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Beats – Closing Gala, Glasgow Film Festival 2019

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Date posted: 9th Jan 2019

The 15th Annual Glasgow Film Festival runs from 20 February to 3 March and closes with UK premiere of Brian Welsh’s Beats, the film adaptation of Scottish playwright Kieran Hurley’s hit stage show about ‘90s rave culture, exec produced by Steven Soderbergh. Featuring BAA's Neil Leiper, Beats is a…...

The Dark Carnival – Citizens Theatre @ Tramway

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A music and theatre spectacle, The Dark Carnival features sixteen performers and musicians, including BAA's Natali McCleary, Ramesh Meyyappan, and Harry Ward. The show tells the story of newcomers to the afterlife who discover that death is not actually the end. Incredulous at their continuity, they form their…...

All My Sons – Dundee Rep

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Dundee Rep Ensemble's production of All My Sons opens in February and features Brennan Artists Barrie Hunter and Antony Strachan. A gripping story of a family in crisis, All My Sons is a timeless classic from one of the 20th century’s greatest playwrights, Arthur Miller (Death of a…...

The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns – On Tour

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The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns is a new comedy by writer Gillian Duffy, and stars BAA's James Mackenzie and Morna Young. Heartbroken author Ariel Winters takes herself away to her aunt’s old cottage in Ayrshire to get over her cheating ex. As she celebrates Burns night alone, wishing…...

Only An Excuse 2018 – BBC Scotland

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BAA's Fiona Wood was again part of Jonathan Watson's Only An Excuse, airing on Hogmanay 2018. Featuring sketches, spoofs, gags and comic characters, Only An Excuse put the boot into the headlines that have dominated Scottish football and Scottish life over the past 12 months, and is still available…...

Message From The Skies – Edinburgh

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Message from the Skies returned to Edinburgh on Tuesday 1 January with a selection of love letters written to Europe. The words of six internationally celebrated writers - Billy Letford, Chitra Ramaswamy, Kapka Kassabova, Louise Welsh, Stef Smith and William Dalrymple - will illuminate and animate buildings around the city during…...

Glasgow Girls – On Tour

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Date posted: 4th Jan 2019

Cora Bissett and David Greig’s life-affirming, song-filled Scottish drama, Glasgow Girls goes on tour in 2019, and features two Brennan Artists - Chiara Sparkes and Stephanie McGregor. The show is based on the true story of seven feisty teenagers, whose lives change forever when their school friend…...

War Horse on Stage – Glasgow SEC Armadillo

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Date posted: 17th Dec 2018

The National Theatre’s production of War Horse will reach the SEC Armadillo in Glasgow from 15 January 2019 – 2 February 2019 as part of a national tour that also sees performances in Birmingham, London and Dublin. Featuring BAA's Andrew Keay, War Horse tells the story of Albert and his…...

Jack and the Beanstalk II – Eastwood Park Theatre

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Date posted: 5th Dec 2018

Jack and the Beanstalk II: Return of the Farmer is an original show written and composed by BAA's Andy McGregor, showing at Eastwood Park Theatre from 11-30 December. A twist on the traditional tale, the story centres around Jack McJack, who is now living a life of fame,…...

The State Of It – BBC Two

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Date posted: 3rd Dec 2018

Robert Florence hosts  The State Of It - a comedy show featuring explosive sketches, satirical animation and topical contributions from a range of new Scottish comic talent, including BAA's Paul Black as the nation's vibiest new influencer - gh0stbøy. The State Of It premieres on Friday 7th December at 10pm on…...

It’s A Wonderful Life – A Radio Play On Stage

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Back by popular demand, The Beacon Arts Centre will bring It's A Wonderful Life to the stage in a live radio play for the seventh consecutive year. Performed as a 1940s radio broadcast in front of a studio audience, BAA's Laurie Brown joins the cast this year as…...

Snow White and the Seven Dames – Perth Theatre

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Date posted: 27th Nov 2018

BAA's multi-talented Barrie Hunter will not only direct, but play up to seven dames in a quick-change frenzy in this year's Perth panto.  Directed by Perth Theatre’s artistic director Lu Kemp, families can expect the usual fun, laughter, songs and silliness from Snow White and the Seven Dames. Snow White…...

