ANNUAL REVIEW 2018
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IN 2018... We presented and produced
68 29 613
shows and artworks across Scotland, the UK and internationally world premieres
We toured throughout Scotland, at all scales, reaching
195 29 32 104 11 unique locations
OUT OF
performances
local authority areas
Scottish towns,
villages and cities
We entertained more than
89,000
people
We reached digital audiences, with
513,900 243,734 67,860
video views website visits
social media followers
Scottish islands
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We were on the road with our programme of work for
127
touring weeks
We worked with
116 233 138
actors and performers creatives technicians
Cover image: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart. Photography by Pete Dibdin. Shift. Photography by Drew Farrell.
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THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND We are a theatre without walls for the 21st Century making audacious, collaborative theatre that represents the complexity of modern Scotland, taking theatre to our communities and to the world.
Season Launch. Photography by Julie Howden.
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THEATRE WITHOUT WALLS In 2018, we toured across Scotland at all scales: to 195 unique locations and venues, reaching audiences in 91 percent of local authorities with our broad programme.
We challenged audiences with the notion of where and how theatre can be staged. Locations in 2018 included seven stunning Scottish beaches, a botanical garden, a meadow, a giant shoebox, the back of a truck, the Dundee Courts of Justice and a shopping centre as well as the great stages of Scotland. We showcased Scottish talent to international audiences with performances
in Brazil; Dublin and Achill, Ireland; Charleston, South Carolina, USA; Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.
Season Launch. Photography by Julie Howden.
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Justice Syndicate, Citizen of Nowhere. Photography by Drew Farrell.
VR playground, Citizen of Nowhere. Photography by Drew Farrell.
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ROCKVILLA AND BEYOND We worked with the best creatives, artists and theatre technicians to create world-class theatre for Scotland’s stages. This work is rehearsed in our two year-old technical and production facility on the banks of the Forth and Clyde Canal in North Glasgow. We also opened up our theatre-making resource to 111 community groups, artists and companies to benefit from.
NTS, Rockvilla. Photography by Eoin Carey.
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CELEBRATING SUCCESS In 2018 we were delighted to win seven awards: Two Scotsman Fringe First Awards: First Snow/Première Neige and My Left Right Foot – The Musical Herald Angel Award: My Left Right Foot – The Musical The Sunday Herald Culture Award: Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour The Civic Trust Awards: A commendation for National Theatre of Scotland and Hoskins Architects Scottish Power Foundation: Innovative Project Award- Runner Up, Futureproof Broadway Baby Edinburgh Fringe Festival Awards: Favourite New Musical for My Left Right Foot – The Musical
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour. Photography by Manuel Harlan.
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Our work has been critically applauded throughout the year, with many shows winning five star reviews
CYRANO, THE SCOTSMAN
“sings the big song of humanity in an inimitable Scottish voice, and with an ambition and sense of style that not only thrills the eye, but utterly wins the heart”
THE 306: DUSK, THE HERALD
“Emanuel and Williams’ trilogy honours the dead who have previously lain nameless in a way that lingers long after the music’s final note has sounded”
MIDSUMMER, THE GUARDIAN
“Glorious”
MY LEFT RIGHT FOOT: THE MUSICAL, SUNDAY POST:
“eye-wateringly close to the bone genius”
THE REASON I JUMP, THE OBSERVER
“a revelatory insight into autism”
Cyrano de Bergerac. Photography by Mihaela Bodlovic.
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THEATRE FOR EVERYONE In 2018, we made a commitment to disabled, D/deaf and neuro diverse audiences to ensure that our productions and projects explored best practice, were as accessible as possible, and broke new ground. We staged The Reason I Jump in North Kelvin Meadow and The Children’s Wood, adapted from Naoki Higashida’s autobiographical book, performed by a group of artists with autism. We created a new partnership with the National Autistic Society to open up all of our productions as much as possible to neuro diverse audiences.
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The Reason I Jump. Photography by Pete Dibdin.
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THEATRE FOR EVERYONE We piloted Limitless, a project with NAS and Royal Conservatoire Scotland that explored good practice in using drama and theatre methodologies with autistic children, teenagers and young adults. We premiered My Left/Right Foot – The Musical, a Birds of Paradise coproduction and an outrageous new piece of musical theatre exploring disability and representation on stage which took the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by storm.
My Left Right Foot - The Musical. Photography by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan.
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THEATRE FOR EVERYONE We created Creative Licht, a sign language interpreting initiative and partnership with Sign Arts, Birds of Paradise and Solar Bear to explore how to improve creative sign language interpretation in the performing arts and improve the quality of the theatre experience for Deaf audiences. We pioneered fully integrated BSL in two of our productions. We opened up the full theatre-going experience to new and older generations of debut theatre-goers, reaching 200 people that have not had the opportunity to go to the theatre before for a diverse range of reasons (personal or economical).
My Left Right Foot - The Musical. Photography by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan.
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We programmed 68 accessible performances including integrated BSL, Audio Described, Captioned and Autism Friendly. We recognized Scotland’s rich diversity of languages by supporting Theatre Gu Leor’s tour of quadriilingual play Scotties; by celebrating gaelic culture and language in Rocket Post and Scots Language in Cyrano De Bergerac and by offering opportunities for Gaelic and BSL Artists as part of our Starter programme for up and coming theatre artists.
Exchange 2018. Photography by Ewen Weatherspoon .
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THEATRE FOR EVERYONE We acknowledged that parents need support in order to participate in the theatre sector, so we took part in the Parents in Performing Arts pilot to address these issues.
Shift. Photography by Drew Farrell.
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Shift. Photography by Drew Farrell.
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Just start Here. Photography by Megan McEachern.
