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TRON BROCHURE SPONSORED BY BELHAVEN ‘That rare place where all WELCOME TO THE TRON’S AUTUMN SEASON ages and tastes feel at home.’ THE HERALD We’re thrilled this season to present the very best of Scottish theatre in a range of styles. Naturally, the highlight for us is the Tron Theatre Company’s world premiere, Sea and Land and Sky by Abigail Docherty. This extraordinary SAVE 10% ON FOOD THIS AUTUMN! play, rich in theatricality and wit, is the winner of our Open.Stage playwriting competition and tells the story of three Scottish women working When you book a seat this season, make sure you book a table too. as nurses at the front in the First Word War. We are delighted that this Because we’re offering you a saving of 10% off your food bill if you’re important new work has emerged through the competition process. coming to see a show at the Tron between September and November. To take advantage, simply show your tickets when booking your food Much of the programme takes in a virtual tour of Scotland. We start in and we’ll slash 10% off your food bill. It’s that simple! * Ayrshire with the final part of D.C. Jackson’s rites of passage plays, The You can tuck into pre-theatre dinners made from Chooky Brae, head to Inverness with Dogstar’s Jacobite Country (a new fresh, seasonal, locally sourced food or enjoy home-made burgers with thick cut play by leading Scottish writer Henry Adam) and welcome Midsummer, the chips and finish with an indulgent dessert Traverse’s hit romantic comedy set in Edinburgh. Mull Theatre stage the or a Fair Trade coffee. And don’t modern Irish classic The Weir and the innovative and groundbreaking forget we also have a specially Glasgow company Vox Motus present the blackly funny Not-So-Fatal Death devised Children’s Menu for little ones and free Wi-Fi to boot! of Grandpa Fredo. Bette/Cavett, a huge hit from last year moves from our studio to the main house space and the main house programme finishes with So don’t forget to book a seat and save when you eat! Flo White, our annual panto produced in classic Tron style by our dependable team of Gordon Dougall and Fletcher Mathers. ‘Tempting traditional favourites... the portions Our Changing House programme includes Dirty Paradise by the Tron’s are generous and the artist in residence, Leann O’Kasi, and an all-male production of Jean Genet’s The Maids for Glasgay! During the school break we have the award-winning service top notch.’ Catherine Wheels with White, a show for 2 to 4 year-olds who will also be THE LIST, APRIL 2010 entranced by A Very Cosy Christmas. Add in some site specific pieces including Poorboy with Blood and Roses and Ankur’s amazingly powerful *TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Offer only applies between Call 0141 552 8587 to book a table 1 September and 30 November 2010 on the Tron’s evening menu. Subject to availability. Discount only Roadkill and we have a packed season. or ask Box Office to transfer you when you’re buying tickets applies on date shown on purchased tickets. I hope to see you down here. THE TRON GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES SUPPORT FROM: SUPPORTERS: The Scottish Council for Development and Industry DONORS: The Abbey Charitable Trust The ADAPT Trust Arts & Business

SPONSORS: BBC Children In Need Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust Canada House Arts Trust The W.A. Cargill Fund Clore Duffield Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation Paul Hamlyn Foundation Andy Arnold ARTISTIC DIRECTOR The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust The Hugh Fraser Foundation Elaine + Joe Gerber Trust The Jennie S. Gordon Memorial Foundation

CORPORATE PARTNERS: CORPORATE The Inchrye Trust The Lynn Foundation The W.M. Mann Foundation The Merchants House of Glasgow Robertson Trust If you are interested in playing a vital role in the Tron’s future call 0141 559 5304 The Saints + Sinners Club of Scotland or email [email protected] Western Recreation Club 3 The James Wood Bequest Foundation MAIN AUDITORIUM THE FINAL PART OF D.C. JACKSON’S STEWARTON TRILOGY! MAIN AUDITORIUM TUE 7 - SAT 11 SEPTEMBER 7.30PM WED 15- SAT 18 SEPTEMBER 7.30PM MATINEE SAT 2.30PM WED + THU £10.50 (£6.50) TUE - THU + SAT MAT £10.50 (£6.50) FRI + SAT £14.50 (£10.50) FRI + SAT £14.50 (£10.50) JACOBITEDOGSTAR THEATRE PRESENTS COUNTRY A NEW COMEDY BY HENRY ADAM WITH LIVE MUSIC AND TREMENDOUS CRAIC

‘Highland-made work with all its wild surrealism, BORDERLINE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS structural anarchy,

THE passionate lyricism and spiritual openness.’ CHOOKY THE SCOTSMAN ON SEVEN AGES THE WALL BY D.C. JACKSON #### THE HERALD DIRECTED BY KENNY MILLER BRAE #### THE SCOTSMAN #### METRO #### THE GUARDIAN It’s Christmas day in Stewarton and Irene Gordon’s struggling #### THE TIMES to get in the festive spirit. Her 18 year-old daughter Norma’s #### just had a baby, her ex-husband Gordon’s just had a stroke and THE LIST Selling his soul and his Highland roots, and prevent Uncle Angus from invading her eldest Barry’s having a break down. Even the Dr Who Haggis McSporran has become a King of England (again)…. Christmas special is disappointing. If this was a wonderful life THE DUCKY Comedy among the fleshpots of London. she would receive some angelic intervention – instead she gets #### THE HERALD Henry Adam’s scintillating new comedy He returns to Scotland, uprooted, Rab McGuire and an escaped chicken that won’t be stuffed. #### THE SCOTSMAN from the Scottish Highlands sits on the edge homogenised and clean out of drugs. #### of Europe – and sanity. With live music and A new play about love, duty and free range fowl, The Chooky Brae METRO Perhaps his old pal Craitur Face, Granny’s #### tremendous craic, it’s directed by Matthew is Borderline Theatre’s follow up to their smash hits The Wall THE GUARDIAN cancer cure and a visit to Craig Dunain Zajac, Fringe First Winner and 2009 CATS and The Ducky. #### THE LIST Mental Hospital might help. Along the Best Actor for The Tailor of Inverness. way, they meet the Loch Ness Monster 4 5 MAIN AUDITORIUM AN EXTRAORDINARY NEW COMEDY DIRECT FROM THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2010 CHANGING HOUSE

