Traverse Theatre Mosaic: Spring/Summer 2007 Brochure Text Only Version For more information contact the Traverse Box Office on 0131 228 1404. Last Updated Sat 9 December 2006 Introduction Assemble / Double Letter Score Start making up your picture of our Mosaic season with world premieres of two new Traverse productions. In Linda McLean's strangers, babies (previews begin Fri 23 Feb), one woman's life is assembled through her relationships with five men. As we're putting her together, she's struggling not to let the past pull her apart. The mosaic in Alan Wilkins' Carthage Must Be Destroyed (previews begin Fri 27 Apr) is the classic Roman one and depicts a high octane story of politics, lust and murder. Construct / Double Word Score To build the rest of our Mosaic, we've brought the finest new performances to the cultural heart of Edinburgh. In this brochure you'll find 19 companies presenting a huge variety of work - new writing, political and historical drama, contemporary dance, musical theatre, children & young people's productions, festivals, revivals, literary events, workshops and play readings. Create / Triple Word Score The Traverse will be enhancing our Mosaic with a new large-scale partnership with Film 4 and Channel 4. This relationship will focus on the development of writers and directors for the worlds of theatre, film, and television. Put the pieces together at the Traverse. Shakespeare Schools Festival Dates & Times Wed 7 & Thu 8 Feb (7pm) Tickets £7.50 (£5.50) Website www.ssf.uk.com The Shakespeare Schools Festival is a unique arts-education initiative which enables young people to perform abridged productions of Shakespeare's most famous plays in their local professional theatre. New abridgements of Much Ado About Nothing and Henry V by leading playwright Arnold Wesker have been added to the 13 plays already in the Festival. Each night three local schools will stage three different plays - each lasting half an hour - allowing the audience to experience a range of Shakespeare's output from high tragedy to comedy in one evening. The Festival offers every secondary school the chance to perform on a professional stage following a director's workshop day with the Map Consortium and a cast workshop with the Scottish Youth Theatre. Just knockout. There was a real engagement between the mind and the ability of the children and this long-dead genius and his work, and it was very moving. (Tom Stoppard on Shakespeare Schools Festival) Traverse Theatre Company presents the world premiere of strangers, babies by Linda McLean Director Philip Howard Designer Lisa Sangster Composer Pippa Murphy Previews Fri 23 - Sun 25 Feb (8pm) Preview Ticket Price £7 (£4.50) Dates & Times Tue 27 Feb - Sat 3 Mar (8pm), Sun 4 Mar (5pm), Tue 6 - Sat 10 Mar (8pm), Sun 11 Mar (5pm), Tue 13 - Fri 16 Mar (8pm), Sat 17 Mar (2.30pm & 8pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Tue 27 Feb if bought before Tue 20 Feb (subject to availability) Writers Workshop Sat 17 Mar Audio described performance & Touch Tour Thu 15 Mar (7.15pm touch tour/8pm performance) Sign Language interpreted performance Thu 15 Mar stagetext described performance Tue 13 Mar One woman, five men. When Dan married his wife he knew he wasn't settling for a simple life and, even now, he keeps a wary eye on her. Duncan has never been one for easy pleasantries or loose morality. He's dying and it's really testing his patience. His day is made worse by the arrival of his daughter looking for forgiveness. Roy's first foray onto the internet struck pay dirt and tonight he finds himself face to face with a woman who shares his taste in pain. If Denis didn't ever have to meet his sister again it would be too soon but something in her phone call gave him no option. Abel is young and idealistic so it's no surprise that he's become a Child Protection Officer. One mother's reluctance to give him access to her son sets off Abel's alarm bell. May is the woman in their lives. She ties these men together but she's coming undone as a moment in her life is haunting them all. Sometimes chilling, frequently hilarious, strangers, babies is the story of one woman's desperate attempts at a future. Linda McLean's previous plays for the Traverse include Shimmer, One Good Beating and the Scots English version of Laura Ruohonen's Olga (Playwrights in Partnership commission). Other work for theatre includes the Fringe First & Herald Angel award winning Riddance (Paines Plough), Word for Word (Magnetic North), The Price of a Good Dinner (Derby Playhouse), Happy Yet? (Gate Theatre, London) and the stage adaptation of Like Water for Chocolate (ThŽ‰tre Sans Frontires). Linda is a Board Member of the Playwrights Studio Scotland and was a Mentor for the Traverse's Cubed3 Writers Residency in November 2006. Lyceum Youth Theatre DeoxyriboNucleic Acid by Dennis Kelly Director Xana Maclean Assistant Director Gillian Howie Lighting Designer Paul Rodger Dates & Times Thu 1 & Fri 2 Mar (7.30pm), Sat 3 Mar (2.30pm & 7.30pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Thu 1 Mar when bought before Thu 22 Feb (subject to availability) Website www.lyceum.org.uk DeoxyriboNucleic Acid. DNA. A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. When a high school "it" gang takes a joke too far, a lonely and terrified boy is lost... isn't he? 