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THE FUTURE OF THEATRE In 2018 we focused on future generations and future talent with the monthlong Futureproof Festival unleashing 10 radical productions co-created with young people across Scotland. We hosted Exchange, a festival of young theatre-makers at Eden Court, Inverness. The newly formed Youth Project Team took up residency with us for a year, to inform our future direction. Our Starter programme offered 10 residencies at Rockvilla to diverse artists. Our talent development Engine Room, inspired by the opportunities for artists at Rockvilla, took to the road in 2018, offering up 80 workshops and events in 12 different locations nationwide involving over 500 opportunities for artists. We collaborated with the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation to create a pilot internship scheme for non-artists from black and minority ethnic communities interested in careers in theatre across all departments, with the long term aim of increasing participation from Scots from ethnic minority backgrounds in the theatre industry.
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THE FUTURE OF THEATRE We grew audiences for the future with Theatre in Schools Scotland (TiSS), in partnership with Imaginate. 18,000 school children watched the best theatre from Scottish children’s theatre companies in their own school halls and nurseries.
NEIL MCINTOSH, HEAD AT STROMNESS PRIMARY, ORKNEY SAID
“one of the most atmospheric, poignant pieces of drama for children I have ever seen. A highly topical and emotional piece which affected every person in the room, both pupils and adults. Fantastic! JULIE WILSON, HEADTEACHER, GIGHA PRIMARY SCHOOL SAID
“The impact of the visit has been utterly transformational for us. For most of our children, many of whom experience rural or social/financial deprivation this was their first, and probably only experience of live theatre. Their learning, growth and development have been significantly impacted by the visit in terms of their raised aspirations, interest in the arts and focus on achievement.”
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TISS. Photography by Eoin Carey.
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A THEATRE FOR CONTEMPORARY SCOTLAND We want to enrich Scotland’s cultural life and have a meaningful impact on society. In 2018 we participated in 11 festivals across Scotland, marked Black History Month with two shows, led Pages of the Sea, the Danny Boyle large scale outdoor memorial to mark Armistice Day, co-produced The 306: Dusk with Perth Theatre and 1418 NOW; the final part in our World War One trilogy and took to the streets with women across the country, with the mass participation project, Processions to celebrate one hundred years of votes for women.
Pages of the Sea Roseisle Beach Findhorn. Photography by Paul Campbell.
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We launched National Theatre on Screen with projects created especially for broadcast or personal viewing. For the first time we toured to cinemas, via the Regional Screen Machine, reaching geographically remote audiences with Rocket Post. We premiered the short artistic film Radial, as part of Futureproof Festival; and the documentary Run Free, about our pioneering parkour for young men project with the British Council and Manifesto Jamaica, premiered at the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival.
Run Free. Photography by Kirsty Anderson.
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We digitally innovated with the creation of The Reason I Jump app and through Citizen of Nowhere, our mini festival and timely exploration of the future of theatre, technology and society.
The Reason I Jump. Photography by Pete Dibdin.
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YOUR NATIONAL THEATRE We asked our audience what they thought of us. 90% of survey respondents would recommend National Theatre of Scotland to a friend, 78% say our shows are thought-provoking and 86% say our pieces are well produced and presented. We invited our audiences on to Scottish beaches to contemplate, Pages of the Sea; on to the streets of Edinburgh to celebrate, Processions and in Glasgow to play uniquely Glaswegian cameos in Super Night Shot. We asked the community of North Lanarkshire to open up their worlds of work and to join a large scale cast to create Shift at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life. We built a labyrinth in North Kelvin Meadow for the neighbourhood to enjoy after the Reason I Jump run had ended. Our Learn team enhanced our show programme with special events and workshops, at our HQ Rockvilla in Glasgow and further afield. 416 workshops took place, which engaged 6302 participants and 500 people were engaged as participants in National Theatre of Scotland productions.
‘so profoundly poignant and powerful, it moved me to tears… an outstanding production which honours the memory of the 306 soldiers.’ (AUDIENCE MEMBER, THE 306 DUSK)
‘It was very special – moving – stimulating – a brilliant use of the North Kelvin Meadow’ (AUDIENCE MEMBER, THE REASON I JUMP)
The Reason I Jump. Photography by Pete Dibdin.
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‘It was excellent to see NTS hosting this kind of informal, youthful event with opportunities for such diverse voices to shine. Will look forward to similar in future. (AUDIENCE MEMBER, JUST START HERE 2018)
‘This was a wonderful show. Beautifully performed, amazing costumes, witty dialogue, bold staging, great music and it made me feel so proud of our National Theatre.’ (AUDIENCE MEMBER, CYRANO DE BERGERAC)
‘What a fantastic event Hacks for The Future was. It was the best afternoon for a long time. There was something for everyone to do and you could tell by the faces of those taking part how much fun and enjoyment they got from it. I was moved to see the joy and smiles on everyone’s faces.’ (AUDIENCE MEMBER, HACKS FOR THE FUTURE)
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Hacks for the Future. Photography by Paul Campbell.
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Adam. Photography by Sally Jubb.