TUE 21 - SAT 25 SEPTEMBER 7.30PM PREVIEWS: FRI 1 + SAT 2 OCT £5 TUE - THU £10.50 (£6.50) / FRI + SAT £14.50 (£10.50) TUE 5 - SAT 9 OCTOBER 7.45PM £8.50 (£6.50)

VOX MOTUS IN A CO-PRODUCTION WITH ARTS AND THEATRES TRUST FIFE TRON THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS ANDTHE SUPPORTED BY NOT-PLATFORM PRESENTS SO - FATAL DEATH OF ‘I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through PARADISE not dying.’ Woody Allen GRANDPA WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY LEANN O’KASI A frozen body found in a woodshed DIRECTED BY ALISON PEEBLES wreaks havoc in the local community, INSPIRED BY I ONLY CAME TO USE THE PHONE forcing them to confront questions of BY GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ FREDO science, faith and immortality. Inspired VISUAL ARTIST ARLENE WANDERA by an incredible true story, multi-award winning company Vox Motus presents a pitch dark comedy, featuring a host of eccentric characters, original live music and stunning design.

‘Faultless, fast-paced, brilliant sense of style... a cutting-edge comic-strip show for theatre.’ THE SCOTSMAN ON FRINGE FESTIVAL SELL-OUT SUCCESS SLICK ‘A technical and emotional triumph.’

ILLUSTRATION: GARY BIRNIE THE STAGE ON BRIGHT BLACK

Maria has had enough of the world. Broke, Inspired by a short story from Nobel misunderstood and frustrated, she can’t Prize winning novelist Gabriel García get her magician husband to make the Márquez, Dirty Paradise is a charming strange sounds in her head disappear. and heartfelt human story about dealing When her car breaks down in the desert, with inner demons and voices. The piece she finds herself in an asylum where the will feature innovative use of sound and food is free, the drugs are kicking and space to create a very beautiful, thrilling games are always allowed after 2pm. and sensory experience. But Maria can’t run away from the cruel Performed as part of the Scottish Mental Health www.voxmotus.co.uk world forever. Arts and Film Festival 2010 www.mhfestival.com 6 7 MAIN AUDITORIUM

PREVIEWS: THU 7- SAT 9 OCTOBER £7.50 TUE 12 - SAT 23 OCTOBER 7.30PM TUE -THU £10.50 (£6.50) / FRI + SAT £14.50 (£10.50) TUE 19 CAP WED 20

WORLD PREMIERE TRON THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS THE WINNER OF THE OPEN.STAGE PLAYWRITING COMPETITION

BY ABIGAIL DOCHERTY DIRECTED BY ANDY ARNOLD 1916. Three young women from the Scottish Women’s Hospital are sent to the front line to support the war effort. Ailsa is working class and determined to make an impression on her superiors, Millicent is a self-confessed hedonist and Lily is searching for her lost husband. Unprepared for what they witness, each must find a way of coping as they fight to survive an experience that will change them forever... Poetic, visionary and startlingly written,Abigail Docherty’s historical play is based on actual diaries of young Scottish nurses who experienced the Great War. Often darkly funny and raw in its emotions, Sea and Land and Sky is a gripping and sensual tale of youth, war, memory – and the power of love.

POST-SHOW DISCUSSION WED 13 OCTOBER Join writer Abigail Docherty and director Andy Arnold for a post-show discussion about Sea and Land and Sky chaired by Keith Bruce,Arts Editor of The Herald.

PHOTO: RICHARD CAMPBELL OPEN.STAGE REHEARSED READINGS £4 each (£2.50 if you also book for Sea and Land and Sky ) Experience the other two shortlisted plays in our Open.Stage Playwriting competition in matinee rehearsed readings, and save when you also book for Sea and Land and Sky. PLUME BY JC MARSHALL 16 OCT 2.30PM ZURICH BY ROB DRUMMOND 23 OCT 2.30PM

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“Exhilarating… you float out laughing as if you’ve just swallowed sunshine on a spoon.” THE GUARDIAN #### “Warm-hearted, beautifully-sculpted musical romantic comedy.” THE SCOTSMAN #### “Irresistible and unmissable.” THE HERALD MIDSUMMERTRAVERSE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS [A PLAY WITH SONGS] BY DAVID GREIG + GORDON MCINTYRE DESIGNED BY GEORGIA MCGUINNESS

It’s Midsummer’s weekend in Edinburgh. Midsummer [a play with songs] is the It’s raining. Two thirtysomethings are story of Bob and Helena and a great lost sitting in a New Town bar waiting for weekend of bridge burning, car chases, something to turn up. wedding bust-ups, bondage miscalculations, midnight trysts and horrible hungover self He’s a failing car salesman on the fringes loathing misery. of the city’s underworld and she’s a high powered divorce lawyer with a taste for Featuring Cora Bissett and Matthew other people’s husbands. She’s out of his Pidgeon as the ill-advised love match,

league and he’s not her type at all. They Midsummer is a quirky, charming love PHOTO: EUAN MYLES absolutely should not sleep together. story by one of Scotland’s leading Ever. Ever. playwrights, David Greig, and top Edinburgh singer/songwriter, Gordon Which is why they do… McIntyre of the band ballboy.