'I am trying to keep everyone together. Ever since I came to this school haven't I been trying to keep everyone together? Aren't things better? For us? I mean not for them, not out there, but for us? Doesn't everyone want to be us, come here in the woods? Isn't that worth keeping hold of?' LyT return to the Traverse for the fifth year with a shadowy story played to a hard-core soundtrack in their trademark cutting-edge style. Calling up contemporary media obsessions with "real life stories" and dodgy old men with rotten teeth, DeoxyriboNucleic Acid is a poignant and, sometimes, hilarious tale with a very, very dark heart. LyT is the Youth Theatre of the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company. For more information on LyT, contact xmaclean@lyceum.org.uk. Brimming with confidence and rising to every challenge. (Edinburgh Evening News on The Miracle) A bright brave cast. (The Herald on Chatroom) Probably the funniest, most engaging theatre event Edinburgh has seen lately. (EdinburghGuide.com on Discontented Winter) Graeae Theatre Company & Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company Whiter than Snow by Mike Kenny Director Jenny Sealey Dates & Times Wed 7 Mar (7pm), Thu 8 Mar (10.30am), Fri 9 Mar (7pm), Sat 10 Mar (2pm & 7pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Wed 7 Mar when bought before Wed 28 Feb (subject to availability) Websites www.graeae.org www.birmingham-rep.co.uk Once upon a time In a far away land In a time of war Stands a young woman. Because you don't know her yet, Or anything about her, You'll be noticing one thing about her And probably only one. She's short. Meet Frieda and the Frantz family, the world-famous travelling performers of the best Snow White story you'll ever see. But there's a problem, Snow White's done a bunk with the Prince! Just when it looks like the final curtain's about to fall, the perfect leading lady turns up hiding amongst the mothballs. The show will go on - however, perfection is not always what it seems... This witty, insightful re-telling of the Snow White story, by award-winning playwright Mike Kenny (Diary of an Action Man), takes you on a journey through dangerous and shifting landscapes, daring you to go beyond the fairytale. Suitable for 7 - 13 year olds and their families. Accessible to all. A wonderfully life - affirming theatre experience. (The Scotsman on Diary of an Action Man) Consciousness-raising theatre. (The Guardian on Graeae) ATC & Theatre Royal Plymouth Bad Jazz by Robert Farquhar Director Gordon Anderson Designer Soutra Gilmour Dates & Times Wed 21 - Sat 24 Mar (8pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Wed 21 Mar when bought before Wed 14 Mar (subject to availability) Post-Show Discussion Thu 22 Mar Website www.atc-online.com I didn't think when I read the stage direction 'she performs oral sex' that meant... for real, on stage, in front of a paying audience. Natasha is an actress but what she has to do in her latest role is going way too far for boyfriend Ben. Guru director Gavin is pushing at the limits but he isn't all he seems. Writer Hannah has a story to tell but it's not ringing true anymore... while actor Danny is having an affair with his leading lady as his pregnant fiancŽ waits at home. Robert Farquhar's rude new comedy is about a group of desperadoes who come together in pursuit of a shared dream. Its setting is the Wannabe Culture where everything is possible as long as you want it hard enough. But in a world that seems to have no consequences - how far are you prepared to go? ATC return to the Traverse following their outstanding previous visits with A Brief History of Helen of Troy, Jeff Koons, One Minute and Excuses! You know a true comic playwright has arrived when the audience starts laughing before the actors tell the jokes. (The Guardian on Robert Farquhar) Amazing... this is a remarkable American play. (Time Out Critics' Choice on A Brief History of Helen of Troy) There's no faulting ATC's production... the writing has pace, poetry, flashes of beautry, and the odd moment of real courage. (The Scotsman on Jeff Koons) Stellar Quines Ttheatre Company The Unconquered by Torben Betts Director Muriel Romanes Designer Keith McIntyre Movement Director A C Wilson Lighting Designer Jeanine Davies Sound Designer/Composer Peter Vilk Dates & Times Fri 30 Mar (7.30pm) & Sat 31 Mar (2.30pm & 7.30pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Fri 30 Mar when bought before Fri 23 Mar (subject to availability) Website www.stellarquines.com One day you will say something from the heart, a truth forced raw and screeching from the howling depths of your soul. Powerful poetic language, dark humour and provocative ideas build a fast moving story around a fiercely intelligent young girl and her relentless refusal of the establishment. When suddenly a people's revolution breaks out and a mercenary soldier intrudes the family home, the conflict between the regime and the unconquered girl is revealed. Under the direction of Muriel