Wendy and Peter Pan – The Lyceum

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Catch BAA's Keiran Gallacher at The Lyceum this Christmas in one of the world’s best loved stories about the boy who never grows up. Follow the fearless Wendy as she flies with Peter to Neverland - a world of dastardly pirates, feisty fairies and raucous lost boys. This…...

A Ladder to the Stars – MacRobert Arts Centre

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Visible Fictions and Aberdeen Performing Arts present a live production of A Ladder to the Stars at the MacRobert Arts Centre this month, starring BAA's Carmen Pieraccini. Way up in the deep blue night sky, a twinkling star hears a little girl’s birthday wish . . . she…...

Jack and The Beanstalk – Eden Court Theatre

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BAA's Ross Allan reprises his role as Jack in this year's Eden Court Theatre panto in Inverness. Directed and co-written by Stephen Wren - also appearing as the Dame - Jack and The Beanstalk runs at Eden Court from Tuesday 4th December 2018 to Sunday 6th January 2019.…...

Aladdin – The Webster Memorial Theatre

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You couldn't wish for a better Christmas treat than this year's magical Webster Theatre pantomime, Aladdin, which features BAA's Simon Donaldson. Packed full with the spectacular mix of silliness, song & dance, goodies, baddies and amazing costumes that pantomime fans have come to expect, this year there's also a magic…...

Sleeping Beauty – The Beacon Arts Centre

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Following on from last year’s record breaking panto Snow White, Beacon Arts Centre present yet another spectacular family pantomime - Sleeping Beauty, featuring BAA's Jimmy Chisholm as the dame, Moira McClunkey. You’d better set your alarm, as this is one show you will not want to miss - including…...

Cinderella – FTH Theatre

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FTH Theatre have teamed up with Imagine Theatre, once of the country’s top pantomime producers, to stage their first professional pantomime, with all the magical ingredients needed to create a festive family treat including special effects, song and dance numbers, a hilarious script and bags of audience participation. Featuring BAA's…...

Beauty and the Beast – Adam Smith Theatre

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One of the world's greatest love stories floats in on a rose petal to The Adam Smith Theatre this winter, and features BAA's Greg Powrie as the Dame, Kimmy McKlinkie, and David Rankine as Balloch Bennochy. Beauty And The Beast will be sure to make you laugh,…...

Jack and the Beanstalk – The Brunton

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Written by award winning theatre maker John Binnie and produced in-house, The Brunton's  brand new production of Jack and the Beanstalk is a festive panto treat full of fun and laughter. Featuring BAA's Wendy Seager as The Giant's wife, the show is an up-todate twist on a well known…...

Oran Mor Christmas Panto 2018 – The Lying B***h And The Wardrobe

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BAA's Maureen Carr stars in this year's sold out Oran Mor Christmas Panto, The Lying B***h And The Wardrobe. “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some are still poisoning door handles…” Empress Evilyin has promised that the people of Escozia will live happily ever after, but…...

The Wizard of Oz – Pitlochry Festival Theatre

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The first of our clients' festive projects this year is Crawford Logan's run as the eponymous Wizard in The Wizard of Oz at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Follow The Yellow Brick Road to picturesque Pitlochry this Christmas and experience the most magical musical of them all. Based on the…...

Jack and The Beanstalk – PACE Theatre

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This Christmas, PACE Theatre Company's annual pantomime will be the much-loved tale of Jack and the Beanstalk - a festive treat for adults and children alike! BAA's Chris Alexander returns to Paisley in the role of Dame Kitty McCurdle, following his highly celebrated debut in last year’s production of…...

The Magical Adventures of Cinderella – The Pavillion

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BAA's Joyce Falconer is spending the festive season as The Baroness in The Magical Adventures of Cinderella at Glasgow's Pavillion Theatre. With an all-star cast, some great sing-a-long songs, plenty of silliness, lots of laugh-out-loud comedy, traditional audience participation and enchanting and magical costumes and scenery, it's guaranteed to…...

The Snow Queen – Dundee Rep

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This Christmas, BAA's Chiara Sparkes stars in The Snow Queen at Dundee Rep. Winter is magical and mysterious. There are secrets in the snow. But when Gerda’s best friend Kai goes missing, she must face her fears and embark on an epic quest to find him.