10 11 MAIN AUDITORIUM MAIN AUDITORIUM WINNER OF THE 1999 LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARD FOR BEST NEW PLAY TUE 9 - SAT 13 NOVEMBER 8PM ‘A triumph and a delight.’ TUE 16 - SAT 20 NOVEMBER 7.30PM MATINEE SAT 2.30PM ##### THE HERALD TUE - THU £10.50 (£6.50) / FRI + SAT £14.50 (£10.50) £12 (£8) ‘Beguiling.’

#### THE SCOTSMAN ‘Inspired.’ GRANT SMEATON PRESENTS THE LIST BETTE /CAVETT DEVISED + DIRECTED BY GRANT SMEATON

‘A spellbinder that transfixes you… no praise in fact is too high.’

THE GUARDIAN

MULLTHE THEATRE PRESENTS BY CONOR MCPHERSON WEIR The ‘RUNAWAY SUCCESS OF GLASGAY!’ candid TV meetings of all time – sliding (THE LIST) is back! down the rose-tinted sunglasses of our perceptions of the old days and In a small bar in rural Ireland, four men One of the most praised and successful 1971. The dawn of the decade of trash. challenging our tendency to glamorise vie for the attention of Valerie, a pretty plays of the last 15 years, The Weir She’s the 63 year-old Queen of Hollywood. the past. young woman from Dublin who has just uncovers moving themes of loss, He’s the host who gets the guests his rented an old house in the area. After a abandonment, loneliness and regret for rivals can’t get near. Meet Bette Davis. Coming up… Ms Davis on drink and few drinks, they tell stories of spooky the road not taken. Meet Dick Cavett. drugs in Hollywood, losing her virginity local folklore. But Valerie’s tale of why and being attacked by wasps in Scotland. ‘Play of the decade... Using verbatim text and studded with she left Dublin is melancholy and true – We’ll be right back! some hilariously un-PC 70s commercials, and far more shocking than anything a modern masterpiece...’ Bette/Cavett re-imagines one of the most Presented with assistance from Glasgay! made up... DAILY EXPRESS 12 13 A PANTO ADVENTURE THAT’S OUT OF THIS WORLD MAIN AUDITORIUM PREVIEWS FRI 3 - SUN 5 DECEMBER TUE 7 DECEMBER 2010- SAT 8 JANUARY 2011 £9 - £16.50 THU 9 DEC 7.30PM

Captain’s Log. Stardate 2110. A century ago the SS Pantoprise left its home planet. Led by former-bingo-caller-turned-astrophysicist, Commander Flo White, and her daughter Snow, a hardy troupe of panto characters have been sent on a mission to save the Pantosphere from total destruction.

But the evil and once-beautiful Hingeroan (boo! hiss!) plans to beam aboard to seek revenge on the lovely Snow for being the ‘fairest in the galaxy’. Will her evil plan succeed? And who are those seven little men stowed away in the ship’s hold…?

Beware of Glasgow panto invaders! From the trusted creators of TRON THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Ya Beauty and the Beast and Mother Bruce comes an interstellar escapade that boldly goes where no Dame has gone before. Join the loopy Prince Space Cadette and the robot PC Three-O, in a show for all the family that’s got a galaxy of gags, a solar system of songs and is light years ahead of the competition.

Book now for the best seats in the universe and you’ll be seeing stars, ya rocket!

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PANTOMIME WORKSHOPS PANTOTASTIC PACKS ILLUSTRATION: CLAIREMURRAY.CO.UK £6.00 FOR AGES 8 - 12 Once again the Tron will be Goodies, baddies, fairy godmothers, producing a pantotastic activity a sprinkling of magic and lots of pack for all school pupils booking fun! Join us in this fun drama to come and see this year’s panto workshop as we explore traditional Flo White. The pack will have a pantomime stories using props and combination of fun and educational costume and give them a modern elements to keep both teachers Tron twist. Be prepared for booing, and pupils happy during the month SPONSORED BY cheering and ‘he’s behind you’! of December. Why not make an afternoon of it Thanks to Royal Mail for and book for Flo White at 2.30pm sponsoring this year’s packs. for after the workshop?

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THU 2 - SAT 4 SEPT 7.45PM £8.50 (£6.50) TUE 21 + WED 22 SEPT 7.45PM £8.50 (£6.50) ONE ACADEMY NEWPRESENTS WORKS WALDENMAGNETIC NORTH PRESENTS A ground-breaking new writing collaboration BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU NICHOLAS BONE between The Royal Scottish Academy ADAPTED + DIRECTED BY of Music and Drama and the Playwrights’ On 4th July 1845, Henry David Thoreau Studio Scotland with double-bill extracts of walked into the woods near his home town of new plays by three of Scotland’s best writers. Concord, Massachusetts and decided to stay.

HARTLAND BY NICOLA MCCARTNEY He found a spot next to a lake called Walden Hartland, a weirdly isolated Midwest town. Pond and built a hut. For the next two years A play about people who were lost, but he attempted to live entirely by his own now are found. resources. THE GOD OF SOHO BY CHRIS HANNAN Following rave reviews and sell-out A crazy mixed-up mess of a play about performances in 2008 and 2009, Magnetic the divine. North once again presents its beautiful one- man adaptation of Thoreau’s classic meditation DINER/FUCHS – HEURISTIC BY PETER ARNOTT on self-sufficiency, the individual’s relationship Set in a diner at the edge of Santa Fe, New with the environment and the desire ‘not to Mexico in June 1945, this is a play about a man live cheaply or dearly but to live deliberately’. called Klaus Fuchs. ‘Amazing.’ ####EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS See Page 30 for double-bill schedules

FRI 22 - SAT 30 OCT 7.45PM £8.50 (£6.50)