Romanes (The Memory of Water) and with a striking set designed by visual artist Keith McIntyre, an ensemble of high profile actors will draw you into a surreal and compelling theatrical experience. The Unconquered follows Torben Betts' most recent successes in London with The Lunatic Queen and The Biggleswades. The tour is sponsored by Redding Park Development and supported by Arts & Business through the Scottish Executive New Arts Sponsorship Award and by Highlands & Islands Enterprise. He is a protŽgŽ of Alan Ayckbourn but has also been compared to Pinter, Beckett and Barker. (The Observer on Torben Betts) Torben Betts is just about the most original and extraordinary writer of drama we have... a boldly visionary poet... a flamingly original writer. (Liz Lochhead on Torben Betts) A company with amazing depths of energy, maturity and skill. (Scotland on Sunday on Stellar Quines) Henri Oguike Dance Company Green in Blue/Little Red/Tiger Dancing/Expression Lines Date & Time Sat 31 Mar (8pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Dance Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Sat 31 Mar when bought before Sat 24 Mar (subject to availability) Website www.henrioguikedance.co.uk Henri Oguike, one of the most musically aware choreographers of his generation, returns with his eight-strong troupe to offer a mixed bill which promises grandly expansive dancing and intuitive choreography. Green in Blue sees the choreographer's first foray into jazz with the internationally renowned saxophonist Iain Ballamy. The dancers spark off Ballamy's band - who will perform live - to infuse a crisp yet playful energy into this full company work. By contrast, two of Vivaldi's magnificent violin concertos breathe fire into Little Red. Inspired by Blake's poem The Tyger, the plucked strings and springy lines of Steve Martland's score are reflected by the dancers' sinuous and feline movements in Tiger Dancing. Set to the quietly beautiful Saharan blues of guitarist Ali Farka Toure, Expression Lines sees Oguike evoke the harsh contrasts of equatorial sand and sky in an intense yet reflective solo. captivated by contemporary? This performance is programmed in association with Dance Base, Scotland's National Centre for Dance. For full information on their public and professional classes, contact them on dance@dancebase.co.uk/0131 225 5525/www.dancebase.co.uk. Henri Oguike is in no danger of losing his status as one of our most musically astute choreographers. (The Times) Already he's proved himself one of the most versatile dance-makers in the business. (The Guardian) Oguike's unusual combination of manly build and feline delicacy is always a pleasure to watch. (Independent on Sunday) Lung Ha's Theatre Company & Paragon Ensemble Arlecchino's Revenge Director Clark Crystal Musical Director Ninian Perry Dramaturg Roxana Pope Designer Jessica Worrall Dates & Times Thu 5 Apr (2pm), Fri 6 Apr & Sat 7 Apr (7.30pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed & registered disabled £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Thu 5 Apr when bought before Thu 29 Mar (subject to availability) Audio described performance Thu 5 Apr & Sat 7 Apr Sign language interpreted performance Thu 5 Apr & Sat 7 Apr Websites www.lunghas.co.uk www.paragon-ensemble.com There is a land where laughter is forbidden, where the sun has forgotten to shine, where imagination is locked up and the people have given up all hope. Then one night a troupe of travelling players steals into town with a show that changes things forever. Placed in a world of censorship, status and, of course, the race to make the perfect Gorgonzola, Arlecchino's Revenge is a story of redemption, but with a sting in the tail. This is a story of smelly cheese, rotten to the core bad guys and a mask that saves a village. Told by Edinburgh's fabulous Lung Ha's Theatre Company, its chorus of 30 actors, and with live sounds from Glasgow's innovative and highly acclaimed Paragon Ensemble, Arlecchino's Revenge will be an outstanding, if cheesy, night out. With support from the Scottish Arts Council, the City of Edinburgh Council and Midlothian Council. In Monster's Tears... it's also possible to feel the creative presence of the company members themselves; their passion, their humour and their determination. (The Scotsman on Monster's Tears) Attic Theatre Ccompany Afterplay / The Bear by Brian Friel Director Jenny Lee Designer Laura Smith Lighting Designer Roger Frith Dates & Times Fri 6 Apr (8pm), Sat 7 Apr (2.30pm & 8pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Fri 6 Apr when bought before Fri 30 Mar (subject to availability) Post show discussion Fri 6 Apr Website www.attictheatrecompany.com Attic Theatre Company return to the Traverse with Afterplay and The Bear, a double bill of Brian Friel plays inspired by Anton Chekhov. Brian Friel is one of Ireland's most acclaimed contemporary playwrights whose previous plays include Dancing at Lughnasa, Faith Healer, The Home Place and Translations. Afterplay is set in a run-down cafŽ in Moscow in 1921. Two lonely travellers. A delicate and haunting brief encounter between Sonya (from Uncle Vanya) and Andrey (from Three