Cuttin A Rug programme

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BY JOHN BYRNE

8 FEB – 4 MAR 2017

THE CAST MARK BARRETT | TERRY Mark trained at Langside College. Theatre credits include: The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Hardman (In Yer Face Theatre Company); A Class Act (Traverse); Monstrous (Govanhill Theatre). Film credits include: The Legend of Barney Thomson (Icon). Mark makes his debut appearance at the Citizens Theatre.

PAUL-JAMES CORRIGAN | SPANKY Theatre credits include: Gary: Tank Commander - Mission Quite Possible (Mick Perrin/SSE Hydro); Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland); Cinderella (Beacon Arts Centre); The Pure, the Dead and the Brilliant (Kyle Bissett Productions, Assembly Rooms); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (King’s Theatre Edinburgh); Vinyl Idol, Miss Veitch’s Roses, Butterfly, The Pie Eyed Piper of Hamilton (Òran Mór). TV credits include: Only an Excuse?, Rab C Nesbitt, Chewin’ the Fat, Legit, River City, Still Game (BBC Scotland); Scot Squad, Gary: Tank Commander (Comedy Unit).

RYAN FLETCHER | PHIL Theatre credits include: The Choir (Citizens Theatre); The Driver’s Seat, Black Watch, Roman Bridge, The Wheel, Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us (National Theatre of Scotland); Othello (Frantic Assembly); Once (Phoenix Theatre); The Infamous Brothers Davenport (VoxMotus/Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); Midsummer Night’s Dream, Turbo Folk, Before I Go, Cyrano de Bergerac, Waterproof (Òran Mór); Beautiful Burnout (National Theatre of Scotland/Frantic Assembly); The Corstorphine Road Nativity (Festival Theatre Edinburgh); Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); MILK, The Last Witch (Traverse). TV credits include: Outlander (Starz and Sony Pictures), River City, Gary: Tank Commander (Comedy Unit); Only an Excuse? (BBC Scotland); Limmy’s Show (BBC); Scottish Killers (Eleanor Yule); Filthy Rich (Henry Cole Productions); Taggart (SMG); Stop, Look, Listen (Channel 4).

SCOTT FLETCHER | HECTOR Scott trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Theatre credits include: The Slab Boys (Citizens Theatre); The Dogstone, 365, Calum’s Road, Tall Tales for Small People, Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland); Gary: Tank Commander - Mission Quite Possible (Mick Perrin/SSE Hydro); A Respectable Widow Takes to Vulgarity, Lucky Box (Traverse/Òran Mór); Peter Pan (Vox Motus/Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); Facegone (Òran Mór); Romeo and Juliet (Bard in the Botanics); The Quangle Wangle, Hare & Tortoise (Licketyspit); Clutter Keeps Company (Birds of Paradise); Playing Houses (Glasgay!); Peter Pan (King’s Theatre Glasgow and His Majesty’s Theatre Aberdeen); Jack and the Beanstalk (Beacon Arts Centre). TV & Film credits include: The Little Vampire (Warner Brothers); River City, Only an Excuse?, Monarch of the Glen (BBC); Gary: Tank Commander (Comedy Unity) Taggart (STV); In Plain Sight (ITV). Scott has recorded plays for BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 4.

ANNE LACEY | MRS WALKINSHAW Theatre credits include: Thérèse Raquin, The Killing of Sister George (Citizens Theatre); Diana of Dobsons (New Vic); Uncle Vanya (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Blythe Spirit (Perth Theatre); A Most Civil Arrangement, The Baby, Guid Sisters (Tron Theatre); Men Should Weep (Oxford Stage); Shining Souls (Old Vic); Dear Scotland, House of Bernarda Alba (National Theatre of Scotland); Victoria (Royal Shakespeare Company); The Artist Man and the Mother Woman, What We Know, Distracted, The Pearl Fisher, Bondagers, The Straw Chair (Traverse); Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off (Theatre Communicado); Earthquakes in London (National Theatre) and many shows at Òran Mór. TV and Film credits: Rab C Nesbitt, Stacey Stone, Hamish Macbeth (BBC Scotland); Knowing the Score, Tinsel Town, Monarch of the Glen, Dr Finlay, Holby City (BBC); Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros.); Strictly Sinatra, This Year’s Love (Kismet); And Then I Was French (Dog Eared Films) and a number of short films and plays for radio.