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Turns Of The Tide – A Play, A Pie, and A Pint

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Date posted: 19th Nov 2018

This week's Play, Pie and Pint at Oran Mor is Lynn Ferguson's Turns Of The Tide and features BAA's Mark McDonnell. Sisters, Sandy and Rose claim to be identical in almost every way: Runaway winners of Butlin’s talent competition 1959, they’ve been tartan-clad singing sensation, “The Heather Belles” ever…...

Above The Clouds – Screenings

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Date posted: 24th Oct 2018

Director Leon Chambers' Above The Clouds screens this month and features Brennan Artist Ian Bustard. On her 18th birthday, headstrong and artistic Charlie makes a startling discovery. The man married to her mother, isn't her dad. Recruiting Oz, a rough sleeper whose only possession is his driving licence, she embarks…...

The Breathing House – RCS

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This month, the Royal Conservatoire plays host to a revival of Brennan Artist Peter Arnott's play, The Breathing House. 1860s Victorian Edinburgh and its civilised beauty is awash with fine architecture and fine ladies and gentlemen. But behind the polished exterior of respectability, there is another world where…...

River City – Alison Peebles and Jimmy Chisholm

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Date posted: 23rd Oct 2018

Two new faces join River City this Autumn, both of them Brennan Artists! Look out for Alison Peebles and Jimmy Chisholm on the streets of Shieldinch the months to come. Alison Peebles will play Isobel MacKenzie, mother of Kim Monroe (Frances Thorburn) in a storyline which explores the…...

First Look Readings – Some Of Us Are Brave by Adura Onashile

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First Look Readings is the Traverse's celebration of new writing, in which three Traverse-commissioned plays will be performed in front of an audience for the very first time, script-in-hand by professional actors. Brennan Artist Adura Onashile's Some of Us Are Brave is the first of the season's plays. We…...

TalkFest Perth

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TalkFest Perth is Playwrights' Studio Scotland's public celebration of new writing in Perth, and features a host of Brennan Artists in rehearsed readings and public rehearsals. Firstly, Simon Macallum's new play in development, A Single Good Hour, will be performed script-in-hand and directed by Cross Trust Young Director Award recipient Shilpa…...

The Biscuit – A Play, A Pie and A Pint

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Brennan Artists Stephen Clyde and Paul Thomas-Clark star this month in Donald McCleary's The Biscuit, running at Oran Mor as part of A Play, A Pie and A Pint's Autumn season. Spiky, intellectual Prime Minister Ellis Gregory and his wife Sam are trapped in a safe room during…...

The Last Picture Show – A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Aberdeen

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Morag Fullerton's The Last Picture Show travels to Aberdeen's Lemon Tree theatre this week, fresh from its run at Oran Mor. Featuring Brennan Artist Matthew Joseph Campbell, The Last Picture Show runs from Tue 23 Oct to Sat 27 Oct at the Lemon Tree, with a pie and a pint included in…...

Gagarin Way – Dundee Rep

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Having already gained four star reviews in The Herald, The Scotsman, The Times and The Stage, Gagarin Way runs at Dundee Rep until Saturday 3 Nov, and features Brennan Artist Barrie Hunter. “I’ve always been interested in violence ... I thought I should, ken, maybe try something way…...

Leon Sinden Award Win for Fiona Wood

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The winners of Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s 24th annual Leon Sinden Awards have been announced, with Brennan Artist Fiona Wood picking up Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Susan Skinner in Before The Party. Audiences and visitors throughout the theatre’s Summer Season have been placing their votes for…...

Hi, My Name is Ben – Dundee Rep

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Date posted: 27th Sep 2018

Hi, My Name is Ben is a new musical by award-winning writing partnership Noisemaker (Scott Gilmour & Claire McKenzie) currently in development with Goodspeed Musicals, Connecticut and Dundee Rep, and features Brennan Artist Irene Allan. Catch the show early in its development on Sunday 30 September in this…...