Sisters) meeting 20 years on. As tea gives way to vodka, there are many layers to the truth in the unravelling of two lives. And through their subterfuges, longings, lies and revelations, there's a divine humour that utterly captivates. The Bear is Friel's version of Chekhov's famous farce and follows a wealthy young widow in mourning. Her neighbour, an ex-soldier, is hell-bent on getting her to repay a debt. Tempers erupt, the duelling pistols are out, and caught in the line of fire is the ancient manservant... passions take an unexpected turn on this hot summer day in 1890. A duet of the highest order... imbued with Chekhov but acquiring a poetic life of its own. (Daily Mail on Afterplay) Attic produces theatre... immediate, lean, and full of humanity. (Time Out on Attic Theatre Company) 7:84 Theatre Company Re:Union by Selma Dimitrijevic, Nicola McCartney, Linda McLean & Haresh Sharma Dates & Times Wed 11 - Fri 13 Apr (7.30pm), Sat 14 Apr (2.30pm & 7.30pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Wed 11 Apr when bought before Wed 4 Apr (subject to availability) Website www.784theatre.com When should you stay in a partnership and when should you walk away? When is compromise just another word for humiliation? Or are some partnerships worth the struggle? After all, whether it's family, friend or lover, it all needs work... To celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the Act of Union between Scotland and England and the upcoming Scottish Elections, 7:84 has commissioned four writers - Nicola McCartney, Haresh Sharma, Selma Dimitrijevic & Linda McLean - to examine the theme of Separation and Reconciliation. They will use four momentous historical events as a backdrop: Ireland/England 1921; India/Pakistan 1947; Croatia/Serbia 1991; Scotland/England 2007. Full of black humour and sharp dialogue. (The Guardian on Borderland) There are hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens who would recognise this play, far more than any other produced in Scotland in recent months, as having something to do with them and the real-life dilemmas they face. (The Scotsman on Free-fall) Arches Award for Stage Directors in association with NTS Workshop and Traverse Theatre Amada / Mother, Father, Son Amada Director Cora Bissett Dramaturg Francis Gallop Mother, Father, Son Director Rosie Kellagher Writer Hugo Plowden Dates & Times Wed 18 - Sat 21 Apr (7.15pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Wed 18 Apr when bought before Wed 11 Apr (subject to availability) Website www.thearches.co.uk The Arches Award for Stage Directors offers two emergent, Scottish-based directors the chance to stage a fully-funded production. This year's winners are Cora Bissett and Rosie Kellagher and their productions will be presented at the Traverse as a double bill. Previous winners include Neil Doherty's Tone Clusters and Davey Anderson's Snuff which appeared at the Traverse during the 2006 and 2005 Fringe Festivals. Amada is inspired by a tale from Chilean writer Isabel Allende. Using the remarkable singing voice of 'Basque-wegian' Nerea Bello, intense physical performance, visual poetry and Spanish guitar, Cora Bissett will recreate the colour, passion and sensuality of Latin America. Cora is an actor and musician who has played with the bands Swelling Meg, Arab Strap and Mogwai. Recently she's had key roles in multi-award winning film Red Road and NTS' Wolves in the Walls. Mother, Father, Son is inspired by the Japanese phenomenon of Hikikomori - middle class men, living with their parents, who isolate themselves completely from their families and society, shutting themselves in their bedrooms for years. Mother and Father dance to their ballroom records and leave food outside Son's room. They scarcely remember what he looks like, and find comfort in their own small routines, until Son decides to change the rules and a severed finger appears outside the door... Rosie Kellagher was Assistant Director on the Royal Lyceum's Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, and works as Staff Director at Oran Mor's A Play, a Pie and a Pint. Traverse Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Carthage Must Be Destroyed by Alan Wilkins Director Lorne Campbell Designer Kenny Miller Previews Fri 27 - Sun 29 Apr (8pm), Preview Ticket Price £7 (£4.50) Dates & Times Tue 1 - Sat 5 May (8pm), Sun 6 May (5pm), Tue 8 - Fri 11 May (8pm), Sat 12 May (2.30pm & 8pm), Sun 13 May (5pm), Tue 15 - Sat 19 May (8pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Tue 1 May if bought before Tue 24 Apr (subject to availability) Writers Workshop Sat 17 Feb Audio described performance & Touch Tour Sat 19 May (7.15pm touch tour/8pm performance) Sign language interpreted performance Sat 19 May (8pm) stagetext described performance Thu 17 May 50 years after the ravages of Hannibal, the Roman Republic is doing well. That is, fine. Taxes have risen and there doesn't seem to be as much money around for wine, villas and boys with good complexions. The Senate is under pressure to make Rome rich again. Consul Cato is a practical man and knows Carthage is the solution. If the Senate hears a clamour of voices against the