LEMONJELLY PRODUCTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH WED 15 - SAT 18 SEPT 7.45PM £8.50 (£6.50) TRON THEATRE PRESENTS MULL THEATRE PRESENTS POEM IN ‘Combines an exuberant eccentricity OPIUM EATER with a genuine passion for words and OCTOBER BY ANDREW DALLMEYER a powerful economy of expression.’ TIME OUT BY ROBERT FORREST A most unconventional double-act! DIRECTED BY DOUGLAS IRVINE It’s Edinburgh, 1820, and Thomas De Quincey, Inspired by the poetry of Dylan Thomas, this the flawed English man of letters and powerful play explores the story of a man laudanum addict, sits shivering in his dingy haunted by the ghosts of a lost love, a lost lodgings beneath a Grassmarket brothel. youth, a lost life and the ghost of the poet Driven by demons from without and who inspired him the most. within, he depends on his simple- minded servant Willie to bring him Back after critical acclaim at Òran Mór’s the narcotic he craves whilst he A Play, A Pie and A Pint, this compelling play scribbles desperately to meet a will take you on a sombre yet light-hearted deadline which has already journey through laughter, sadness and passed. Laugh-out loud funny everything in between. and deeply moving, this is an ‘Beautiful, sad, funny, upsetting, utterly utterly compelling portrait of a compelling and unsettlingly real.’ bizarre and symbiotic relationship. VIEW FROM THE STALLS 16 17 IETM GLASGOW 4-7 NOVEMBER 2010 www.ietm-glasgow.eu GLASGAY! – SCOTLAND’S ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF QUEER CULTURE 13 OCT - 13 NOV 2010 These performances are part of the IETM (International Network of Contemporary www.glasgay.com Performing Arts) Glasgow plenary on 4-7 November 2010. This includes a 4 day performance festival incorporating contemporary theatre, dance and live art, by many CHANGING HOUSE of Scotland’s foremost companies and directors, in a range of venues across the city. THU 4 - SAT 13 NOV 7.45PM £8.50 (£6.50) MON 25 OCT - SAT 6 NOV THE MAIDS 11AM - 3.30PM £8.50 (£6.50) JEAN GENET POORBOY BY PRESENTS DIRECTED BY PAULINE GOLDSMITH + DEREK MCLUCKIE BLOOD+ROSES Class war in a red Chanel gown. A baptism of perversity anointed in the kitchen sink. Battle lines are drawn across 400 years, Beware girls… the rubber gloves are ON. from Glasgow to Russia, as two families prepare to become one. This audio play Inspired by an infamous murder that rocked leads audiences through the public streets 1930s France, The Maids is the sinister tale and hidden spaces of Glasgow, as Poorboy of two sister servants and their imperious return to the city bringing their world of madame. Written by Parisian gutter hero rituals, fairytale and the dark corners of and criminal poet genius, the play has been family alive with lies, music, soundscape, hailed as ‘Jean Genet’s exquisite smells, and their imaginative curation of poisoned pearl of a play’. visual art, photography and film. A dark tango of spit diamond jealousies. PLEASE NOTE: With Wullie Brennan, Derek McLuckie This promenade performance leaves from the and Richard Pears. Tron Box Office every 10 minutes.

WED 3 - SAT 13 NOV 7PM £12 (£8) ANKUR + PACHAMAMA PRODUCTIONS IN ASSOCIATION MAIN AUDITORIUM TRON THEATRE WITH PRESENT WED 10 NOV 9.30PM ROADKILL RED DUST£8.50 ROAD In Benin City, a young girl struggles to support BY JACKIE KAY her family. A world away, in a Glasgow tenement, ‘aunty’ Martha arranges a job and Appearing live, Jackie Kay reads from her new flight for her. Based on the experiences of memoirs and, with characteristic generosity young women trafficked to Scotland, Cora and humour, she reveals the most inspirational Bissett’s explosive production, combining of stories: her own. From Glasgow to Lagos direct, chilling performances with video, and beyond, the much-anticipated Red Dust animation and music, thrusts you into the Road takes the reader on an intimate and brutal, complex and hidden world behind the unforgettable journey across continents newspaper headlines on sex-trafficking. and time. PLEASE NOTE: Jackie Kay was the author of last year’s Meet at the Tron Box Office to be transported to hit show THE MAW BROON the production’s off-site location MONOLOGUES which featured Suzanne The production contains strong language and sexual imagery Bonnar as Maw Broon’s hilarious alter ego. The evening also sees the return to the Tron www.ankurproductions.org.uk stage of Suzanne Bonnar with her smooth Funded + supported by Made in Scotland, Glasgow City Council, bluesy and seductive vocals supported by IETM, Scottish Refugee Council, Women’s Fund for Scotland + Alan Brown on the guitar. 18 Federation of Scottish Theatre 19 CHANGING HOUSE CHANGING HOUSE SAT 4 - FRI 24 DECEMBER FOR AGES 3 - 6 TUE 12+WED 13 OCT 10.30AM + 1.30PM £6 £12 (ADMITS ONE CHILD AND ACCOMPANYING PARENT/CARER) CATHERINE WHEELS THEATRE COMPANY BOLT ON TICKETS: CHILD £5 / ADULT £7 (MAXIMUM OF ONE BOLT-ON PER BOOKING) IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRUNTON THEATRE, MUSSELBURGH SEE PAGE 31 FOR PERFORMANCE TIMES PRESENTS SPECIAL DAYTIME NURSERY PERFORMANCES ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT DECEMBER WHITE PHONE 0141 552 4267 FOR DETAILS A PERFORMANCE ESPECIALLY FOR 2-4 YEAR OLDS Come with us into the sparkling world of White where everything is bright and new. It gleams and dazzles and shines in the night. But someone has to keep it that way and there’s a problem. All anyone can think about in this white world is red…and yellow…and green…and blue… White is a playful and highly visual new show for very young children and is a perfect first time theatre experience. Catherine Wheels is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed children’s theatre company. ‘One of Scotland’s top theatre groups for children.’ THE SCOTSMAN