Mother Courage and Her Children – Leeds Playhouse

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Date posted: 17th Sep 2018

Our own Bea Webster is part of the cast of Mother Courage and Her Children, showing at Leeds Playhouse from Friday 28 September. In Lee Hall's wholly immersive production, audiences follow in the steps of Brecht’s fearless matriarch, as Mother…...

Ballyturk – Tron Theatre

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Directed by Andy Arnold, Enda Walsh's Ballyturk opens at the Tron Theatre on 4th October, featuring Brennan Artists Wendy Seager, Simon Donaldson, Joyce Falconer and Crawford Logan. Ballyturk is Enda Walsh’s moving meditation on the brevity of…...

Mancub – Cumbernauld Theatre

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Award winning playwright Douglas Maxwell's Mancub opens on 1st October at Cumbernauld Theatre, and features Brennan Artist David James Kirkwood. This magically comic and thoroughly compelling play explores the intensity of emotions in family life and the tribulations of…...

Arctic Oil by Clare Duffy – Traverse Theatre

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Written by the award-winning 2015 IASH / Traverse Theatre Creative Fellow Claire Duffy and directed by Traverse Associate Director Gareth Nicholls, (Ulster American), Arctic Oil opens on 6th October at the Traverse, featuring Brennan Artists' Neshla Caplan. On a remote Scottish island,…...

Where Do We Go From Here? – Screenings

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Date posted: 3rd Sep 2018

Fresh from a highly successful festival run, writer/director John McPhail's feature Where Do We Go From Here? is headed back to the big screen, showing at Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow from 21st September. Brennan Artist Alison Peebles gained a BAFTA Scotland Best…...

Martha – On Tour

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Brennan Artist Chris Alexander is currently out on the road with Martha, Catherine Wheels' highly successful stage show. A touching tale of trust and friendship, the story of Martha and the mischievous goose has been enjoyed by children and adults…...

Tap Dancing With Jean-Paul Sartre – A Play, A Pie and A Pint @ Oran Mor

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Kevin Lennon will be starring in James Runcie's Tap Dancing With Jean-Paul Sartre, one of the first plays in Oran Mor's A Play, A Pie and A Pint autumn season.

Mon, 10 September, 2018 — Sat, 15 September, 2018

By James Runcie | Directed By Marilyn…

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The Yellow On The Broom – Dundee Rep

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Brennan Artists Chiara Sparkes and Barry Hunter have just started their run in The Yellow on the Broom at Dundee Rep, which shows until 22nd September, then tours for one weekend at the MacRobert Arts Centre from Wednesday 26th September. Adapted from Betsy Whyte’s beloved autobiography, The Yellow…...

Irene Allan wins The Stage Edinburgh Award 2018 for Coriolanus Vanishes

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Date posted: 28th Aug 2018

The Stage Edinburgh Awards recognise outstanding performances at the Edinburgh Fringe and have been awarded throughout August, with winners including individual performers and entire ensembles. This year, Brennan Artist Irene Allan took home an award for her stunning performance in David Leddy's Coriolanus Vanishes - congratulations, Irene!  

How to be Both by Ali Smith – A Theatrical Exploration

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Date posted: 10th Aug 2018

Sat 18 Aug 16:30 - 18:00 Part of the Playing With Books series of events at the 2018 Edinburgh International Book Festival. Brave, innovative and multi award-winning, Ali Smith’s How to Be Both is the dual-narrative novel that confirms her as one of Britain’s most talented living writers. In this…...

Doctors of Philosophy by Muriel Spark

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Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Sunday 19 August, 5.30pm Several of Spark’s novels have been adapted for theatre and film, but Doctors of Philosophy is the only one she wrote specially for the stage. In partnership with Edinburgh International Book Festival we present a rehearsed reading of…...

The Hidden – Visible Fictions

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Date posted: 7th Aug 2018

We’ve partnered with acclaimed Glasgow-based theatre company Visible Fictions to present a meticulously crafted dramatic interactive theatre experience, created by Dougie Irvine and Cameron Hall. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to crack the code! Someone is missing but have they left messages behind? Set in…...

Breakfast Plays: YOUTHQUAKE – Traverse Theatre

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Date posted: 3rd Aug 2018

World premiere youthquake noun A significant cultural, political or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people. Three young Scottish playwrights from the Traverse Young Writers’ group join forces with three leading British writers to explore a pressing question of our time: how can the younger generation…...

