen, and our very own Jan Perry is amongst the winners. A total of 213 scripts were this year submitted from Japan, USA, Australia, Finland, Norway, Spain, Jersey, Wales, Eire, Northern Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of...
We had a nice picnic Practical Essays Soundtrack 2010 Crank that soldier boy by Soldier Boy Sonic Attack by Hawkwind The Flowers by Regina Spektor Clouds by Toru Takemitsu The Rogue by The Correspondents Kisses Sweeter Than Wine by Marlene Dietrich Under The Sea from The Little Mermaid Big Rock Candy Mountain by Harry ‘Haywire’...
Jan Perry’s play “Click” has been shortlisted for the Windsor Marriott award. Jan wrote the play as part of her MA: Writing for Performance and Publication, and as part of the developmental process, an early version of this play was work-shopped right here in Studio 1. “Click” is a 30 minute drama in which an elderly...
The Workshop Theatre Poem 2007-2010 It’s 10am the workshop is gonna go on for hours But if I dressed as a wizard I’d have magic powers Italian fascists aren’t on the module for physicists And biologist would never know that Hamletmachine’s a bitch And I’ve still got splinters from House Seven’s furniture and flats But...
It’s that time of year again… You meticulously plan your practical essay rehearsal schedule, only to find your cast members are stranded on the continent due to a volcanic eruption in Iceland and the subsequent closure of European airspace. How many times have we heard that tired old excuse? Assuming that Hephaistos – that troublesome...