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LIST OF SHOWS 1. Let the Right One In 2. Rocket Post Film 3. Just Start Here 4. How To Act
5. Future Forecast Airdrie
6. Future Forecast Motherwell 7. Shift 8. Gut
9. Ma Pa and the Little Mouths 10. Eddie and the Slumber Sisters
11. The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart 12. Eve
13. Adam
14. As Far As My Fingertips
Take Me Take Me Somewhere 15. Unexploded Ordnances, UXO Take Me Somewhere 16. Processions
17. The Reason I Jump
18. Rocket Girl Exchange
19. Remote Control Exchange
20. Framework and Fragments
Exchange
21. Glitter Face Exchange
22. San Marino 1972 Exchange 23. The Happiness Project Exchange
24. Ofrenda Exchange 25. Mara Exchange
26. Austerity and Me Exchange 27. Game Face Exchange
28. First Snow / Premiere neige
29. My Left Right Foot – The
Musical
30. Midsummer
31. An Satyre of the Thrie Estates rehearsed reading
32. Super Night Shot Gob Squad
33. Cyrano de Bergerac 34. Scotties
35. Jump TT
36. A Mile in my Shoes Futureproof Festival
37. Chronicles Futureproof Festival
38. Motion Futureproof Festival
39. Do’s and Don’ts Futureproof Festival
40. Radial, film Futureproof Festival
41. Lots and not Lots Futureproof Festival
42. Hacks for the Future Futureproof Festival
43. ReWIND Perspective Futureproof Festival
44. The World is a Wedding, the presentation of Unst in Everyday Life Futureproof Festival
45. Wild Life FM Futureproof Festival
46. The Drift
47. The 306: Dusk
48. Citizen of Nowhere: Unknown Cloud
49. VR Theatre Citizen of Nowhere
50. Hello, Hi there Citizen of Nowhere
51. The Justice Syndicate Citizen of Nowhere
52. Truth To Power Café Citizen of Nowhere
53. Pig Citizen of Nowhere
54. VR Playground Citizen of Nowhere
55. Pages of the Sea Moray 56. Pages of the Sea Ayr
57. Pages of the Sea Fife
58. Pages of the Sea Shetland
59. Pages of the Sea Benbecula 60. Pages of the Sea Orkney
61. The Fierce Urgency of Now 62. My Friend Selma Theatre in Schools Scotland
63. Is This a Dagger? Theatre in Schools Scotland
64. How to Fix a Broken Wing Theatre in Schools Scotland
65. Martha Theatre in Schools Scotland
66. Poggle Theatre in Schools Scotland
67. The Attic Theatre in Schools Scotland
68. Titus Theatre in Schools Scotland
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WHERE WE TOURED TO IN 2018 Scotland: Aberdeen, Aberlady, Airdrie, Alford, Annan, Ardminish, Gigha, Armadale, Ayr, Ayr Beach, Baile Mòr, Iona, Balivanich, Benbecula, Baltasound, Unst, Bathgate, Bettyhill, Blackburn, Blairgowrie, Bonnyrigg, Brodick, Arran, Bunessan, Mull, Cambuslang, Castlebay, Barra, Clarkston, Clydebank, Coatbridge, Culla Bay, Benbecula, Daliburgh, South Uist, Dornoch, Dumfries, Dunblane, Dundee, Dunecht, Dunoon, Duns, Edinburgh, Elgin, Fauldhouse, Fife, Forres, Fort William, Galashiels, Girvan, Glasgow, Gorebridge, Greenock, Gretna, Haddington, Haroldswick, Unst, Inverarish, Raasay, Inverness, Kelty, Kemnay, Kinross, Kirkcaldy, Kyle Of Lochalsh, Kyleakin, Skye, Lagganulva, Mull, Lairg, Lenzie, Lerwick, Shetland, Liniclate, Benbecula, Livingston, Loanhead, Lochdar, Mull, Lochgilphead, Lochinver, Mallaig, Maybole, Motherwell, Musselburgh, Nairn, Newton Mearns, Newtongrange, North Berwick, Oban, Paible, North Uist, Paisley, Peebles, Penicuik, Perth, Peterhead, Polmont, Port Glasgow, Roseisle Bay, Rosewell, Roslin, Rutherglen, Salen, Mull, Scapa Bay, Orkney, St Andrews, St Boswells, St Ninian’s Beach, Shetland, Stirling, Stranraer, Strontian, Tain, Tillicoultry, Tobermory, Mull, Torphichen, Tranent, Turriff, Ullapool, West Sands Beach, Whitburn, Wick. England: London and Brighton Internationally: Dublin, Ireland; Achill, Ireland; Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Charleston, South Carolina and Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.
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Shift. Photography by Drew Farrell.
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194 UNIQUE VENUES FOR THEATRE AND ARTWORKS Aberdeen beach; Airdrie Town Hall; Aros Hall; Tobermory; Assembly Roxy; Ayr Beach; Battersea Arts Centre; Beacon Arts Centre; Bennochy Parish Church Hall; Bonnar Hall, Dundee; Botanic Gardens, Glasgow; Brighton Theatre Royal; Bunessan Hall, Mull; Byre Theatre, St Andrews; Civic House, Glasgow; Clarkston Hall; Colaiste Acla, Achill; Corn Exchange, Haddington; Corran Hall, Oban; Culla Bay, Benbecula; Dalbeattie Town Hall, Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival; Dundee Rep Theatre; Dundee Sheriff Court; Dunoon Burgh Hall; Eden Court Theatre; Galashields Volunteer Hall; Haroldswick Hall, Unst; King's Hall, Canada Hub, Edinburgh; Lemon Tree, Aberdeen; Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; Macphail Theatre, Ullapool; Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling; Mareel Theatre, Lerwick; Motherwell Theatre; Nairn Community and Arts Centre; National Museum of Scotland; New Deer Hall; North Kelvin Meadow and Children's Wood; Outside Sleeperz Hotel, Dundee; Perth Theatre; Platform at the Arches; Platform, The Bridge at Easterhouse; Polmont Young Offenders Institute; Raasay Community Hall; Roseisle Beach, Moray; Rothes Hall, Fife; Shopping Centre – Dundee; Southside Community Centre, EICF; St Ninian's Beach, Shetland; Studio, Edinburgh Festival Theatre; Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life; Teatro Marília Bella Horizonte, Brazil; The Abbey Theatre, Ireland; The Black Box Theatre, Trinidad & Tobago; The Brunton, Musselburgh; The Gaiety Theatre, Ayr; The Hub, EIF; The Mareel, Shetland; The Sunart Centre, Strontian; The Vision Building, Dundee; The Woolfe Street Playhouse, Spoleto Festival; The Worm, Aberdeen; Tramway, Glasgow; Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; Tron Theatre, Glasgow; Truck in Paisley; Unst Leisure Centre; V&A Dundee; West Sands Beach.