old enemy, order could be restored. Carthage has too much money. Carthage is stockpiling weapons. Carthage is a threat to Rome. Delenda est Carthago - Carthage Must Be Destroyed! Cato thinks Senator Gregor is just the man to put the wheels into motion. He's practiced in the art of having just enough power to guarantee privilege without ever having so much that it brings responsibility. Gregor is about to encounter the sharp end of politics... Set against the backdrop of the Third Punic War, Alan Wilkins' Carthage Must Be Destroyed is a compelling story of political intrigue, double dealing and the ruthless realities of taking a nation to war. Alan Wilkins' first Traverse Theatre commission The Nest - an intriguing story of Munro bagging - was a sell out during its 2004 Edinburgh run and Highlands & Islands tour. Alan is playwright-mentor for the Traverse Theatre's Young Writers' Group and represented Scotland as a tutor playwright at the 2006 Interplay festival in Lichtenstein. In the last two years he has worked as a writer/actor/collaborator on projects for ek productions, Dundee Rep Theatre, City Moves, Visible Fictions and Aldeburgh Festival. He is currently a playwright tutor for the MA Theatre Studies course at Glasgow University. Communicado in association with Perth Theatre Fergus Lamont by Robin Jenkins in a new version by Gerry Mulgrew Dates & Times Wed 2 - Fri 4 May (7.30pm), Sat 5 May (2.30pm & 7.30pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Wed 2 May when bought before Wed 25 Apr (subject to availability) Website www.communicadotheatre.co.uk Communicado, Scotland's multi-award winning theatre company, presents a dynamic adaptation of one of the finest novels ever written in Scotland, Robin Jenkins' Fergus Lamont. From his origins as an illegitimate child in the slums of Glasgow, Fergus Lamont sets out to reclaim his inheritance and to remake his identity as a soldier, poet and would-be aristocrat. Covering the years from the turn of the century to the second world war, Fergus' unforgettable voice recounts a tale of vanity, success and betrayal which shines its own sardonic light on Scotland and the cultural and political issues of the day. At odds with his origins, hag-ridden by a creative ego, and unsettled in his aristocratic pretensions, Fergus Lamont reaches middle age before he is offered at least the hope of redemption in a love affair with an island woman. In this adaptation of Robin Jenkins's most searching exploration of the modern psyche, Communicado create not just an unforgettable character, but an image of Scotland and what it is to be Scots. Following the critical acclaim of Communicado's adaptation of Jenkins's The Cone Gatherers, Fergus Lamont promises to once again to bring the work of one of Scotland's finest writers to life. Communicado has maintained it's reputation as an innovative and daring company. (The Herald) The grandeur of the story keeps surging to the surface... pure magic. (The Guardian on Communicado's adaptation of Robin Jenkins' The Cone Gatherers) David Hughes Dance Triple Bill Cast Matt Foster, David Hughes, Alan Lambie, Kally Lloyd-Jones Preview Fri 11 May (7.30pm) Preview Tickets £7 (£4.50) Date & Time Sat 12 May (7.30pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Dance Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Sat 12 May if bought before Sat 5 May (subject to availability) Website www.davidhughesdance.co.uk David Hughes Dance presents a triple bill of dance featuring two world premieres and a revival of his critically acclaimed Festival commission Rafael Bonachela's [4:Freeze-Frame]. The first world premiere is a new dance theatre work by acclaimed Australian dancer/choreographer Tanja Liedtke (Australian Dance Theatre/DV8). The second is by David Hughes and will be a collaboration featuring video artist Michael Scott, lighting designer Simon Gane and photographer William Sillars. David Hughes is an internationally acclaimed dancer who has worked with London Contemporary Dance Theatre, Rambert Dance Company, Adventures in Motion Pictures, Siobhan Davies Dance Company, DV8, X Factor Dance, as well as performing solo commissions by leading dance makers Robert Cohan, Christopher Bruce, Siobhan Davies, Wayne McGregor, Javier De Frutos and Pit Fong Loh. Tempted by Tango? This performance is programmed in association with Dance Base, Scotland's National Centre for Dance. For full information on their public and professional classes, contact them on dance@dancebase.co.uk/0131 225 5525/ www.dancebase.co.uk. With this programme and his excellent dancers Hughes has aimed high and pretty much hit the target. (Ballet Dance Magazine) A national treasure... how differently he performs from any other male dancer of his generation. (The Guardian) It's not often you get this close to big-stage brilliance. (The List) National Theatre of Scotland, Victoria and Tramway Aalst by Pol Heyvaert in a new version by Duncan McLean Director/designer Pol Heyvaert Original text Pol Heyvaert & Dimitri Verhulst Cast Kate Dickie, Gary Lewis, David McKay Dates & Times Tue 15 - Sat 19 May (7.30pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Tue 15 May if bought