HELEN MALLON | LUCILLE Helen trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Theatre credits include: Takin’ Over the Asylum, Peter Pan (Citizens Theatre); Roman Bridge (Citizens Theatre/National Theatre of Scotland); Scrooge! The Musical, Miracle on 34th Street, The Admirable Crichton, Passing Places, Whisky Kisses (Perth Festival Theatre); MILK (Traverse); Secrets (National Theatre of Scotland/ Òran Mór); Lettice and Lovage (Watermill Theatre); The Good Solider (Theatre Royal Bath); The Uncertainty Files (Paines Plough); Be Near Me (Donmar Warehouse/National Theatre of Scotland); 365 (Lyric Hammersmith/ National Theatre of Scotland); Cockroach (Traverse/ National Theatre of Scotland); The Wolves in the Walls (Improbable/ National Theatre of Scotland); TuttiFrutti (National Theatre of Scotland); Hansel and Gretel (The Arches). TV & Film credits include: Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures); Rillington Place, Casualty (BBC); Senseless (Plum Films/Matador); My Zinc Bed (HBO/Rainmark Films).

LOUISE MCCARTHY | BERNADETTE Louise trained at The Arts Educational School, London. Theatre credits include: Yer Granny, Men Should Weep (National Theatre of Scotland); Mamma Mia (Prince Of Wales Theatre London); Much Ado About Nothing (Bard In the Botanics); Three Sisters, Peter Panto and the Incredible Stinkerbell, Sleeping Betty, Snaw Queen (Tron Theatre); The Trouble with Double, Role Shift (Òran Mór); Jaqueranda, Sleeping Beauty (Perth Theatre). Television credits include: Stacey Stone, Raptures (CBBC); Only An Excuse?, Sketchland, What’s Funny About the Indyref (BBC Scotland); Scot Squad (BBC Comedy Unit); Two Doors Down (BBC); In Plain Sight (ITV Drama); Aldi Midges Advert (ITV).

SHAUN MILLER | ALAN Shaun recently graduated from Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Theatre credits include: Hansel & Gretel (Citizens Theatre); The Rivals (Citizens Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse); En Folkefiende (Squint/The Richard Burton Theatre Company); All That I Am, Narrative, Macbeth, The London Cuckolds, The Winter’s Tale (The Richard Burton Theatre Company); BOYS (Open Letter Theatre Company); Two Noble Kinsmen, Frankenstein (RWCMD); Fleeto (Tumilt in the Clouds). He is currently the John Mather Actor Intern at the Citizens Theatre.

BARBARA RAFFERTY | SADIE Barbara studied at the Sorbonne Paris and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She has performed in theatres all over Britain. Her association with the Citizens Theatre began with Les Justes (1972) in The Close Theatre Club, a former sister company of the Citizens Theatre. She later played Maggie in Giles Havergal’s Citizens Theatre production of Men Should Weep (1998) and more recently appeared in True West (2013), The Libertine (2014) and Endgame (2016). She is delighted to be back at the Citizens Theatre in this iconic play by the great John Byrne and under the directorship of Caroline Paterson. Theatre credits include: The House Of Bernarda Alba (Raindog Theatre Company); Blood Wedding (Donmar Warehouse); Steel Magnolias (Dundee Rep); The Missing, Yer Granny (National Theatre of Scotland); two tours of the London Palladium production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and many pantomimes at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow. Television credits include: Rab C Nesbitt as Ella Cotter (BBC Scotland); Katie Morag as Grandma Mainland (Move On Up); Rockface, River City, Sea of Souls, Garrow’s Law, Doctors, Murder Rooms (BBC); Taggart (STV). Films credits include: Blood Red Roses (Blood Red Roses Productions); The Last King of Scotland (Fox Searchlight Pictures); Women Talking Dirty (Rocket Productions); Billy Bongo Leaves Home (Peel Street Films); Last Word (Sigma Films); The Wicker Man (British Lion Films). She has recorded many radio plays and comedies. Barbara is married to actor Sean Scanlan.