The Pieman Cometh – A Cautionary Football Tale

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Date posted: 1st Aug 2018

Alan Ledger didn't want the limelight and he didn't want the praise. Unfortunately, he often got one, but hardly ever got the other. Join Alan on his journey through the murky, monetary mayhem lurking behind the scenes of Scottish football, as he asks: 'Who is football for? Why do…...

Coriolanus Vanishes – Fire Exit @ Traverse

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A tense, suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller. Chris experienced three deaths, one after another. She's in prison awaiting trial. But she doesn’t exactly know why. From multi award-winning 'genius' (Scotsman), 'maverick' (Guardian) and 'Fringe institution' (Independent) David Leddy, creator of hits Last Bordello, Sub Rosa, Susurrus and Long Live Little…...

What Girls Are Made Of – Traverse Theatre

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In 1992 a schoolgirl from Fife was catapulted to a rock star life in an indie band. Touring with Radiohead, partying with Blur, she was living the dream. Until she wasn’t. Based on her teenage diaries, this is the true story of Cora Bissett’s rollercoaster journey from the girl…...

All the Lights Are On – Summerhall

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Typical Emmy, to turn brain cancer into a game! Her husband attempts to care for her, even as the illness eats away the woman he knows and loves, and her mother holds faith with internet voodoo and blueberry juice. But Emmy knows optimism is a false god and cancer…...

Aye, Elvis @ Guilded Balloon

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Joan is an Elvis impersonator with big dreams. With the regional heat of Ultimate Elvis approaching, Joan knows there's work to do. But Joan has The King inside – and The King always wins. Will she find her way to Graceland, to love and riches? Aye, Elvis is a…...

Janis Joplin Full Tilt – Assembly

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From multi-award winning writing/directing team BAA client Peter Arnott and director Cora Bissett, Full Tilt was a sensation at the 2014 Fringe, winning ‘Best Play’ from the Scottish Arts Club and ‘Best Female Musical Performance’ for its star, Angela Darcy. On stage a woman stands, the greatest rock singer…...

HANDFAST – Nutshell @ Summerhall

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Double Fringe First winners Nutshell return with this world premiere in a co-production with The Byre Theatre. The boiler’s broken, the owl with the rings is missing, the celebrant’s late and the band haven’t turned up. Can Mona and Geoff still tie the knot and live happily ever after?…...

Adam Smith – The Invisible Hand

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A dramatic representation of the life of Adam Smith, supported by Kirkcaldy 4 All. His friends, his enemies and the person who shaped his life, his mother, Margaret Smith. The play demonstrates how Adam Smith has been interpreted through the ages and why he’s still relevant now. Four actors…...

Off-Kilter – Dance Base/Studio 1

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Date posted: 30th Jul 2018

Internationally renowned visual theatre artist Ramesh Meyyappan returns with a dark, comedic, highly physical production incorporating illusions and masterful non-verbal storytelling. Joe Kilter has his own daily rituals – some even call it obsessive. But then a sudden change in his routine turns his world askew: Joe Kilter…...

The Greatest

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Date posted: 18th Jul 2018

Back by phenomenal demand! For one week only the hit show The Greatest returns to Òran Mór. If you missed it first time round come along and hear the tale about the Glaswegian who knocked out Muhammad Ali! Starring Louise Montgomery, the show runs at Òran Mór…...

Pride and Prejudice*(*Sort Of)

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Date posted: 11th Jul 2018

Catch Tori Burgess in this Tron/Blood of the Young production for a unique and colourful take on the definitive rom-com, Pride & Prejudice. Five vaguely familiar young women have a story to tell. You’ll have seen them, emptying the chamber pots and sweeping ash from the grate, the overlooked…...

CATS Shortlist!

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Date posted: 21st May 2018

Congratulations to our BAA clients who have been shortlisted for the upcoming CATS 2018! Ramesh Meyyappan for Best Actor in Off-Kilter. Angela Darcy and Barrie Hunter as part of Best Ensemble in August Osage County and Harry Ward in Rhinoceros. Peter Arnott for Best…...