www.catherinewheels.co.uk

TUE 2+WED 3 NOV 7.45PM / MAT WED 12.30PM £8.50 (£5) LUNG HA’S THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS CHEKHOV SHORTS: THE TWO VOLODYAS + ILLUSTRATION: EMILY CHAPPELL ROMANCE WITH A DOUBLE-BASS Snowflakes falling down Our familiar Chekhovian heroine, Sofya, finds Landing gently on the ground herself at a crossroads; married to her Made crisp and cold by Jack Frost’s hand wealthy husband Volodya yet still in love with her childhood sweetheart – a younger more A magic winter wonderland! attractive Volodya. In Romance with a Double Bass, Pitsikatov is a young musician on his way TRON THEATRE PRESENTS to a Royal engagement. However, his journey soon takes a farcical turn, when he falls in A VERY COSY CHRISTMAS love, loses his double bass and finds he only has a top hat to preserve his modesty. Following the huge sell-out success of 2009’s Santa’s Little Helpers the Changing House Two new plays by Carol Rocamora inspired once again welcomes children between the ages of 3 and 6 and their carers for more by two of Anton Chekhov’s short stories. seasonal storytelling. Join us in the crisp winter cold catching snowflakes, making snow Lung Ha’s Theatre Company exists to provide and inspire angels and having fun. But what happens when grumpy Jack Frost stops the snowflakes www.lunghas.co.uk opportunities for people with a learning disability to become actively involved in the performing arts. falling? Wrap up warm and join us for what is sure to be A Very Cosy Christmas! 20 21 MAIN AUDITORIUM / MUSIC + COMEDY THE VICTORIAN BAR PLAYS HOST TO A MIX OF CABARET, COMEDY AND MUSIC PLEASE NOTE ALL EVENTS IN THE VICTORIAN BAR ARE 18YRS+ SUN 24 OCT 8PM HEIDI TALBOT£12 WED 29 SEP, 6, 27 OCT, 24 NOV 8PM FREE WITH BOO HEWERDINE + JOHN MCCUSKER WORD FACTORY PRESENTS Having cut her teeth as lead singer with Irish American all-female outfit Cherish The Ladies, WORD PLAY Heidi Talbot is right at home in the twin Come along to Word Play, the Word worlds of Irish traditional and roots music. Factory’s open mic performance event. Talbot’s 2008 CD, In Love and Light, propelled Each Word Play event will have a featured her into the spotlight as a singer with a performer and an acoustic musician of note hunger for lyrically challenging and melodically and we will also be inviting you to take part inventive songs. Heidi tours as a trio with in the evening, showcasing your work, be it multi instrumentalist John McCusker and poetry or prose. The Word Factory will guitarist Boo Hewerdine. also perform work as a group at some point during the evening. FRI 29 OCT 9.45PM JIMEOIN£12 (£10) Internationally acclaimed as one of live comedy’s masters Jimeoin is one of the hottest stand- 1+2 OCT, 26 + 27 NOV 8.30PM £10 ups of this generation. A prolific writer with UPSTAGE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS an exceptional audience rapport, he is known and loved for his brilliantly funny wit and THE SUPPER charming observations on the absurdities of every-day life. No gimmicks, his comedy is CLUB CABARET purely and simply about having a laugh. ‘Comedy of the highest order… inspired An evening of no-holds barred cabaret from ramblings.’ THE INDEPENDENT Upstage with an eclectic range of musical performances to wet your whistle and tickle your fancy. Toot Toot! Admission price includes scrumptious and equally entertaining food. Lambrini optional. FRI 5 NOV 10PM £14.50 (£10.50)

CRAIG HILL SAT 23 OCT 8.30PM £4 WHY DON’T YOU COME LOST IN DOWN THE FRONT DIGRESSION A deliciously wicked evening of no-holds- barred, infectiously spontaneous fun as A salon for the gifted and challenged, new to Scotland’s favourite kilted treasure makes a the Victorian Bar. Nancy boys, riot grrrls, welcome return to Glasgay! brooding anti-heroes, tragic heroines, urban cowboys and supertramps all converge for an ‘Funny as hell.’ SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY eclectic night of music, poetry, stand-up and stories. For anyone who ever digressed and never quite found their way back. 22 23 EVENTS FOR ALL WRITE-TRON FOR ALL Write Tron provides opportunities for participants, whether complete beginners or experienced, to creatively explore a variety of writing techniques and genres under the EVENTS FOR CHILDREN + YOUNG PEOPLE guidance of professional tutor Stephen Barnes. Booking essential SKILLSHOPS Saturdays 10.00am - 1.00pm (£40/£30) for full term Join us for our weekly drama workshops for 11 September, 9 October, 30 October, 20 November children and young people. Skillshops allow participants to learn and develop theatre skills in a fun and friendly environment. Each TRON STUDIO workshop brings a new theme for the group Tron Studio is the Tron’s adult community to explore, delving deep into their imaginations drama company. Last season the company and having lots of fun! created a brand new piece of theatre called Term starts Sat 4 September til Mon 22 November Happy Hour which they performed to sell-out Saturday 11am - 12noon 5-7 years (£50/£40) audiences in the Victorian Bar. This season the Saturday 12noon - 2pm 8-12 years (£60/£50) group will participate in a series of master- Saturday 2.30pm - 4.30pm 8-12 years (£60/£50) classes developing and experimenting with a Mondays 6.30pm - 8.30pm 13-17 years (£60/£50) variety of performance skills and techniques. Tuesdays 7-9pm (£60/£50) Term starts Tue 14 September til Tue 9 November TALL TALES AT THE TRON Join us once a month as a brand new Tall Tale is created using storytelling, movement, mime, NL STUDIO props, costume and percussion. These fun NL Studio is the Tron’s adult mixed ability interactive storytelling sessions are suitable company run in association with North for 3-5 year olds and accompanying Lanarkshire Council, Leisure and Learning parent/carer. Department. The group meet weekly for £6 per session, ticket admits 1 child + 1adult workshops in Bellshill Cultural Centre as well as £4 for additional bolt on tickets (1 bolt on per booking) attending performances at the Tron Theatre. Meet in Box Office 10am, Sessions last approx 50 mins Term starts Thu 16 September 7-9pm Saturdays 18 September, 23 October, 20 November Book via North Lanarkshire Drama Development Officer on 01236 812 527 TRON YOUNG COMPANY Fresh from its NTS Exchange Festival performance, Remind Me Who I Am Again, Tron Young Company will once again meet for a season of weekly workshops. Through the creative process participants can explore and express ideas and share knowledge while learning the art of theatre making. Term starts Thu 9 September 7 - 9pm Tron Young Company acknowledges support from Glasgow TOP: Tron Skillshops’ production of The Fabulous Beast City Council, Hugh Fraser Foundation and the Robertson Trust BOTTOM LEFT: Tron Studio in the self devised, Happy Hour performed in the Victorian Bar BOTTOM RIGHT: Senior Skillshops members in Fallen