LAURIE VENTRY | WILLIE CURRY Laurie has worked extensively in theatre, film and television since 1980. Theatre credits include: Faustus, Jekyll & Hyde, Loot, Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); Wasted, A.D. (Raindog Theatre Company); The Cone Gatherers, Carmen, Danton’s Death (Theatre Communicado); Animal Farm, Othello, Mother Courage (Citizens Theatre); An Inspector Calls, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Perth Theatre); Gillespie, Glasvegas (Borderline Theatre Company); Herbal Remedies, Defender of the Faith, Ghosts (Arches/Tron Theatre) and has also worked with Òran Mór, Wiseguise and Unit One. TV and Film credits include: Tinsletown, Murder Rooms, Basil Brush, Scoop (BBC); River City, Taggart, Rab C Nesbitt, Hamish MacBeth, Strathblair (BBC Scotland); Brond (STV); Hector (Mlinsky); Orphans (Ardmore); Neds (Blue Light); Magdalene Sisters (Scottish Screen); Fridge (Antonine Films); Eskimo Day (Greenpoint Films); Buried (World Productions); Silent Scream (BFI Production); Gas Attack (Hart Ryan Productions).

CREATIVE TEAM CAROLINE PATERSON | DIRECTOR Theatre credits include: Takin’ Over the Asylum, Twelfth Night (Citizens Theatre); Perfect Days (Oldham Coliseum); Macbeth (Raindog Theatre Company). TV credits include: Holby City, Spooks, EastEnders (BBC); Skins (Company Pictures); Coronation Street (Granada Television); Taggart (SMG); The Necklace (Warner Sisters). Film credits include: Long Distance Information (HSI London); Last Word (Stigma Films); Venus Peter (BFI). Caroline was the winner of Best Actress at Rheims 2004 for playing the part of Rosemary in Rehab (BBC Films). Caroline would like to dedicate the show to the memory of Johnny Doyle who played Phil in the original production of Cuttin’ A Rug.

KENNY MILLER | DESIGNER Kenny Miller is a freelance director and designer who was for many years Head of Design/Associate Director of the Citizens Theatre. He has worked in theatre and opera all over Scotland, England, America, Germany and Canada. He won the Manchester Evening News Best Production Award for 10 Rillington Place, won CATS Awards for Best Ensemble for his Little Bit of Rough season, Best Technical Production for Smoking with Lulu and Best Production for Scrooge.He recently directed and designed The Seagull, Company Policy, Romeo & Juliet and Don Giovanni for Òran Mór, and Harold and Maude, Days of Wine and Roses for Theatre Jezebel, of which he is a founding member. Other designs include: April in Paris (Perth Theatre/Horsecross Arts); Autobahn, Doubt, A Parable (Theatre Jezebel); Valhalla!, Ya Beauty and the Beast, Betrayed, From the West Bank, Address Unknown, Flo White, Staircase, Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut (Tron Theatre); Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off, Our Teacher’s A Troll (National Theatre of Scotland); Proof, Tam O’Shanter (Perth Theatre); The Steamie (National Tour) Clockwork (Visible Fictions/Scottish Opera) and Marilyn (Citizens Theatre).He is an associate artist at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff and designs for them have included The Weir, Dolls House and Romeo & Juliet.