The Isle of Love

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Date posted: 18th May 2018

THE ISLE OF LOVE opens this evening at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness for Right Lines Productions, starring Ross Allan, Amy McGregor and Kevin Lennon before touring Scotland until the 18th June. The Isle of Love is a bittersweet tale of love, loss, recovery and discovery infused with…...

Pitlochry Festival Theatre Summer Season

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Date posted: 5th May 2018

This year is an exciting season at Pitlochry. With BAA clients Deirdre Davis, Fiona Wood and David Rankine appearing in several of this season's new productions: Chicago! Runs from 25th May 2018. The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. Run begins 31st May 2018.…...

Witches Fae Easterhoose, Pavilion Theatre – New Dates

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Date posted: 4th May 2018

This rescheduled production features Joyce Falconer at the Pavilion Theatre from 18th October. On a cold, dark, windy winters’ night in Glasgow, six sisters gather to take revenge by witchcraft on Caroline’s two-timing husband. Six black candles, one black affronted Maw, two gallons of vodka, one crazy old…...

Celtic – The Musical, Pavilion Theatre – New Dates

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This rescheduled production of Celtic The Musical at Pavilion Theatre opens 5th September, featuring Morna Young and Harry Ward. Featuring the songs that have rung round Celtic Park over the years (performed by a live band), the show tells the amazing story of this legendary club. It…...

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part One and Two

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Date posted: 26th Apr 2018

It has been announced that BAA client Ryan J Mackay will be appearing in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Palace Theatre, London. Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a new play by Jack Thorne. It is the…...

Last Woman Left – RCS

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New graduates of the BA performance in British Sign Language and English course at RCS, Bea Webster and Connor Bryson feature in an RCS production, Last Woman Left. A community is under threat. Flood warnings have been issued and the government is urging an immediate evacuation. But…...

Where’s Lulu? Play, Pie and a Pint

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Two of our BAA clients, Romana Abercromby and Stephanie McGregor will be appearing in Play Pie and a Pint's "Where's Lulu?" beginning 30th April. With a number one in America and a TV series in the UK, at 20 Lulu is a global star. But has she…...

Creditors: Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh

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Date posted: 24th Apr 2018

Starring Adura Onashile at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. The run begins 27th April. Young artist, Adolph is in love with his new wife, the successful novelist Tekla, and why would he not be? Charming, vivacious and experienced, she has been his passion, his inspiration and his education.…...

Eulogy: Play, Pie & Pint

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Date posted: 23rd Apr 2018

See Joyce Falconer in this week's Play Pie and a Pint: Eulogy at The Traverse, Edinburgh. Six years ago Sandy ruined his daughter’s wedding day with a Top Table speech for the ages. Well, the joke’s on him, because now, he’s dead. You are cordially invited to Sandy’s…...

The Persians – A Play, A Pie and A Pint

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This week's A Play, A Pie and A Pint is THE PERSIANS, written by our very own Meghan Tyler and starring Irene Allan. “The Ancient Persians: when it came to major decisions they all had to agree when they were pissed, and they all had to…...

Tomorrow at Noon: Jermyn Street Theatre

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Date posted: 20th Apr 2018

Our very own Morna Young has written one of three plays for Jermyn Street Theatre, London. The run begins 24th April. The playwrights of these three funny, moving and provocative plays were chosen from 390 entrants to write a contemporary female response to Noel Coward’s Tonight at 8.30. Morna’s…...

Eddie and the Slumber Sisters – NTS & Catherine wheels

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Meet the Slumber Sisters, featuring Chiara Sparkes. An all-singing trio whose job it is to monitor our dreams and ensure that our night-time wanderings remain healthy and safe. Armed with an infinite supply of remedies, they arrive to create dreams that will help us through difficult times. Eddie…...

Passing Places

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Date posted: 16th Apr 2018

BAA client, Barrie Hunter appears in Passing Places at Dundee Rep from 26th April and Citizens Theatre, Glasgow from 8th May. Passing Places is the story of small-town boys Alex and Brian, a Lada, a surfboard and a crate of Irn Bru. Desperate to leave their mundane lives…...