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THEATRE IN SCHOOLS SCOTLAND Aberlady Primary School; Alehousewells Primary; Alford Primary School; Annan Academy; Ardnamurchan High School; Arisaig Primary; Balivanich School; Belmont Primary School; Blackfriars Primary School; Bonnyrigg Primary School; Broomhill School; Bunessan Primary School; Campsie View School; Canal View Primary School; Castlebay Community School / Sgoil Bhagh a Chaisteil; City of Perth Childcare Centre; Clifton Hall School; Cornbank Primary School; Cornhill Primary School; Craigroyston Community High School; Cummertrees Primary School; Cunningsburgh Primary School; Daliburgh School / Sgoil Dhalabroig; Davidson Mains Primary; Doonfoot Primary School; Dornoch Academy; Dounby Community School; Dunblane High School; Dunecht Primary; Duns Primary School; Eastwood High School; Elmvale Primary School; Forthview Primary School; Foxlea Early Learning & Childcare Centre; Gigha Primary; Glaitness School; Glen Urquhart High School; Gorebridge Primary School; Gretna Primary; Holy Cross Primary School, Glasgow; Holyrood RC High School; Inverclyde Academy; Iochdar Primary; Iona Primary School; James Gillespie’s Primary School; Jordanhill School; Kaimhill Primary; Kingsland Primary School; Kinross Primary School; Kirkcaldy North Primary School; Kyle Primary School; Kyleakin Primary School; Law Primary School; Loanhead Primary School; Lochside Primary School; Longhaugh Primary; Loretto Junior School; Mallaig Primary; Mary Erskine / Stewarts Melville; Mauricewood Primary School; Meethill School; Musselburgh Grammar School; Newark Primary School;
Newton Park Primary; Newtongrange Primary School; Noss Primary; Oaklands School; Our Holy Redeemer’s Primary School; Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School, Blackburn; Papdale Primary School; Paradykes Primary School; Park Primary School; Park View Primary; Pinkie St Peter’s Primary School; Rattray Primary School; Riverside Primary School; Rockfield Primary School; Quarryhill Primary School; Salen Primary School; Rosewell Primary School; Roslin Primary School; Sacred Heart Primary School, Girvan; Sacred Heart Primary School, Penicuik; Simpson Primary School; Sound Primary School; South Morningside Primary School; ; Spittal Primary School; St Albert’s Primary RC School; St Andrew’s Primary School, Orkney; St Anthony’s Primary School, Armadale; St Boswells Primary School; St Cuthbert’s Primary School, Maybole; St Eunan’s Primary School; St John The Baptist Primary School, Fauldhouse; St Joseph’s Primary RC School, Glasgow; St Joseph’s Primary School, Whitburn; St Joseph’s R C Primary School, Fife; St Kentigern’s Academy; St Mary’s Primary RC School, Maryhill, Glasgow; St Ninian’s Primary School; Stobhill Primary School; Strathesk Primary School; Tain Royal Academy; The James Young High School; Tillicoultry Primary; Tobermory High School Primary Department; Torphichen Primary School; Towerbank Primary School; Trinity Primary School; Ulva Primary; Whitecraig Primary School; Williamston Primary School; Windygoul Primary School
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How to Fix a Broken Wing, TISS 2018. Photography by Brian Hartley.
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SCREEN MACHINE LOCATIONS Car Parks – Auchrannie Hotel, Brodick, Isle of Arran; by Church, Main Street, Lochinver; Lairg Community Centre, Lairg; Dark Island Hotel, Liniclate, Isle of Benbecula; near Shinty Club, Fort William; opposite Bettyhil Hotel, Bettyhill; Resource Centre, Lochgilphead; Harbour Area, Mallaig; Ledaig Car Park, Tobermory, Isle of Mull; Main Car Park, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, The Pier, Castlebay; Isle of Barra, Sgoil Uibhist a Tuath.
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart. Photography by Drew Pete Dibdin.
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IN 2018 WE THEATRICALLY PARTNERED WITH 14-18 NOW; Aberdeen Performing Arts; Akhe Theatre Company; Artichoke; Ayr Gaiety; Back to Back Theatre; Birds of Paradise; Campo; Catherine Wheels; Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival; Eden Court Theatre; Edinburgh International Childrens Festival; Edinburgh International Festival; Empathy Museum; Fanshen; Findhorn Bay Arts; Glas(s) Performance; Gob Squad; Hotel Motel; Imaginate; Limina Immersive; Mammalian Diving Reflex; Manifesto Jamaica; Nairn Book and Arts Festival; North Kelvin Meadow and the Childrens Wood; Peacock Visual Arts; Perth Theatre; Project X; Rimini Protokoll; Royal Conservatoire Scotland; Season for Change; Sign Arts; Split Britches; Spoleto Festival; Take Me Somewhere; The Citizens Theatre; The Lyceum Theatre; The Traverse Theatre; The Tron Theatre; Theatre Gu Leor; Theatre PAP; Thrill Laboratory; Tourettes Hero; Visible Fictions and William Galinsky Works.
AND CIVILLY PARTNERED WITH British Council Trinidad and Tobago; Canadian Council for the Arts; Creative Scotland; Culture and Business Fund Scotland; Culture NL; East Ayrshire Leisure; Event Scotland and Year of Young People; Festival Internacional de Teatro, Palco; Fife Council; Fife Cultural Trust; Made in Scotland; National Autistic Society; Neon Festival; New College Lanarkshire; North Ayrshire Council; North Lanarkshire Council; Orkney Islands Council; Paisley 2021; QC-UK Connections Programme, British Council and Government of QuĂŠbec; Quebecois Cultural Commission; Regional Screen Scotland and The Screen Machine; Rua de Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Scottish Prison Service & HMP YOI Polmont; South Ayrshire Council; Taigh Chearsabhagh; The Byre Theatre; The Scottish Salmon Company; The Space; ThinkNation and West End Festival.
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Midsummer. Photography by Pete Dibdin.