GRANT ANDERSON | LIGHTING DESIGNER Grant graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland having studied lighting design and left receiving the Dean of Drama Award for Best Individual Work. Currently, Grant is working in theatres all over the country on a diverse range of projects and productions. Grant has also designed extensively for the Scottish events industry, including Botanic Lights: 2015 Seasons In Colour, 2016 EXPLORE (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh); Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Torchlight Procession & Street Party, including the 2017 Midnight Moment. Grant was also responsible for designing Scotland’s 2014 Moment in Edinburgh. As well as designing in the UK, Grant’s work has transferred internationally to New York, Beijing, Madrid, Valencia and Rio. Other drama credits include: Simon’s Magical Christmas Socks, Panic Patterns (Citizens Theatre); Alan Cumming Signs Sappy Songs (Edinburgh International Festival); The Broons (Sell A Door); To Begin (National Theatre of Scotland Learn); Love Song, In My Father’s Words, Hecuba, Promises Promises, Baby Baby (Dundee Repertory Theatre); The Polar Bears Go Wild (Macrobert); News Just In (Random Accomplice); And The Beat Goes On (Perth Theatre/Random Accomplice); Wendy Hoose (Birds of Paradise/Random Accomplice); Summer on Stage 2012 - 2016 (Lyceum Theatre); The Maw Broon Monologues (Tron Theatre). Grant is a member of the Association of Lighting Designers.

EJ BOYLE | MOVEMENT DIRECTOR Theatre credits include: This Restless House, Trainspotting (Citizens Theatre); Lanark: A Life in Three Acts (Citizens Theatre/Edinburgh International Festival); Richard III (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Hedda Gabler, Jumpy, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); The Cheviot, The Stag, and The Black, Black Oil, Great Expectations, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, Victoria (Dundee Rep); Not About Heroes (Eden Court); Still Game: Live (Glasgow Hydro); Forest Boy (Noisemaker/New York Musical Festival/Arcola); Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel, Tommy (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). TV and film credits include: The Crown (Netflix); God Help the Girl (Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize); Two Doors Down (STV); In Plain Sight (ITV). Other work includes: Creative Associate and Choreographer, Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Ceremonies; Mass Movement Director, The Queens 90th Birthday Patrons Parade; Assistant Artistic Director, Baku 2015 European Games; Director, Under the Ground (Edinburgh Fringe).

RYAN ALEXANDER DEWAR | VIDEO DESIGNER As a media director and producer, Ryan has worked for 13 years with Red Bull, STV, BBC World travel and on two award winning feature films. He directed short films Big Red and The Wrong Guy with Andy Gray and Elaine C Smith and directs on River City. Ryan spent ten years at Perth Theatre in various roles and is now part of the creative team at A Play, A Pie & A Pint. He recently directed the sell out play Neither God Nor Angel by Tim Barrow and A Bottle of Wine & Patsy Cline by Morag Fullarton. In 2017 Ryan will return to direct Grant Stott in his 2016 sell out Fringe hit Tales from Behind the Mic which will tour later in the year.

IZZIE MILNE TURNER | ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Izzie is currently on placement at the Citizens Theatre as part of her MFA in Theatre Directing at Birkbeck University. She is a regular collaborator with London-based theatre companies Changing Face and Scram.

Directing credits include: Pool (No Water) by Mark Ravenhill and The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs

by Mike Daisey. She has also directed cabarets and movement pieces, and composed music for theatre.

THE CITIZENS COMPANY STAFF Thomas Abela Amy Angus Fin Bain Paul C Bassett Catherine Bird Marissa Bonnar Alex Brady Suzanne Brady Laura Briggs Marion Brochard Louise Brown Andrew Bunton Tess Campbell Theo Cherry Jen Clokey Jodey Connor Lisa Corr Natalia Cortes Elaine G Coyle Jennie Cristina Carol Cull Caroline Darke Lesley Davidson Saul Davidson Denise Differ Louise Dingwall Michael Dorrance Ann Dundas Lisa Dundas Paul Dundas Archie Fisher Robyn Ferguson Sophie Fernie Barry Forde Neil Francis Ben Frost Jacky Gardiner Harvey Gardner Anne Gillan Elly Goodman Jessica Griffiths Davy Harrop Stephen Harrop Jamie Hayes Neil Haynes Dominic Hill Neil Hobbs Guy Hollands Olivia Hughes Caroline James Miles Jarvis Euan Jenkins Stuart Jenkins Arthur Johnston Debbie Jones Simon Jones Niamh Kane Judith Kilvington Sarah Kinsey