All our classes and events within the Education & Outreach programme have limited places. For more information and to avoid disappointment, please book in advance by calling our Box Office on 0141 552 4267 24 25 CURATES THE LONG GALLERY SUPPORT US

2 3 4 We’re not the opera or the ballet or a faceless hotel chain or a soulless conference centre – we’re the Tron.

The Tron Theatre is an internationally respected and critically acclaimed theatre with a long history of presenting some of the most exciting work on the Scottish stage and we’re offering your business 1 RAY RICHARDSON / 2 SCOTT CAMPBELL the opportunity to get its hands on the keys to the 3 ROSALIND LAWLESS / 4 ASHLEY COOK building by becoming a Tron Corporate Club Member. Located in the heart of Glasgow’s Merchant City with award-winning bar & catering facilities, the Tron is a venue with a difference. With over 35,000 people enjoying our eclectic range of performances 17 AUG - 19 SEP 19 OCT - 21 NOV each year, not to mention the 5000 young people taking part annually in our education and outreach SCOTT CAMPBELL UNTITLED ROSALIND LAWLESS OPEN AREA workshops, and the daily customers to our buzzing These bold works consider the aesthetic An interest in architecture and space (space Bar and Kitchen, an association with the Tron offers experience caused by the process of the not as a container but as the contained) is Corporate Club members access to one of the multi-layered surface and interaction of colour. Lawless’ starting point towards abstraction. finest venues in the country. Creating images that convey the tenor of 21 SEP - 17 OCT expanses and interstices she has observed, Ranging from £1000 to £10,000, there are four RAY RICHARDSON STRANGE TOWN Lawless works not only attain a sense of space different levels of Corporate Club Membership available, each offering generous and flexible Richardson’s hallmark southeast London but a depth of colour and a palpable texture. benefits. As an organisation we are dedicated to characters and witty titles create a narrative 23 NOV - 16 JAN revealing a twist in the tale or imply an excellent customer service, creativity, value for underlying tragic humour. Six newer works ASHLEY COOK money and to helping each company make the move away from southeast London to new, YOU GET MORE WITH SUGAR most of their membership. yet familiar locals and associations with Colourful imagery resonates with written So if you want to take a more creative approach unspecific films encourage us to create a titles creating a narrative that takes a sideways to corporate entertaining, introduce staff reward fiction around the image. glance at everyday ethereal quandaries. schemes that will set you apart from your competitors and raise your profile at the same More works by these artists and many more time then look no further. are available at Glasgow Print Studio. Join The Club...