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ARTISTS WE WORKED WITH IN 2018 PERFORMERS Myriam Acharki, Jade Adamson, Umar Ahmed, George Anton, Natalie Arle-Toyne, Maggie Bain, Katie Barnett, Maureen Beattie, François Bernier, Adam Buksh, Daniel Cahill, Colin Campbell, Neshla Caplan, Gwendolen Chatfield, Nalini Chetty, Richard Clements, Jo Clifford, Stephen Clyde, Richard Conlon, Craig Connolly, Nicole Cooper, Calum Macritchie, Carol Ann Crawford, Malcolm Cumming, Faoileann Cunningham, Angela Darcy, Michael Dawson, MJ Deans, Ewan Donald, George Drennan, Matthew Duckett, Karen Dunbar, Nick Dunning, Brian Ferguson, Kirsty Findlay, Keith Fleming, Gavin Fullam, Rylan Gleave, Robert Goodale, Christina Gordon, Jamie Hallahan, Mat Hand, Peter Hannah, Jessica Hardwick, Tommy Harris, Sarah Higgins, Katie Honan, Ryan Hunter, Reuben Joseph, Bhav Joshi, Adam Kashmiry, Ceit Kearney, Bob Kelly, Guillermina Kerwin, Anne Kidd, Harry Knights, Rebekah Lumsden, Thierry Mabonga, Natalie MacDonald, Rehanna MacDonald, Alana MacInnes, Billy Mack, Scott Mackie, Anna-Russell Martin, Fletcher Mathers, Kay McAllister, Isobel McArthur, Emma McCaffrey, Louise McCarthy, Natali McCleary, Stephen McCole, Ruth McGill, Lorraine McIntosh, John McLarnon, Cian McNamara, Mairi Morrison, Gerry Mulgrew, Eileen Nicholas, Jade Ogugua, Samuel Pashby, Sean Patten, Henry Pettigrew, Gabriel Quigley, Jim Reid, Anneika Rose, Peggy Shaw, India Shaw-Smith, Dawn Sievewright, Ewen Somers, Chiara Sparkes, Harry Standjofski, Kirsty Stuart, Berit Stumpf, Gavin Swift, Colette Dalal Tchantcho, Karen Tennent, Sarah Thom, Zoé Tremblay, Nicola Tuxworth, Isabelle Vincent, Vince
Virr, Harry Ward, Gail Watson, Lois Weaver, Owen Whitelaw, Gavin Jon Wright, Juliana Yazbeck, Benny Young, Basel Zaara.
CHOREOGRAPHERS AND MOVEMENT DIRECTORS Janis Claxton, Rachel Drazek, Zoe Halliday, Steven Hoggett, Kane Husbands, Eddie Kay, Jessica Kennedy, Kally Lloyd-Jones, Brigid McCarthy, Jenny Ogilvie, Janice Parker, Skye Reynolds, Michael Sherrin, Robbie Synge, Hannah Venet.
DESIGNERS – SET, COSTUME, SOUND, LIGHTING AND VIDEO Grant Anderson, Sebastian Bark, Garry Boyle, Ross Brown, Karen Bryce, Julie Charland, Jeremy Chernwick, Daryl Cockburn, Ailie Cohen, Guy Coletta, Davy Cunningham, Kirsty Currie, Andre Dekker, Kai Fischer, Gareth Fry, Pam Fulton, Yuri Galkin, Gavin Glover, Rebecca Hamilton, Ashanti Harris, Philip Pinksy, Simon Hayes, Lewis den Hertog, Pam Hogg, Rūta Irbīte, Jack Henry James, Emily James, James Johnson, Christine Jones, Naomi Kuyck-Cohen, Martin Labrecque, Charlotte Lane, Tim Mascall, Jen McGinley, Jeff McGrory, Georgia McGuinness, Euan McLaren, Fred Meller, Nico Menghini, Becky Minto, Niamh O’Meara, Rachel O’Neill, Matt Padden, Daniel Padden, Nik Paget-Tomlinson, Philip Pinsky, Tom Piper, Lizzie Powell, Richard Price, Tim Reid, Nick Sagar, Hayley Scanlan, David Shea, Aileen Sherry, Karen Tennant, Niroshini Thambar, Cécile Trémolières, Geert van de Camp, Simon Wilkinson, Ross Wilson, Chahine Yavroyan.
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DIRECTORS: STAGE AND SCREEN Andy Arnold, Cora Bissett, Paul Brotherston, Joe Douglas, Patrice Dubois, Graham Eatough, Alice Fleming, Robert Softley Gale, Tashi Gore, Hazel Grian, Debbie Hannan, Zinnie Harris, Kate Hewitt, Pol Heyvaert, Dominic Hill, Lu Kemp, Luke Kernaghan, Claricia Kruithof, Donald Macinnes, Fraser MacLeod, Wendell Manwarren, Deborah McArthur, Eve Nicol, Darren O’Donnell, Clare Patey, Thulani Rachia, Emily Reutlinger, Gill Robertson, Camila Ruz, Greg Sinclair, Shilpa T-Hyland, Jess Thorpe, John Tiffany, Wils Wilson, Susan Worsfold, Benjamin Zecher.
MUSICIANS, COMPOSERS AND MUSICAL DIRECTORS The Alan Nicholson Band, Clarissa Cheong, Stephen Cooper, Harry Myers Covill, Bernadette Danford, Jonathan Gill, Scott Gilmour, Pete Harvey, Philip Horan, Laoise Kelly, Nikola Kodjabashia, Danny Krass, Lucy Lees, Bossy Love, Liam Lynch, Alasdair Macrae, MJ McCarthy, Gordon McIntyre, Claire McKenzie, Barbara Morgenstern, Laura Murray, Beldina Odenyo Onassis, Jocelyn Pook, Adam Robinson, Denis Krivtsov, Elias Rooney, Jean Sangster, Emma Connell Smith, Richard Thomas, Dave Trouton, Wendy Weatherby, Darren Webster, Gavin Whitworth, Gareth Williams.