Front of House Drama Class Tutor Front of House Assistant to the Directors Payroll Officer Front of House Box Office Supervisor/IT Box Office/Drama Class Tutor Front of House Front of House Creative Learning Officer Front of House Development Manager Front of House Drama Class Tutor Carpenter Drama Class Tutor Company Stage Manager Head of Wardrobe Wardrobe Cutter Housekeeper Trusts & Foundations Manager General Manager Front of House Box Office Manager Press and Marketing Officer Deputy Head of Workshop Housekeeper Finance Assistant Front of House Manager Front of House Box Office Front of House Assistant Stage Manager Drama Class Tutor Wardrobe Assistant Front of House Front of House Finance Officer Community Drama Artist Wardrobe Assistant Front of House/Stage Door Administrator Front of House Duty Manager/Carpenter Head of Stage Head Scenic Artist Artistic Director Deputy Head of Lighting and Sound Associate Director (Citizens Learning) Front of House Drama Class Tutor Front of House Front of House Head of Lighting & Sound Front of House Front of House Stage Door Administrator Front of House Executive Director Wardrobe Assistant

Jenny Knotts Campbell Lawrie

Jamie Leary Karen Lee-Barron Jennie Lööf Alison MacKinnon Rose Manson Collette Marshall Carly McCaig Erin McCardie Morna McGeogh Michael McGurk Rachel McGurk Hazel McIlwraith Lawrie McInally Hannah McLean Jason McQuaide Shaun Miller Debbie Montgomery Declan Mooney Christina Morrison Jim Morrison Jacqueline Muir Jack Mullen Denis Murphy Emily Murphy Keren Nicol Petriece O’Donnell Julie O’Leary Neil Packham Sam Packham Frances Poet Richard Price Marion Quinn Terence Rae Mo Serpehri Doust Jatinder Singh Mags Smillie Andy Smith Angela Smith Ann Smith Laura Smith Lorna Stallard Colin Sutherland Graham Sutherland Nicky Taylor Erin Tighe Chris Traquair Martin Travers Andrew Turner Izzie Turner Chloe-Ann Tylor Shiona Walker Colin White Ross Williamson Emma Whoriskey EmmaLouise Wyllie

Box Office Paul Hamlyn Club Co-ordinator/ Drama Class Supervisor Front of House/Box Office Wardrobe Assistant/Dresser Wardrobe Cutter Head of Marketing and Communications Front of House Front of House Community Drama Worker Front of House Drama Class Tutor/Front of House Front of House Front of House Head of Development Stage Door Administrator Drama Class Supervisor Deputy Head of Stage Actor Intern Drama Class Tutor Assistant Carpenter Development Assistant Front of House Production Administrator Box Office Head of Workshop Front of House Marketing & Communications Manager Front of House Drama Class Tutor Community Drama Director Front of House Literary Associate Senior Sound Technician Front of House Drama Class Tutor Front of House Front of House Head of Finance Housekeeper Learning Projects Manager Housekeeper Deputy Head of Production Front of House Flyman/Stage Staff Head of Production Front of House Drama Class Tutor Head Flyman/Technician Producer (Citizens Learning) Stage Door Administrator Assistant Director (Birkbeck Trainee) Robertson Scholarship Trust Actor Intern Digital Officer Drama Class Tutor Building Supervisor Deputy Stage Manager Front of House

Board: Professor Adrienne Scullion (Chair), April Chamberlain (Vice Chair), Laurence Fraser, Alex Gaffney, Colum Halforty, Dominic Hill, Ryan James, Alex Reedijk, Mike Russell, Bailie James Scanlon and Irene Tweedie.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS All scenery, costumes and props made in the Citizens Theatre workshop.

Opening night drinks generously provided by Belhaven and Alliance Wines.

Special thanks to: Paisley Patterns (1960) directed by John C. Elder. Reproduced with the kind permission of the Renfrewshire Council, Renfrewshire Council and Scotland’s Moving Image.

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