before Tue 8 May (subject to availability) Post-Show discussion Wed 16 May Sign Language interpreted performance Fri 18 May Websites www.nationaltheatrescotland.com www.victoria.be „ www.tramway.org.uk A young couple check into a hotel with their two small children. A week passes before the police make a chilling discovery. In 1999, in the suburban town of Aalst, two parents murdered their children. The ensuing high profile and dramatic trial led to much soul searching in the Belgian media. In 2005 Belgian theatre company, Victoria, dramatised the case, working from source material including statements and interviews, TV footage of the trial and a documentary on the murder investigation. Produced in theatres and festivals across Europe, Aalst has built a reputation as a powerful and complex piece of modern theatre which raises disturbing questions - questions that have no easy answer. Aalst is a production based on real events, born in Europe, re-worked, re-shaped and re-imagined for a Scottish audience by a brilliant and eclectic creative team. Adapted by highly acclaimed novelist Duncan McLean (Bucket of Tongues) and directed by original creator and Victoria associate Pol Heyvaert, Aalst sees a welcome return to the stage for the multi award winning Kate Dickie (Red Road), David McKay (My Name is Jo) and features the voice of Gary Lewis (Billy Elliott). The display of the reality behind murder and the criminal mind are beautifully exposed in Aalst. (RTE) Bank of Scotland International Children's Theatre Festival Sat 19 - Mon 28 May 2007 16 shows in 9 days from 9 countries for children and young people. Find full information at www.imaginate.org.uk or call the Traverse Box Office on 0131 228 1404. Royal Lyceum Theatre, Festival City Theatres & Traverse Theatre Shine Date & Time Sat 12 May (7.30pm) Tickets All tickets will be available from the Festival Theatre Box Office, 13/29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh (0131 529 6000). Websites www.eft.co.uk www.lyceum.org.uk www.traverse.co.uk In Spring 2007 the Traverse, Lyceum and Festival City Theatres will be collaborating on Shine, an exciting theatre making project for young people. It will bring together the talents of the Lyceum Youth Theatre and young writers who will be mentored by professional writers and directors. The project will culminate in a performance of the brand new plays at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh. This project has been generously funded by the City of Edinburgh Council. Please note - This performance will take place at the King's Theatre, 2 Leven Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9LQ. Tickets in advance will only be available from the Festival Theatre Box Office, 13/29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh (0131 529 6000). Mull Theatre Cyprus by Peter Arnott Director Peter Arnott Designer Robin Peoples Sound Designer Martin Low Dates & Times Wed 30 May - Sat 2 June (7.30pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Wed 30 May if bought before Wed 23 May (subject to availability) Website www.mulltheatre.com A political thriller by Peter Arnott. As the War on Terror grinds on from failure to catastrophe, Brian Traquair, a retired civil servant with a remote home on Mull, finds that his old-style pragmatism is increasingly in demand. Traquair is a man with a secretive past and an ambiguous present - as well as dubious acquaintances. His former protŽgŽ, Michael Griffen, comes up to visit Traquair and his troubled daughter Alison, and through the door with him come foreign and domestic wars, old and new. Terrorism and intrigue, corruption and covert action have all come home. Arnott... tightens the dramatic noose thrillingly as the tables turn to devastating effect. (Evening Standard) A taut, intelligent three-hander... the vectors of who means what to whom are played out with le CarrŽ-like understatement. (Financial Times) Totally gripping - as exciting (and improbable) as an episode of Spooks. (Time Out) Dogstar 'e Polish Quine by Henry Adam Director Matthew Zajac Dates & Times Thu 31 May - Sat 2 June (8pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Thu 31 May if bought before Thu 24 May (subject to availability) Website www.dogstartheatre.co.uk Yer hair's as soft an gentle as a thocht God wis. Fin a'm wi ye a dinna hear ae voices, a dinna see ae faces. All there is is ye an me, an we're baith pairt o ae same thing. We're pairt o ae nicht, pairt o ae quietness at surrounds us. Its as if a can only be alone fin a'm wi ye. 1946. David Gordon returns from the war to his family's Aberdeenshire farm, searching for the peace and simplicity of his childhood. He is haunted by the horrors he has witnessed. They return to him in his sleep and in the form of local antipathy towards a refugee Polish family who take the lease on a nearby farm. David establishes the beginnings of a relationship with Anna, the daughter of the Polish family, trying to overcome the psychological damage the war has inflicted on them both. Poetic and moving, 'e Polish Quine explores the themes of war trauma, xenophobia and love. Born in Caithness, Henry Adam has written a number