Sunshine on Leith – West Yorkshire Playhouse

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Date posted: 15th Apr 2018

Returning from war overseas, servicemen Davy and Ally find their way in their hometown of Edinburgh in this funny and moving story. They embark upon intertwining journeys of life and love, set to the timeless songs of the much-loved band The Proclaimers, including I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), Letter…...

Margaret Saves Scotland

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Date posted: 13th Apr 2018

Margaret Holt embarked on a holiday romance with a difference and it changed her life. Falling in love with Scotland filled her with a burning desire to liberate the country from the English yoke. But what could a nine-year-old lass from Yorkshire do to make that dream come true?…...

Celtic the Musical – Pavilion Theatre

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The story of the proud history of Celtic Football Club unfolds through the eyes of two families, united by their shared passion. Featuring the songs that have rung round Celtic Park over the years Celtic – The Musical tells the amazing story of this legendary club and the greatest…...

Bingo! – Tron Theatre

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Date posted: 9th Apr 2018

Featuring Wendy Seager. Daniella’s one of those women. Except she isn’t just hopeful. She’s desperate. She needs Lady Luck to smile down on her tonight. She’s done a bad thing.  No, a really bad thing, and if her card doesn't have those winning numbers, she’s going to have…...

Long Night At Blackstone – BBC Scotland/Hopscotch Films

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Date posted: 4th Apr 2018

Long Night at Blackstone is Greg Hemphill's second outing as a director, and is the follow-up to his hilarious and terrifying West Skerra Light. Faye Bowers is the host of a low-rent paranormal activity show, a master of trickery and pretence, but she is desperate to be…...

Rhinoceros – The Royal Lyceum

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Date posted: 20th Mar 2018

Eugène Ionesco’s classic 1959 play is an uproarious absurdist farce – and a chilling examination of conformism, nationalism, fascism and fundamentalism that has been compared with Orwell’s Animal Farm and Camus’s The Plague. It considers the countless ways in which humans are content to adapt themselves to new and…...

Richard III – Horsecross

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Date posted: 15th Mar 2018

Three royal brothers, alike in every way but one - only the eldest can wear the crown. A shame for Edward and Clarence then, that their brother, Richard, is youngest… It’s time for them to stand aside, or face the consequences. Richard is on his way up. Richard is…...

The Greatest, Play, Pie and a Pint

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Date posted: 10th Mar 2018

BAA client, Louise Montgomery features in this week's PPP. Week commencing 12th March. Ever hear the one about the ginger Glaswegian who flattened Muhammad Ali? A chance encounter between a cantankerous pensioner and a cynical blogger uncovers a comical tale lost in Scottish legend. More information can be…...

The Last Ship – Northern Stage, National Tour

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Date posted: 1st Mar 2018

The UK premiere of Sting’s personal, political and passionate musical is an epic tale of community, hope and a great act of collective defiance. The Last Ship features an original score with music and lyrics by Sting. Featuring our very own BAA client Annie Grace. Gideon Fletcher, a…...

The Motherf**ker With The Hat

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Date posted: 27th Feb 2018

It’s New York and Jackie’s in trouble. An ex-con struggling with addiction, he’s trying to go straight and get back with childhood sweetheart Veronica, but can he trust her? His sponsor, the outwardly pious and clean-living Ralph D. isn’t all he seems and Cousin Julio really doesn’t like him…...

Aye, Elvis – Play, Pie & Pint

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Date posted: 19th Feb 2018

Joan is an amateur Elvis impersonator with big dreams. And she’s got the outfit. With the regional heat of Ultimate Elvis coming soon, Joan knows there’s work to do. But Joan has The King inside – and The King always wins. Will Joan find her way to Graceland, to…...

Adura Onashile

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Date posted: 13th Feb 2018

Congratulations to Adura Onashile who has been awarded Channel 4 Playwrights' Scheme Bursary. Adura has already embarked upon one-year attachment with the Traverse Theatre. Their principal task over the 12 months is to write at least one full-length play. She will also have the opportunity to submit…...