THEATRE-MAKERS, LEAD ARTISTS AND CURATORS Agnes Barclay, Victoria Beesley, Aljoscha Begrich, Danny Boyle, Laurie Brown, Susan Bryson, Andy Cannon, Jo Clifford, Peter Collins, Annie Dorsen, Johanna Freiburg, Sean Fullwood, Lucy Gaizely, William Galinsky, Natasha Gilmore, Jeremy Goldstein, Alan Grieve, Mat Hand, Lewis
Hetherington, Rhian Hinkley, Seth Honnor, Maksim Isaev, Jörg Karrenbauer, Muireann Kelly, Nikolai Khamov, Tania El Khoury, Hannah Lavery, Lundhl, Andy Manley, Heather Marshall, Laura McIver, Stacey Norwood, Adura Onashile, Sean Patten, Matthew Pountney, Shona Reppe, Tamara Searle, Pavel Semchenko, Elyce Semenec, Simon Sharkey, Sietl, Berit Stumpf, Jess Thom, Sarah Thom, Isobel Thomson, Bastian Trost, Scott Twynholm, Anita Vettesse, Brendan Walker, Aby Watson, Simon Will, Annie Wood.
WRITERS AND DRAMATURGS Davey Anderson, Ian Brown, Jo Clifford, Philippe Ducros, Clare Duffy, Oliver Emanuel, Chris Goode, David Greig, Douglas Maxwell, Martin McCormick, Linda McLean, Pamela McQueen, Frances Poet, Jan Sobrie, Jack Thorne, Martin Travers, David Wylot.
OTHER: FIGHT DIRECTORS AND VOCAL COACHES Yvon Bonenfant, Paul Keohane, Renny Krupinski, Jean Sangster.
PLACEMENTS AND ASSISTANTS Guiditta Amato, Joanna Bowman, Charlie Cohen, Frances Colin, Isla Cowan, Ellie Griffiths, Elli Jalvas, Sanna MacGregor, Erasmus Mackenna, Catherine McLauchlan, Dairine Moxham, Caitlin Mulgrew, Katherine Weaving.
BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS Amy Cheskin, Neil Cleland, Lesley Crerar, Helen Farrelly, Karen Forbes, Catherine King, Natalie Macdonald, Robert McCourt, Yvonne Strain, Melissa Toner.
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THEATRE TECHNICIANS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE SUCCESS STORY OF SCOTTISH THEATRE-MAKING. In 2018, alongside technical teams working for Scottish theatres/companies, the National Theatre of Scotland employed 138 stage managers and technicians across 121 roles.
THE FOLLOWING FREELANCERS WORKED IN PRODUCTION, TECHNICAL AND STAGE MANAGEMENT ROLES ON PRODUCTIONS IN 2018: Haider Al-Shybani, Grace Allan, Neil Anderson, Karen Lee Baron, Colin Bell, Richard Bell, Lindsey Bell, Ali Biggs, Niall Black, Alice Black, Rafal Blaszczyk, Alison Brodie, Karen Bryce, Conor Burgess, Ross Caie, Ross Cameron, Emma Campbell, Richard Carmichael, Fraser Cherrington, Patrick Chukwunonso, Rebecca Clark, Shaun Clark, Guy Coletta, Ian Cunningham, Stephen Cunningham, Lee Davis, Joe Davis, Amy Dawson, Sean Desjardins, Neil Dewar, John Dinsdale, Ian Dixon-Wilkinson, Marina Dunford, Ruth Eitemiller, Daniel Evans, Michaela Fee, Molly McDonell Finlayson, Fiona Fraser, Paul Froy, Andy Gannon, Matthew Gardner, James Gardner, Elizabeth Gerrie, Joe Glasgow, Chariya Glasse-Davies, Chris Gorman, David Graham, Mickey Graham, Maddy Grant, Jessica Griffiths, Brian Gunnee, Kate Hall, James Hamilton, Amy Hastie, Patrick Hepplewhite, Roy Herd, David Hill, Sara Hill, Chris Holmes, Jackie Holt, Naomi Hoolahan, Shannon Howard, Katie Hutcheson,
Kara Jackson, Elli Jalvas, Patrycja Jastrzebska, Thomas Jones, Regan Kelly, Marina Kilby, Becky Kirkness, Kylie Langford, Martin Latham, David Lauder, Julian Laver, Stuart Leech, Katy Lonsdale, Michelle Lyons, Tiffany Lytle, David MacAart, Sian MacGregor, Alicia MacInnes, Pam McCabe, Cameron McFarlane, Heather McKennan, Sean McKenzie, Jon Meggat, Clíona Ní Mhocháin, Nick Millar, Nick Miller, Robert Milne, John Muir, Natasha Murray, Stuart Nairn, Delilah Niel, Anne E. Page, Nik Paget-Tomlinson, Tom Penny, Beata Peto, Miriam Plassmann, Sean Quinn, Adam Quinn, Christy Reeve, Andy Reid, Anna Reid, Nic Reilly, Ann Richardson, Valerie Rickis, Lauren Roberts, Lisa Sangster, Sarah Scarlett, Saffron Shearer, Amir Sherhan, Emma Skaer, Jill Skulina, Simon Smith, Neil McDowell Smith, Andy Stuart, Colin Stubbs, Finn Summers, Rosanna Sutherland, Grace Sutherland, Laurie Sutton, Carrie Taylor, Ellie Thompson, Stephanie Thorburn, Chris Traquair, Mathew Urey, Lisa Ward, Emma Whoriskey, Aimee Whyte, Sarah Wilson, Martin Woolley, Tom Worthington, Sophie Wright, Emma Yeomans, Megan Yeomans. There are many people who come together to bring the National Theatre of Scotland’s work to stages and sites across Scotland and beyond. The following freelancers worked in a number
