AUTUMN 2010 SEASON Text TRON to 88802 to get FREE Alerts RICHARD CAMPBELL, JOHN JOHNSTON CAMPBELL, JOHN RICHARD PHOTOGRAPHY: PHOTOGRAPHY: WAG DESIGN WAG DESIGN + PRODUCTION: PRODUCTION: + DESIGN TRON THEATRE 63 TRONGATE GLASGOW G1 5HB BOX OFFICE 0141 552 4267 BAR + KITCHEN 0141 552 8587 Text TRON to 88802 to get FREE Alerts www.tron.co.uk TRON THEATRE LTD IS A SCOTTISH REGISTERED CHARITY, NO: SCO12081 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 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 GARY ILLUSTRATION: 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.