Dràma Na h-Alba – Scotland’s International Theatre Arts Festival and Forum, 18 – 22 October 2007 – in venues in and around Inverness
Programme
Performances
Arts in Motion ~ The Box It Came In
McCreadie Suite, Merkinch Community Centre
Friday 19th at 2.30pm / Saturday 20th at 2.30pm / Sunday 21st at 2.30pm £8 (concessions £6)
Birds of Paradise ~ Beneath You: Spider Girls are Everywhere
Spectrum Centre 1
Sunday 21st at 7.30pm / Monday 22nd at 7.30pm £8 (concessions £6)
Fish and Game ~ Otter Pie
Craigmonie Centre, Drumnadrochit
Friday 19th at 7.30pm / Saturday 20th at 7.30pm / Sunday 21st at 7.30pm £8 (concessions £6)
Mull Theatre ~ Brightwater
Inverness High School
Thursday 18th at 7.30pm / Sunday 21st at 7.30pm / Monday 22nd at 2pm £8 (concessions £6)
plan B ~ Inside Out: Re-Newal and Far Horizons (double dance bill)
McCreadie Suite, Merkinch Community Centre
Thursday 18th at 2pm / Friday 19th at 7.30pm / Saturday 20th at 7.30pm £8 (concessions £6)
Profilteatern ~ Pojke Flicka (for young adults), Sweden (performed in Swedish with stage
text in English)
The Ironworks
Thursday 18th at 7pm / Friday 19th at 7pm / Sunday 21st at 2.30pm £15 (concessions £10; early bird £12 and £8)
Profilteatern ~ Bakom Rutan (for children), Sweden (performed in English)
Glenurquhart Public Hall
Thursday 18th, Friday 19th, and Saturday 20th at 2pm and 3.30pm each day £5
Reeling and Writhing ~ Only the Men
Spectrum Centre 1
Thursday 18th at 8.30pm / Friday 19th at 8pm / Saturday 20th at 8.30pm £8 (concessions £6)
Tara Arts ~ The Tempest
Inverness High School
Friday 19th at 7.30pm / Saturday 20th at 7.30pm / Sunday 21st at 2pm £15 (concessions £10; early bird £12 and £8)
National Theatre of Scotland ~ Molly Sweeney
Lochardil Scout Hall
Friday 19th at 7.30pm / Saturday 20th at 7.30pm £15 (concessions £10; early bird £12 and £8)
National Theatre of Scotland ~ A Sheep Called Skye (for children over 4 years old)
Lochardil Scout Hall
Friday 19th at 2.30pm / Saturday 20th at 2.30pm £5
Theatre Hebrides ~ The Callanish Stoned (performed in English with Gaelic and Stornoway slang)
Craigmonie Centre, Drumnadrochit
Thursday 18th at 7.30pm / Saturday 20th at 2pm / Sunday 21st at 2pm £8 (concessions £6)
Västerbottensteatern ~ Rejoice with Trembling, Sweden (Storytelling performed in English and Swedish dialect)
The Ironworks
Friday 19th at 10pm / Saturday 20th at 4pm £15 (concessions £10; early bird £12 and £8)
Also:
Spectrum Centre 2
Monday 22nd at 1.30pm £15 (concessions £10; early bird £12 and £8)
Volcano Theatre ~ A few little drops
Bught Park
Saturday 20th at 2pm, 3.30pm and 5pm / Sunday 21st at 2pm and 3.30pm / Monday 22nd at 2pm, 3.30pm and 5pm Adults £10; children £5 (Tickets available at the event)
Playreadings
Grey Coast Theatre ~ Taigh Na Mara (Houses of the Sea)
McCreadie Suite, Merkinch Community Centre
Monday 22nd at 7pm - £6.50 (concessions £5)
Right Lines Productions ~ Whisky Kisses - A Musical in the Making
The Ironworks
Thursday 18th at 2.30pm £6.50 (concessions £5)
Individual Artists Showcases
Dave Smith ~ ArtToons Exhibition
Ironworks
Thursday 18 to Monday 22 October
Jackie Goode ~ Mum (by Ronnie Barker)
Spectrum Centre 2
Thursday 18th at 2pm / Friday 19th at 5pm £6.50 (concessions £5)
Vivien Maule ~ Talking Inside Out
Spectrum Centre 2
Sunday 21st at 9.30pm / Monday 22nd at 5pm £6.50 (concessions £5)
The Walking Theatre Company ~ The Campbells are coming, Hurrah!