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of vital supporting roles in 2018, including Producers, Publicists, Creative Practitioners, Front of House manager, Photographers, Site Managers, Ushers, Workshop Facilitators etc. Khaliq Ahmed, Emma Ainley-Walker, Tony Anderson, Colin Bell, Suzanne Bell, Kim Beveridge, Kim Beveridge, Suzanne Margaret Paton Biesty, David Black, Rosalind Blake, Rafal Blaszczyk, Claire Bloomfield, Mihaela Bodlovic, Christopher Bowen, Paul Brotherston, Monica Brown, Jason Brown, Connor Burgess, Rayanne Camara Bushell, Ross Caie, Garry Calderwood, Calderwood, Harry CaldwellHardie, Amy Cameron, Rhys Campbell, Emma Campbell, Peter Iain Campbell, Ruxy Cantir, Ruxandra Cantir, Richard Carmichael, Beth Chalmers, James Chitty, Shaun Clark, Colin Clark, Sally Clay, Jo Clifford, Daryl Cockburn, Sharon Coffee, Emma Connell-Smith, Christine Cooper, Julian Corrie, Iain Craig, Ailie Crerar, Emma Cunningham, Emily Cutts, Amy Dawson, Gillian Dearness, Neil Dewar, Peter Dibdin, Peter Dibdin, Catherine Dick, Richard Dill, Miriam Sarah Doren, Findlay Duff, Emily Duncan, Paul Dundas, Stephanie Eagling-Peche, Jassy Earl, Carolyn Edmondson, Peter Egan, Paul English, Jethro Flowerdew, Cara Fyfe, Andy Gannon, Leonie Rae Gasson, Annie George, Ana-Maria Gheorghe, Derek Gilchrist, Scott Gilmour, Gavin Glover, Robbie Gordon, Sarah Rose Graber, Leon Gray, Susie Gray, Richard Gregory, Alan Grieve, Lewis Grimmer, Lucy Hales-Tooke, Kate Hall, Mike Hall, Jane Hamilton, John Hamilton, Molly Hankinson, Ashanti Harris, Davy Harrop, Amy Hastie, Colin Hattersley, Patrick Hepplewhite, Roy Herd, Scott Herret, Nils Den Hertog, Finn Den Hertog, Sara Hill, Lucy Hollis, Julie Howden, Olivia Hughes, Daniel Hughes, Islay Innes, Sally Jubb, Regan Kelly, Roisin Kelly, Andy Kinnear, Rebecca Kirkness, Hannah Knox,
Peter Lannon, Campbell Lawrie, Karen LeeBarron, Jo Lennie, Rhea Lewis, Amy Lovett, Teresa Lowe, Cara Lowe, Albert Lucas, Sharon MacDonald, Fraser MacLeod, Helena Macvarish, Neil Maguire, Oceana Maund, Linzy McAvoy, Pam McCabe, Alan McKendrick, Corrie McKendrick, Corrie McKendrick, Heather McKennan, Steven McKenzie, Christopher McKiddie, Catherine McLauchlan, Fraser McLeod, Ramesh Meyyappan, Vicky Mohieddeen, Debbie Montgomery, Lauren Moore, Calum Moore, Tim Morozzo, Kevin Andrew Morris, Beth Morton, John Muir, Claire Murphy, Brogan Murray, Eve Nicol, Martin O’Connor, MargaretAnne O’Donnell, Petriece O’Donnell, Beldina Odenyo, Adura Onashile, Anja Ormiston, Lesley Orr, Magda Paduch, Emma Jane Park, Sarah Paterson, Ely Percy, Sharon Powell, Catriona Reilly, Dennis Reinmuller, Isabella Rose, Ryan Rutherford, Peter Sandground, Jon Sandison, Sarah Scarlett, Nima Maria Aida Séne, Fraser Sheridan, Kayleigh Shields, Brian Smith, Stanley Smith, Toby Spreadborough, Martha Steed, Bridget Stevens, Emma Stevenson, Yvonne Strain, Finnian Summers, Owen Sutcliffe, Bernadette Swan, Nadia Sweidan, Shilpa T-Hyland, Dawn Taylor, Ben Taylor, Sonia TinagliMacRae, Samuel Tranter, Chris Traquair, Douglas C Tucker, Peter Ujomu, Stephen Urquhart, Alice Vuillier, Richard Walker, Tommy Ga-ken Wan, Albert Watson, Kim Welch, Yesha West, Ricky Williamson, Katriona Wilson, Rowan Wishart, Ruby Worth, Tom Worthington, Sophie Wright, David Wright, Catherine Yeatman, Megan Yeomans, Ivo Lloyd Young, Alex Lloyd Young.
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STAFF AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND IN 2018 Patrick Ahaoto, George Bell, Karen Benton, Joe Blythe, Lois Burrows, Max Chase, Laura Clark, Sophie Cooper, Maureen Dalton, Rachel D’Arcy, Lucy Deere, Bejal Desai, Ross Dickinson, Laura Donnelly, Paul Dundas, Nicky Fagan, Monica Fallon, Robert Fox, Angela Fraser, Genevieve Freeman, Derek Gilchrist, Christopher Gillies, Chariya Glasse-Davies, Gillian Gourlay, Juanita Green, Charlotte Gross, Alyson Hagan, Jane Hamilton, Fiona Hanrahan, Seth Hardwick, Brenna Hobson, Anna Hodgart, Naomi Hoolahan, Caitlin Irvine, Rosie Kellagher, Kathy Khorrami, Catherine Lamont, Stella Litchfield, Alisdair Low, Jannah Main, Marianne Maxwell, Adam McDougall, Bruce McDowall, Keith McDowall, Megan McEachern, Christine McGuire, Euan McLaren, Claire McNaught, Hazel Mirsepasi, Dallis Murray, Greig Neilson, Caroline Newall, Ruth Ogston, Sharon Oliphant, Eileen O’Reilly, Samuel Phillips, Anne-Marie Platt, Richard Price, Leonie Rae Gasson, Jessica Richards, Jim Russell, Emma Schad, Simon Sharkey, Kirsty Shea, Aileen Sherry, Gemma Swallow, Philippa Tomlin, Iain Urquhart, Jo Walsh, Fergus Weir, Arianne Welsh, Tom Worthington and Jackie Wylie.