An internationally acclaimed centre of excellence in fine art printmaking, Glasgow Print Studio is located in Glasgow’s new centre for the arts and creativity Trongate 103, the organisation is registered as a charity For more information about becoming a CORPORATE CLUB MEMBER in Scotland, is foundation funded by the Scottish Arts Council and supported by Glasgow City Council. please contact Dearbhla Murphy on 0141 559 5304 or by email at Glasgow Print Studio / Trongate 103, G1 5HD / 0141 552 0704 / [email protected] / www.gpsart.co.uk [email protected] 26 27 HOW TO BOOK ACCESS AT THE TRON THEATRE ON-LINE www.tron.co.uk SAVE 10% OFF YOUR FOOD BILL The Tron Theatre is committed to being AUDIO DESCRIBED performances an accessible venue and our public areas support people who are blind or (+50p BOOKING FEE) From August to November bookers can are fully accessible for those with limited partially sighted to access live get 10% off their food bill in the Tron Bar mobility. Facilities include ramps, elevators, performance. An audio-describer meets TELEPHONE 0141 552 4267 and Kitchen. See Page 2 for details. adapted toilets and auditorium seating. In audience members to introduce set and IN PERSON at our Box Office addition, we are committed to programming characters by providing a verbal Audio Described, Signed and Captioned description which continues during the performances. Please let us know if performance via a headset. Sometimes We accept the following card types: Delta; you have any specific access there is a touch tour of the set and Electron; Maestro; Mastercard; Solo, and Visa. requirements and we will do our costumes before. utmost to accommodate them. If you would like your tickets posted to you, Audio Described Performances there will be a 50p charge. This brochure is available in large Sea and Land and Sky Tue 19 October, 7.30pm CANDLERIGGS print format. Flo White Thu 9 Dec, 7.30pm OPENING HOURS: MON - SAT 10AM - 6PM ARGYLE ST (Opening is extended on performance evenings to 15 minutes after our last ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES Wheelchair spaces SUNDAY TRONGATE are available in all performance starts). One hour our venues. before first performance, otherwise closed. CAPTIONING is similar to television Infa-red headsets for onstage sound CAP subtitling and gives Deaf, deafened amplification and an Induction Loop are RESERVATIONS and hard of hearing people access available In the Main Auditorium. Tickets can be reserved for three days to live performances. A captioner carefully without payment. Tickets reserved three KING ST prepares and cues text that appears in real days prior to the performance will be held time on units placed to the side of the stage, up until 1 hour before the performance centrally or within the set. While we advise 63 TRONGATE starts. Please note if we do not receive GLASGOW G1 5HB the front section of our auditorium, we payment within this period we will release have no restricted view between our seats your tickets for general sale. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PARNIE ST and the stage. The Tron Theatre believes it has a CONCESSIONS CHISHOLM ST Captioned performance: Sea and Land and Sky Wed 20 October 7.30pm responsibility for ensuring it achieves good Children (under 16); Students (including environmental practices in order to reduce over 16s in full-time education); Senior any impacts from our operations on the BSL interpreted performances Citizens; Jobseekers Allowance, Disability HOW TO GET HERE: environment and local community. As a allow people who are Deaf or for Living Allowance and Employment & BY FOOT result we have established an environmental The Tron can easily be spotted at the whom British Sign Language is Support Allowance recipients; Young Scot Trongate by the old steeple with the blue clock face. policy which can be seen at: their first or preferred language access to Card holders; members of Equity, BECTU Entrance to the theatre and bar is on Chisholm Street. www.tron.co.uk/about/tron_environmental_policy and Scottish Society of Playwrights. live performance. BSL interpreters provide BY UNDERGROUND The nearest Subway station is Concessions are subject to availability and a linguistic and artistic interpretation. The Underpinning the objectives of this policy St Enoch. proof of entitlement must be shown when interpreter mostly stands to one side of is the Tron Theatre’s commitment to purchasing or collecting tickets. BY TRAIN The Tron is a 10 minute walk from Glasgow the stage but sometimes interpreters are reducing the impact our activities have on Central or Queen Street Stations and only 3 mins from involved in the staging or the performance. the environment and continually improving GROUP BOOKING Argyle Street and 5 mins from High Street stations. We have no restricted view between our our environmental practices as an integral Group bookings over 10 can be held BY BUS A large number of buses pass by the Tron seats and the stage. All our seats are and fundamental part of our business without payment for up to two weeks after including: 16, 18, 19, 31, 40, 61, 62, 240, 255, 262, 263. suitable to see the signer. strategy and operating methods. booking. Plus, groups may be eligible for PARKING Nearby car parks include King Street NCP BSL performances: discounts upon booking. Contact our Box and Albion Street Q Park. Blue Badge parking is Sea and Land and Sky Tue 19 October, 7.30pm Office for further information. available on Chisholm Street. Flo White Thu 9 Dec, 7.30pm TERMS + CONDITIONS OF BOOKING TEXT PHONE: 18001 0141 552 4267 Full terms and conditions of booking are Online: www.tron.co.uk (we cannot always available from our Box Office. provide specific seating online). 