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| The Critics greet the news of the new season |
Appy Birfday to the ol' fella in the Gorbals - 70 years young taday. An they've sent us all a press release. Let's ave a peek at wat they are up ta.
· A new production of classic twentieth-century Scottish favourite
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| ga-ken wan |
Ayman's alright by Cyril. Did a tasty piece - two ov em - in the Fringe and as a passion fer the polemical art. Ee did Lear with Dom Ill a bit back, and ee's got those sweet actin chops. Byrne's shown is moves wiv a couple of translations of Chekhov in the past year. Nice.
· A major new play by Douglas Maxwell, Fever Dream: Southside, a hallucinatory comic thriller set in Glasgow’s Southside.
· Into That Darkness, an adaptation by former Citizens Theatre Artistic Director Robert David MacDonald of Gitta Sereny’s interviews with SS-Obersturmführer Franz Stangl.
It betta be very radical. Frickin Shakespeare. Still, Filter'll rip it like ya jaw on a sovreign.
· Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014 hit Lippy by young Irish theatre company Dead Centre.
· The Garden, an opera by Zinnie and John Harris and David Leddy’s Long Live the Little Knife in the theatre’s Circle Studio.
"This season honours the Citizens’ long-standing tradition of bold and daring work that speaks to Glasgow audiences. As well as welcoming back old friends and showcasing some exciting new talent, I'm particularly looking forward to directing Douglas Maxwell’s new work, set in the Southside of Glasgow and exploring universal themes of parenthood, community and belonging."
Aving all of it, big style...
· A major new play by Douglas Maxwell, Fever Dream: Southside, a hallucinatory comic thriller set in Glasgow’s Southside.
Sarfside Massive shout out. Maxwell's got a free pass if ee's talkin baht my manor.
· Into That Darkness, an adaptation by former Citizens Theatre Artistic Director Robert David MacDonald of Gitta Sereny’s interviews with SS-Obersturmführer Franz Stangl.
Nice... here's one for Anselm Henrich off Glasgow Uni. Ardcore.
· Return visit by theatre company Headlong with The Absence of War, David Hare’s state of the nation play focusing on the Labour party.
· Return visit by theatre company Headlong with The Absence of War, David Hare’s state of the nation play focusing on the Labour party.
Sweet, bit of a modern classic.
· A radical re-imagining of Macbeth by Filter.
· A radical re-imagining of Macbeth by Filter.
It betta be very radical. Frickin Shakespeare. Still, Filter'll rip it like ya jaw on a sovreign. · Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014 hit Lippy by young Irish theatre company Dead Centre.
· The Garden, an opera by Zinnie and John Harris and David Leddy’s Long Live the Little Knife in the theatre’s Circle Studio.
John Harris is sound. Zinnie is cool. Baht time they teamed up.
· Top names on the UK comedy circuit including John Shuttleworth, Henning Wehn, Simon Amstell, Jon Ronson, Susan Calman and Des Clarke as part of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
· Top names on the UK comedy circuit including John Shuttleworth, Henning Wehn, Simon Amstell, Jon Ronson, Susan Calman and Des Clarke as part of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
A bunch of jokers, eh?
Announcing the new season Artistic Director Dominic Hill said
Announcing the new season Artistic Director Dominic Hill said
"This season honours the Citizens’ long-standing tradition of bold and daring work that speaks to Glasgow audiences. As well as welcoming back old friends and showcasing some exciting new talent, I'm particularly looking forward to directing Douglas Maxwell’s new work, set in the Southside of Glasgow and exploring universal themes of parenthood, community and belonging."
Aving all of it, big style...
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