BOARD MEMBERS (JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2018) Michael Boyd, Jean Cameron, Sheelagh Duffield, Claire Evans, Janette Harkess, Alison LeFroy Brooks Paul McKelvie, Keiran O’Neill, Iain Ritchie, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Robert Softley Gale, Seona Reid, Ros Taylor, Michael Urquhart and Jackie Wylie.
YOUTH PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS Lauren Asher, Cameron Downing, Roderick Gilkison, Ryan Hay, Sanjay Lago, Seona McClintock, Rachel-Jane Morrison and Gonca Yalcin.
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER INTERNS Bejal Desai, Allan Othieno, Elias Tekle, Rumaisa Ishtaiq Zubairi, Sidrah Ahmed and Yesha West.
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How To Act. Photography by Pete Dibdin.
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WE COULDN’T HAVE DONE ANY OF IT WITHOUT... ARTISTIC DIRECTORS CIRCLE
CORPORATE PARTNERS
Brian Park, Claire and John MacSween, Elspeth Findlay, George and Jacqui Morris, Tim & Kim Allan.
After Digital, Arnold Clark, Dentons LLP, French Duncan, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, Kayfoam Limited, Touchstone Training.
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FESTIVE FIRSTS SUPPORTERS
Angela, Max and Amy Hendry, Ben and Lucy Thomson, Brenna Hobson, David and Olga Orr, David and Judy Shaw, David and Terri Warnock, Doreen Davidson, Evelyn and Brett Simpson, Fiona Nicolson, Fiona Ross, Fraser McMillan, Harry and Elaine Warnock, Hon. Lady Rita Rae, Ian Rankin, Ian Ritchie, Jackie and Alistair Forbes, Joan and Enda Logan, Joan Elliott, Judith Chivers and Kevin Ford, Lesley Knox, Lorraine Porter, Mairi Mickel, Mark Downie, Michael and Ailsa Urquhart, Nick and Sally Kuenssberg, Norma and Walter Nimmo, Peter and Diane Cabrelli, Ros Taylor, Seona Reid DBE, Sheelagh Duffield, Sir Brian and Lady Seonaid Stewart, Sir Ronald and Lady Miller.
Charcoal Blue, Hiper, Ian Gilmour Transport, Integro, Janette Elrick, Kynesis, RJ McLeod, RTC Training, Xeretec.
BENEFACTORS Alison Lefroy Brooks, Bruce Clark, David and Caroline Roger, Dr. James and Amanda Garden CBE, Ellis Croft and Elly Rothnie, Fred and Irene Shedden, Jeremy Smeeth, Jim and Betta Adams, John Mason, Jonathan A. M. Muirhead, Juliette Paton, May and John Moreland, Paul Foley, Paul McKelvie, Peter and Linda Alston, Ross Nicol, Roy and Dot Durie, Ruth Ogston, Sarah and Spiro Phanos, Simon Bowie and Alison Watt, Stagecoach East Kilbride, Stella Litchfield.
PRODUCTION SPONSORS Event Scotland, ScottishPower Foundation, The Scottish Salmon Company.
FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS Alan Maxwell, Alison Haggart, Amanda Duncan, Andrew Lockyer, Angus MacCuish, Ann Gray, Anne Begg, Audrey Barclay, Brian Neill, Campbell McInroy, Carol and John Fender, Caroline Newall, Catherine Gerrard, Christopher Lynch, David and Lesley Reid, David Chittleburgh, Dorothy Bothwell, Eilidh Douglas, Eleanor Ironside, Elizabeth and Catriona Munro, Fiona MacKenzie, Frank and Shirley Howell, Gareth Beedie, Gemma Swallow, Gillian Hamilton, Graham Leadbitter, Gráinne Smith, Hazel Calder, Iain Halliday, Ian Young, Irene Tweedie, James Aitken, James and Norma Main, Janet Ellis, Janette Elrick, Jarad Rowan, Jean and Raymond Young-Kennedy, Jennifer Johnston, Jerry Cowhig, Jessica Burns, Jim McLauchlan, Joan and Bob Grant, John and Frances Kerr, John Knight, John Lister, Kirstien Hintjens, Liz Sutherland, Lord Colin Tyre, MAC Cosmetics, Maggie Smart, Mairi Stewart, Margaret R. More, Mark Shaw-Smith, Mary Hepburn, Maureen Sturrock, Mhari McGlone, Mike and Dot Carney, Mirren Stobie, Patricia Smith, Patsy Millar, Prof. William Sweeney & Mrs. Susannah Conway, Rachel Baker & BJ Stewart, Rana Keane, Rev Isobel J Brain, Robert Duncan,
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Robert Kidd and Heather McKinlay, Roger Tynan, Ross and Elaine Martin, Rowan Wallace, Russell Lowe, Schuh, Scott and Barbara Brown, Shelagh and Brian Sayer, Simon Sharkey, Sue and Phil Leckie, Sue Hillman, The Muriel Spark Society, Thomas and Mary Harrison, Thomas Hanna and Jamie Pearson, Tom Gibson, Torcuil Crichton, Ulrike Maxrath, W. Hamish Fraser. Thank you to all the charitable trusts and foundations who support our work.
Cyrano de Bergerac. Photography by Mihaela Bodlovic.
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2018 FUN FACTS! On 20 October 2018, we had
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companies performing shows in Aberdeen, Perth, Dundee, Inverness, Paisley, Trinidad and Edinburgh. Our technical teams and show staff ranged in numbers from
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ping pong balls were used in Lots and Not Lots in Fife, Futureproof Festival
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of artificial grass were used to cover the floor of The Hub in Midsummer The coldest National Theatre of Scotland show Shift in Coatbridge
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The hottest National Theatre of Scotland show Eve in Brazil
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Lots and Not Lots, Futureproof. Photography by Drew Farrell.
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