Birds of Paradise Theatre Company presents

CLUTTER KEEPS COMPANY by Davey Anderson

It's a school night... your mum's at work and your dad's away. Your sister is supposed to be looking after you. Instead she's wearing bright red lipstick and a tartan miniskirt. And you? You're tucked up in bed, with a tape cassette under the pillow, dreaming of jellyfish...or are you?

The shows are in town. Scream if you want to go faster!

Birds of Paradise returns with a bittersweet comedy thriller about running away from an unholy mess and plunging into utter chaos!

Clutter Keeps Company is written by the acclaimed playwright, Davey Anderson, whose credits include NTS's Black Watch, Architecting, Rupture and Be Near Me. Anderson is a past winner of an Arches New Director's Award. He is also behind the successful Liar, winner of a CATS award in 2009 for Best Show for Children and Young People.

Suitable for young people aged 12 years and upwards.

All performances are surtitled and audio description is embedded within the text.

Catherine Wheels Theatre Comapny presents Pobby and Dingan, a heartbreaking and
beautiful contemporary tale about the possibility of dreams, the preciousness of hope
and how, sometimes, we have to believe in the impossible.

This show is open to all. Youth Theatre groups are particularly encouraged to see the show.

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Liminal Theatre is proud to announce the Scottish premiere of it's internationally successful

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

The Play

East of the Sun and West of the Moon combines Bunraku style, live hand puppets and onstage actors who interact in a dynamic form of movement theatre. 

East of the Sun and West of the Moon is the epic story of a young girl called Bridgette who causes the near destruction of her town when she breaks her promise to a frog.  To save her home and her village she must undertake a perilous journey to a far away land, rescue the prince from a troll princess and unlock the meaning of life.

 "This experimental theatre piece is anything but traditional.  The combination of movement, acting, music and puppetry contributes to a graceful, harmonious setti...All the performers, actors and puppeteers alike, are exceptional."

                                                                                       The Tower Light, Baltimore

The Director

Playwright Joel Mason directs his magical play for the 7^th time since its first production in the US in 1997. Joel is an actor, director, fight choreographer and playwright with work credits in the US, Hungary, Ireland, Belgium, South Korea and Scotland. 

As Artistic Director of Liminal Theatre, with the creation of East of the Sun and West of the Moon Joel uses experimental performance techniques and elements of ritual to explore the cultural roots of local communities. Other credits include From Failing Hands for Collusion Theatre in Glasgow and Twin Grandchildren for the youth theatre at Macrobert Theatre in Stirling, Scotland in collaboration with Mashirika Theatre in Kagali, Rwanda.

In 2006, at the age of 45, Joel was diagnosed with Parkinson's in the same week that he and his wife found out that they were expecting their first child. Since then he has become a board member for the Edinburgh Parkinson's Society and has set up an Edinburgh group for young people diagnosed with the disease.

Performing at the Roxy Art House,

2 Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh EH8 9SU

Performances: 12,13 & 19,20 March

For information on group bookings and tailor made workshops:

Liz Strange, Co-Producer

liminaltheatre@hotmail.co.uk

07974 720 346

TRANSFORM ABERDEEN: The Cabaret of Impossible Dreams

A Major Theatre Education Project

The National Theatre of Scotland is delighted to be returning to Aberdeen in January 2010 with Transform Aberdeen - a major theatre education project developed in partnership with Aberdeen City Council's Arts Education Team and created with students from Dyce Academy and members of the local community.

Following an exciting programme of workshops at Dyce Academy in September 2009, the National Theatre of Scotland team is looking forward to returning to Dyce to work on the project from 25th January 2010.

Transform Aberdeen is directed by Paddy Cunneen, the award-winning theatre director, playwright and composer. Paddy Cunneen is leading the project with a team of professional theatre artists from the National Theatre of Scotland including Jen Edgar as Movement Specialist, Ailie Cohen as Puppetry Specialist, Lewis Hetherington as Creative Writing Specialist, Kenny Miller as Designer and Kate Bonney as Lighting Designer.

Transform Aberdeen is due to culminate in an exciting public theatre event entitled The Cabaret of Impossible Dreams at the Forum in Aberdeen, with performances from 17th to 19th March 2010. The Cabaret of Impossible Dreams will explore the fascinating world of dreams, as experienced through the lives and imaginations of young people.

17th - 19th March 2010, 7.30pm (matinee, Friday 19th March, 2pm. Signed performance,Thursday 18th March, 7.30pm ).

The Forum, 3 Skene Terrace, Aberdeen, AB10 1RN

Tickets: Free but advance booking required.

Tickets available from 15th February 2010 from Aberdeen Box Office, Tel: 01224 641122