of outstanding plays in recent years, including the internationally-acclaimed post-9/11 satire The People Next Door, Petrol Jesus Nightmare #5 and Among Unbroken Hearts, all staged by the Traverse. Dogstar's previous productions have included The Strathspey King, Seven Ages and 2005's sell-out production of Ali Smith's The Seer. A near-perfect example of post-modernism in all its playful glory. (The Scotsman on The Seer) Terrifically well done... ambitious, stylish and very popular. (The Times on Seven Ages) Imaginative and beautifully realised. (The Herald on The Strathspey King) National Theatre of Scotland The Wonderful World of Dissocia by Anthony Neilson Dates & Times Wed 6 - Fri 8 June (7.30pm), Sat 9 June (2.30pm & 7.30pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Wed 6 June if bought before Wed 30 May (subject to availability) Audio described performance & touch tour Fri 8 June (6.45pm touch tour/7.30pm performance) Sign language interpreted performance Fri 8 June Website www.nationaltheatrescotland.com Director Anthony Neilson Designer Miriam Buether Sound Designer/Composer Nick Powell Lighting Designer Chahine Yavroyan Lisa Jones is on a journey. It's a colourful and exciting off-kilter trip in search of one lost hour that has tipped the balance of her life. The inhabitants of the wonderful world she finds herself in - Dissocia - are a curious blend of the funny, the friendly and the brutal. As Neilson himself puts it, 'If you like Alice in Wonderland but there's not enough sex and violence in it, then Dissocia is the show for you'. Produced originally for the 2004 Edinburgh International Festival, The Wonderful World of Dissocia wowed critics and audiences alike. This is a hugely original play, both magical and moving, that confirmed Anthony Neilson as one of the major voices in contemporary British theatre. Within just 12 months the National Theatre of Scotland has established itself as a major theatrical force. In its first season NTS and the Edinburgh International Festival also produced Realism - Anthony Neilson's critically acclaimed sister piece to The Wonderful World of Dissocia. The National Theatre of Scotland presents the Edinburgh International Festival, Drum Theatre Plymouth and Tron Theatre Glasgow's production of The Wonderful World of Dissocia. It features the original cast of James Cunningham, Christine Entwisle, Alan Francis, Amanda Hadingue, Jack James, Claire Little, Matthew Pidgeon and Barnaby Power. Bubbling with inventiveness that is distinctly its own. (Daily Telegraph) An utterly haunting piece of work. (The Herald) A beautiful, thought-provoking experience. (The Scotsman) Authortalks Debut Authors Festival Dates Fri 8 - Sun 10 June Tickets £6 (£4) per session Weekend Ticket Offer See any three Debut events for £15 (£9) Website www.debutauthorsfestival.co.uk Now in its third year, the Debut Authors Festival is the only literary festival dedicated to new writers. In eight sessions over one weekend, the festival introduces the most exciting debut writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry from Britain and beyond. The newly published writers will read from and discuss their work, talking particularly about being a debut author: how they chose what to write about, how long it took them, how they used their lives and experience to inform their work and how they found an agent and publisher. The festival includes the hugely popular Unpublished Writers Jam Session, which offers undiscovered writers a chance to showcase their work in front of a panel of expert judges. Also in the programme are talks by publishing and media professionals giving tips and advice on how to get published and how to present and promote your work after the deal is done. This festival has something for everyone who enjoys reading and writing. Programme details are being confirmed at the time of writing, so either contact the Traverse Box Office for updated information or visit the Debut Author's Festival website at www.debutauthorsfestival.co.uk. A fantastic weekend, in every way, shape and form. Each of the seven events I attended was distinctive, memorable and intellectually stimulating; and should disperse any lingering notion that 'first-time' means 'amateur', or that 'new' implies 'inexperienced'. (Stuart Kelly, Literary Editor, Scotland on Sunday) Mark Bruce Dance Company Sea of Bones Date & Time Sat 16 June (8pm) Tickets £12 (£7/unemployed £4.50) Dance Apex Ticket Offer £7 (£4.50) on Sat 16 June if bought before Sat 9 June (subject to availability) Sea of Bones is a richly-layered full-length work, embodying choreographer Mark Bruce's trademark style of raw visceral power tinged with tenderness and longing. With music by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Tom Waits, Sonic Youth and Domenico Scarlatti, and first performed to sell-out crowds in England, Sea of Bones is a dive into the collective unconscious - a dark journey into the Otherworld of dreams, heightened reality and ancient and modern mythology. Mark Bruce trained at Rambert School, and has choreographed and danced professionally throughout England and abroad including work with Rosas, Introdans, Extemporary