The Last Bordello – Fire Exit

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Date posted: 9th Feb 2018

The Last Bordello is an ingeniously fiendish labyrinth that gets more puzzling and suspenseful with every wrong turn - think Margaret Atwood meets David Lynch. An absurd, sensual and provocative parable about trust and truth, domination and devotion, fact and fiction. Featuring BAA clients Irene Allan and

How to Fix a Broken Wing – Catherine Wheels Theatre Company

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Date posted: 1st Feb 2018

We have all watched news reports of horrors happening elsewhere, refugees seeking safety from war-torn homes, victims of natural disasters caused by climate change. What can we do? How should we act? What are our responsibilities to ourselves and to each other? What does it mean to be a…...

Bold Girls – Citizens Theatre Glasgow

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Date posted: 26th Jan 2018

Belfast in the early 1990s. Against a backdrop of gunfire and police raids, four women whose lives have been turned upside down by the Troubles, carry on with everyday life. But what starts out as a riotous night out, leads to the spilling of some very sobering truths in…...

Sleeping Beauty – King’s Theatre Glasgow

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Date posted: 14th Dec 2017

Once upon a time in a land far away, the beautiful Princess Beauty  is given a twenty-first birthday present by her evil godmother Carabosse the Enchantress played by Michele Gallagher. By pricking her finger on an enchanted spinning wheel she is placed under a cruel curse and forced to…...

Outlander

Date posted: 3rd Dec 2017

After serving as a British Army nurse in World War II, Claire Randall is enjoying a second honeymoon in Scotland with husband Frank. Suddenly, Claire is transported to 1743 and into a mysterious world where her freedom and life are threatened. To survive, she marries Jamie Fraser, a…...

Sleeping Beauty – Gardyne Theatre, Dundee

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Date posted: 2nd Dec 2017

This fabulous show with amazing cast and sets will be the biggest pantomime ever staged in the city, bursting with lots of laughs, hopping hits and crazy costumes. Dundee’s only professional pantomime, The Gardyne Panto will be the family event for Christmas so don’t be caught sleeping (like the heroine!)…...

Beauty & the Beast – Webster Memorial Theatre

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A story of true love , adventure and lots of laughter along the way. Join Belle as she falls in love with an unlikely suitor. Meet Aunt Jolly, Gastoff and the rest of the cast as they whisk you along in this all singing all dancing production of Beauty…...

Aladdin – Perth Theatre

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Mwahahahahahaaaa! Body-popping, break-dancing baddie Abanazer (Christina Strachan) is going to win the panto! Can heroes Aladdin and Jasmine stop him? Can our own Dame Barrie Hunter? Not without your help… Save the world with a foot-stamping, toe-tapping, fabulous Perth family panto! Back on Perth Theatre's glorious restored…...

W-Hat About? – Fuora Dance Project

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Date posted: 1st Dec 2017

W-Hat About? is a brand-new children’s dance-theatre performance by the enchanting dancers of Fuora Dance Project celebrating grandparents who help us to grow up, teaching us to be brave when life is difficult, helping us to fight our fears and destroy…...

Raven CBBC

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The Raven returns to CBBC with new and exciting challenges. The fantasy game show set in a mystical land, Raven leads four young warriors on a quest to test their skills and win their heart's desire. Join James MacKenzie has he returns as the magical Raven next Monday on…...

Aladdin – Adam Smith Theatre

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The Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy are delighted to announce that they will once again be teaming up with Imagine Theatre on this year’s spectacular family panto, Aladdin. Last year’s Cinderella marked the first collaboration between the two companies and it proved to be a smash hit with audiences.…...

Armchair Detectives – BBC One

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From the comfort of armchairs in the studio, three amateur sleuths, they watch the drama play out as Mortcliff's crack team of detectives make enquiries with the local residents. But in a show where everyone has a motive, it might prove harder to catch the culprit than you think.…...

Winter Wonders!

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Date posted: 28th Nov 2017

Experience the true magic of winter at Cumbernauld Theatre this Christmas, as they bring you a very special show created especially for wee ones under 5 – Winter Wonders: A Mini Musical – by the wonderful children’s theatre company The Letter J. Winter is coming and Summer is not…...

Snow White – Eden Court

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Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? Eden Court are planning another spectacular show this year with the enchanting and classic tale of Snow White. With a dastardly villian, a hapless comic and a hilarious panto dame, as well as spectacular sets and costumes, fabulous…...