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macrobert - Feb Fest `09

Following the success of last year’s FebFest, the macrobert youth groups return with a host of new productions.

Drawing inspiration from performances seen, scripts read and stories told, these shows have all been created by the young people themselves.

macrobert Young Company present
Coram Boy
Friday 27th & Saturday 28th February, 7.30 pm
Tickets £6 / £4 (concession)

Adapted by Helen Edmundson
Based on the novel by Jamila Gavin
“A rich and almost gothic drama…full of dastardly villains, cold-hearted aristocrats, devoted friends and passionate loves, set against a background of cruelty, music and murder” Philip Pullman

MYT4 (aged 10-11) present
The Carnival of No Return
Friday 20th & Saturday 2st February, 6pm

Ladies and Gentlemen, Roll up! Roll up!
The Carnival of No Return presents a host of wonders for your entertainment – Boxing Skeletons! Death by Candy Floss! Killer Popcorn! Ghost Train! Hall of Mirrors! Fortune Teller!
Take a ticket and enjoy…Just remember – stay together and don’t lose your heads. Or anything else.
Here as long as the candles burn – Come and join the Carnival of No Return.

MYT5 (aged 12-13) present
Once Upon a Time…
Friday 20th & Saturday 21st February, 7pm

What happens when a fairy tale goes wrong? What if Cinderella never got to the ball? Or if Little Red Riding Hood was eaten by the Wolf?
When an ordinary family suddenly find themselves in a world of fairy tales, their impact has far-reaching consequences which might mean the end of happy endings– forever!

MYT6 (aged 14 – 15) present
The Mirror Princess
Friday 20th & Saturday 21st February, 8.15pm

Lucy is a princess – and not just some minor member of the Windsor family either. She’s a real princess, like the ones you find in fairy tales. Or at least that what Lucy believes.
She can prove it too – she’s in love with a handsome prince, her stepmother is very definitely wicked and there’s even a wolf hanging round the school gates. But trouble is brewing because real life isn’t like a fairy tale and Lucy’s about to find that out in a very big way!

Youth Music Theatre Scotland present
Canal Boat to Freedom
Saturday 21st February, 4.30pm
Cost: FREE

(a work-in-progress showing of a new Scottish musical)
YMTS are excited to be creating a brand new piece of musical theatre, based on the historic novel "Canalboat to Freedom" by Thomas Fall. This project began in August 2008 and we are pleased to preview this piece as a work in progress. With the support of composer Kenny Forrest and USA based director Scott Pegg all of the music, lyrics and dialogue you will see in this performance are the work of the young people involved in the project.

Booking inforamtion:

Call tickets & information for more information or to book 01786 466666 

Tickets:  £5 / £4 (concession) for any single performance of “The Carnival of No Return”, “Once Upon a Time…” or “The Mirror Princess”

Tickets costs £2 / £1 (concession) for each additional performance booked

Visit the macrobert website: www.macrobert.stir.ac.uk

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