Ness Islands
Thursday 18th at 1pm / Friday 19th at 3pm £6.50 (concessions £5) (Tickets must be booked in advance)
Wildbird ~ Bare Forked Animal-King Lear
The Ironworks
Thursday 18th at 10pm / Sunday 21st at 10pm £6.50 (concessions £5)
Howard Marks
Ironworks
Saturday 20th at 8.00pm - 11.00pm. £15.00 (tickets from The Ironworks - www.ironworksvenue.com)
Community/Youth Showcases
Nicolson Institute Drama Club ~ Disney's High School Musical
Inverness High School
Monday 22nd at 7.30pm £6.50 (concessions £5)
Fit Angels ~ Kissing Bandits
Spectrum Centre 2
Thursday 18th at 10pm / Saturday 20th at 10pm £6.50 (concessions £5)
Forres Parkour ~ Rush
The Ironworks
Friday 19th at 2.30pm / Sunday 21st at 7.30pm £6.50 (concessions £5)
Mellow Yellow Creative Arts ~ Ahright, Ahright, What's the craic man!
McCreadie Suite, Merkinch Community Centre
Sunday 21st at 7.30pm / Monday 22nd at 2pm £6.50 (concessions £5)
Out of Eden Thurso High School Youth Theatre ~ Crush
McCreadie Suite, Merkinch Community Centre
Thursday 18th at 7.30pm £6.50 (concessions £5)
plan B ~ Fork in the road (street performance)
Inverness City Centre
Saturday 20th at 3.30pm / Sunday 21st at 3.30pm - FREE
Other Events
An International Masterclass practitioner delivering three days of intensive workshops.
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTORS, DIRECTORS, AND DESIGNERS. THERE ARE TWENTY PLACES AVAILABLE, AND DELEGATES CAN SIGN UP FOR THE FULL THREE-DAY COURSE AT A FEE OF £75. (PLEASE NOTE: ON REGISTRATION A £25 DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED TO SECURE YOUR PLACE) Please contact Fenella Kerr on 07946 710099 if you have any questions or email info@dna2007.info. You can download a booking form here - dna2007 Masterclass.
Kristin Linklater - VOICE
Kenneth Street Hall
Saturday 20th from 10am until 1pm / Sunday 21st from 10am until 1pm / Monday 22nd from 10am until 1pm
Symposium Events
SCOTTISH THEATRE: A NEW ERA - RAISING THE BAR
HOSTED BY HITN - SYMPOSIUM
The Ironworks
Friday 19th from 10.00am until 12.30pm (free to festival participants and DNA ticket-holders) £5 on-the-door walk ups
TEÀTAR NAN CÀNAN CEILTEACH (CELTIC LANGUAGE THEATRE DEVELOPMENT):
TIR GUN THEANGA TIR GUN CHRIDHE (LAND WITHOUT A LANGUAGE LAND WITHOUT HEART)
- GAELIC LANGUAGE SYMPOSIUM (with simultaneous translation)
The Ironworks
Saturday 20th from 10.00am until 12.30pm (free to festival participants and DNA ticket-holders) £5 on-the-door walk ups
ILLUMINATE: WAYS AND MEANS
HOSTED BY PLAYWRIGHTS’ STUDIO SCOTLAND
- SYMPOSIUM
The Ironworks
Monday 22nd from 11am until 5pm £25 (including lunch)
This event is open to playwrights (for whom a limited number of discounted places are available), plus other theatre professionals and interested members of the public. Tickets available from the Playwrights’ Studio at info@playwrightsstudio.co.uk or 0141 332 4403. Special discount for playwrights.
BRITISH DESIGNER SELECTION
THEATRE DESIGN EXHIBITION FROM THE PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL
Inverness Museum & Art Gallery
6 October – 3 November. Admission FREE
INDUSTRY SEMINARS: THREE STIMULATING SESSIONS EXPLORING KEY THEATRE ARTS ISSUES, ADMISSION FREE
DOES THEATRE REVEAL NATIONAL IDENTITY?
Ironworks
Friday 19th at 1pm FREE
Michael Billington, Guardian drama critic and author of State of the Nation (published November), examines the links between theatre and a country’s sense of self.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE CONTEMPORARY ERA
Ironworks
Saturday 20th at 1pm FREE
With the help of the audience, Jatinder Verma, Artistic Director of Tara Arts, considers Shakespeare’s relevence in the age of terror, the internet, and shifting geo-politics.
PROTECTING PERFORMERS’ RIGHTS: CHALLENGES TODAY AND FOR THE FUTURE
Ironworks
Sunday 21st at noon FREE
Lorne Boswell, Scottish Secretary of Equity, discusses her union’s role in safeguarding the rights of actors, dancers, singers,stage managers and all other creative team personnel.
MEET THE ARTIST
A SERIES OF EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR THEATRE ARTS LUMINARIES TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK.
ADMISSION FREE.
MED REVENTBERG, Västerbottensteatern theatre company, Sweden
Ironworks
Saturday 20th at 5pm FREE
JOHN BYRNE, Playwright
Ironworks
Sunday 21st at 5pm FREE
Tickets are available for sale from:
Online via www.thebooth.co.uk
By telephone via Eden Court Theatre's box office on 01463 234234 (10.00 - 17.00, Mon-Fri)
In person at Eden Court Box Office, Debenhams, Inverness (11.30 - 15.30, Mon-Sat)
The full dna2007 programme can be downloaded here
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