28 29 MAIN AUDITORIUM CHANGING HOUSE VICTORIAN BAR MAIN AUDITORIUM CHANGING HOUSE VICTORIAN BAR The Tron Theatre retains the right to amend the programme as a result of unforeseen circumstances. All details are correct at time of going to press. SEPTEMBER 11AM - 3.30PM BLOOD + ROSES THU 4 THE MAIDS 7.45PM THU 2 DINER / FUCHS + GOD OF SOHO 7.45PM 7PM ROADKILL FRI 3 DINER / FUCHS + HARTLAND 7.45PM 7.30PM MIDSUMMER SAT 4 HARTLAND + GOD OF SOHO 7.45PM 11AM - 3.30PM BLOOD + ROSES FRI 5 THE MAIDS 7.45PM 7.30PM THE CHOOKY BRAE TUE 7 7PM ROADKILL 7.30PM THE CHOOKY BRAE WED 8 7.30PM MIDSUMMER 7.30PM THE CHOOKY BRAE THU 9 10PM CRAIG HILL 7.30PM THE CHOOKY BRAE FRI 10 11AM - 3.30PM BLOOD + ROSES SAT 6 THE MAIDS 7.45PM 2.30 / 7.30PM THE CHOOKY BRAE SAT 11 7PM ROADKILL 7.30PM JACOBITE COUNTRY WED 15 OPIUM EATER 7.45PM 7.30PM MIDSUMMER 7.30PM JACOBITE COUNTRY THU 16 OPIUM EATER 7.45PM SUN 7 THE MAIDS 7.45PM 7.30PM JACOBITE COUNTRY FRI 17 OPIUM EATER 7.45PM 7PM ROADKILL TUE 9 THE MAIDS 7.45PM 1PM - 4PM DOORS OPEN DAY SAT 18 OPIUM EATER 7.45PM 8PM BETTE/CAVETT 7.30PM JACOBITE COUNTRY 8PM BETTE/CAVETT WED 10 THE MAIDS 7.45PM 10AM - 4PM DOORS OPEN DAY SUN 19 7PM ROADKILL 7.30PM GRANDPA FRED0 TUE 21 WALDEN 7.45PM 9.30PM RED DUST ROAD 7.30PM GRANDPA FRED0 WED 22 WALDEN 7.45PM 8PM BETTE/CAVETT THU 11 THE MAIDS 7.45PM 7.30PM GRANDPA FRED0 THU 23 7PM ROADKILL 7.30PM GRANDPA FRED0 FRI 24 9.30PM RED DUST ROAD 7.30PM GRANDPA FRED0 SAT 25 7PM ROADKILL FRI 12 THE MAIDS 7.45PM WED 29 WORD PLAY 8PM 8PM BETTE/CAVETT OCTOBER 7PM ROADKILL SAT 13 THE MAIDS 7.45PM FRI 1 DIRTY PARADISE PREVIEW 7.45PM 2.30PM / 8PM BETTE/CAVETT SUPPER CLUB CABARET 8.30PM 7.30PM THE WEIR TUE 16 SAT 2 DIRTY PARADISE PREVIEW 7.45PM 7.30PM THE WEIR WED 17 SUPPER CLUB CABARET 8.30PM 7.30PM THE WEIR THU 18 TUE 5 DIRTY PARADISE 7.45PM 7.30PM THE WEIR FRI 19 WED 6 DIRTY PARADISE 7.45PM 7.30PM THE WEIR SAT 20 WORD PLAY 8PM WED 24 WORD PLAY 8PM 7.30PM (PREVIEW) SEA + LAND + SKY THU 7 DIRTY PARADISE 7.45PM FRI 26 SUPPER CLUB CABARET 8.30PM 7.30PM (PREVIEW) SEA + LAND + SKY FRI 8 DIRTY PARADISE 7.45PM SAT 27 SUPPER CLUB CABARET 8.30PM 7.30PM (PREVIEW) SEA + LAND + SKY SAT 9 DIRTY PARADISE 7.45PM DECEMBER 7.30PM SEA + LAND + SKY TUE 12 WHITE 10.30AM / 1.30PM 7.30PM (PREVIEW) FLO WHITE FRI 3 7.30PM SEA + LAND + SKY WED 13 WHITE 10.30AM / 1.30PM 2.30PM / 7.30PM (PREVIEW) FLO WHITE SAT 4 VERY COSY CHRISTMAS 10.30AM / 1.15PM / 3.15PM 7.30PM SEA + LAND + SKY THU 14 1PM / 5PM (PREVIEW) FLO WHITE SUN 5 VERY COSY CHRISTMAS 1.15PM / 3.15PM 7.30PM SEA + LAND + SKY FRI 15 10AM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE TUE 7 2.30PM (REHEARSED READING) PLUME SAT 16 1PM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE WED 8 7.30PM SEA + LAND + SKY 10AM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE THU 9 7.30PM SEA + LAND + SKY TUE 19 10AM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE FRI 10 CAP 7.30PM SEA + LAND + SKY WED 20 2.30PM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE SAT 11 VERY COSY CHRISTMAS 10.30AM / 1.15PM / 3.15PM 7.30PM SEA + LAND + SKY THU 21 1PM / 5PM FLO WHITE SUN 12 VERY COSY CHRISTMAS 1.15PM / 3.15PM 7.30PM SEA + LAND + SKY FRI 22 POEM IN OCTOBER 7.45PM 10AM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE TUE 14 2.30PM (REHEARSED READING) ZURICH SAT 23 POEM IN OCTOBER 7.45PM 1PM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE WED 15 7.30PM SEA + LAND + SKY LOST IN DIGRESSION 8.30PM 10AM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE THU 16 8PM HEIDI TALBOT TRIO SUN 24 10AM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE FRI 17 11AM - 3.30PM BLOOD + ROSES MON 25 2.30PM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE SAT 18 VERY COSY CHRISTMAS 10.30AM / 1.15PM / 3.15PM 11AM - 3.30PM BLOOD + ROSES TUE 26 POEM IN OCTOBER 7.45PM 1PM / 5PM FLO WHITE SUN 19 VERY COSY CHRISTMAS 1.15PM / 3.15PM 7.30PM MIDSUMMER 10AM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE TUE 21 VERY COSY CHRISTMAS 10.30AM / 1.15PM / 3.15PM 11AM - 3.30PM BLOOD + ROSES WED 27 POEM IN OCTOBER 7.45PM 10AM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE WED 22 VERY COSY CHRISTMAS 10.30AM / 1.15PM / 3.15PM 7.30PM MIDSUMMER WORD PLAY 8PM 5PM / 8PM FLO WHITE THU 23 VERY COSY CHRISTMAS 10.30AM / 1.15PM / 3.15PM 11AM - 3.30PM BLOOD + ROSES THU 28 POEM IN OCTOBER 7.45PM 1PM / 5PM FLO WHITE FRI 24 VERY COSY CHRISTMAS 10.30AM / 1.15PM 7.30PM MIDSUMMER 1PM / 5PM FLO WHITE SUN 26 11AM - 3.30PM BLOOD + ROSES FRI 29 POEM IN OCTOBER 7.45PM 2.30PM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE MON 27 7.30PM MIDSUMMER 2.30PM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE TUE 28 9.45PM JIMEOIN 2.30PM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE WED 29 11AM - 3.30PM BLOOD + ROSES SAT 30 POEM IN OCTOBER 7.45PM 2.30PM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE THU 30 7.30PM MIDSUMMER 1PM / 5PM FLO WHITE FRI 31 NOVEMBER JANUARY 11AM - 3.30PM BLOOD + ROSES MON 1 1PM / 5PM FLO WHITE SUN 2 7.30PM MIDSUMMER TUE 2 CHEKHOV SHORTS 7.45PM 2.30PM / 7.30PM FLO WHITE MON 3 11AM - 3.30PM BLOOD + ROSES 7.30PM FLO WHITE WED 5 7.30PM MIDSUMMER WED 3 CHEKHOV SHORTS 12.30PM / 7.45PM 7.30PM FLO WHITE THU 6 11AM - 3.30PM BLOOD + ROSES 7.30PM FLO WHITE FRI 7 7PM ROADKILL JUNE FLO WHITE SAT 8 30 2.30PM / 7.30PM 31