Dance Theatre and DJazzex. Captivated by Capoeira? This performance is programmed in association with Dance Base, Scotland's National Centre for Dance. For full information on their public and professional classes, contact them on dance@dancebase.co.uk/0131 225 5525/ www.dancebase.co.uk. When the lights go up on Mark Bruce's Sea of Bones to reveal a woad-spattered Joanne Fong in a bowler hat, the audience wriggle pleasurably, sensing that they're in for a good time. When the seven-strong cast enter carrying severed heads, they know they are. How deep dare you go, Bruce asks us. There's beauty there, but horror too. Reverberently unsettling. Catch it if you can. (The Observer) Traverse Theatre Company Traverse on Tour When the Bulbul Stopped Singing by Raja Shehadeh Jordan The Traverse Theatre Company production of David Greig's adapatation of When the Bulbul Stopped Singing by Raja Shehadeh has been invited to appear at the Royal Cultural Centre, Amman, Jordan, on 22 - 25 March 2007. When the Bulbul Stopped Singing was originally produced for the 2004 Festival and has since toured to the Fadjr International Theatre Festival, Tehran, and 59E59 Theaters, New York. Bulbul is a cut above most for several reasons: the directness and honesty of the staging, Christopher Simon's exquisitely understated performance and the even-handedness of Shehadeh's text as it charts the extraordinary power of resistance that comes from ordinary people trying to get on with their lives under appalling duress. (The Guardian) Simon's beautifully measured performance engages throughout the show's 75 minutes and director Philip Howard's uncluttered production lets the words speak for themselves. (London Evening Standard) No one pretends this sort of theatre is easy, but in the packed and motionless audience , few can feel untouched by the poignant and profound drama inherent in the situations so elegantly conjured by Shehadeh's still, small voice of calm. (The Independent) The Traverse & Writers The Traverse mission is to nurture, develop and produce the work of contemporary playwrights to the highest possible standards. Alongside this, the Traverse develops and presents high-quality translations of leading International plays. To this end, the company commissions new writers from Scotland and around the world. Commissions Each year the Traverse commissions at least six new plays by writers based in, or from, Scotland, and a select number of new translations/versions by leading Scottish writers of contemporary international plays under our groundbreaking Playwrights in Partnership scheme. Recent Traverse commissions have included Melody, Gorgeous Avatar, I was a Beautiful Day, East Coast Chicken Supper, The People Next Door, Iron and Outlying Islands. Previous full productions of Playwrights in Partnership work include Olga, 15 Seconds, The Girl on the Sofa, Strawberries in January and Broke. In-house script development & Playreadings Where appropriate and desired, commissioned writers are offered the possibility of individual script-development workshops on their commissions, with leading actors and directors from the Traverse. Script exchange & Networking The Traverse actively participates in national, UK and international script exchange and networking. We introduce and share new plays with other leading theatres and companies who are committed to producing new work. We also facilitate writers' events around the world to showcase Scotland's playwrights. Public Playreadings We premiere contemporary plays from Scotland and around the world, often giving audiences the chance to catch previews of plays before their full production. These are performed as playreadings by prominent actors and offer a chance to hear major playwrights discuss their work after the performance. This season we are offering the first reading of Portugese writer Abel Neves' Never been in Baghdad. The Literary Department at the Traverse is Katherine Mendelsohn (Literary Manager) and Louise Stephens (Literary Assistant). If you would like to submit a script to us, contact Louise Stephens, Literary Assistant, on louise@traverse.co.uk/0131 228 3223. In all cases, please send your script by post to the Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh EH1 2ED. Please include an A4 stamped, self addressed envelope so that it can be returned to you if required. For information on Young Writers Group, Class Act or Education opportunities please contact Jemima Levick on 0131 228 3223 or email jemima@traverse.co.uk. Unsolicited scripts Unsolicited scripts are accepted all year round and go to the Literary Department to be read and reported on. The Traverse accepts original plays only - no adaptations, please! We prioritise the work of writers living in Scotland. All eligible scripts will be read and responded to. One-to-one Dramaturgy In select cases, a writer may be offered a one-to-one meeting with a member of the Artistic Team or with a Traverse Associate Playwright where they can be offered personal encouragement, feedback and advice on their writing. Public Writers' Workshops Each season the Traverse runs a number of public playwriting workshops led by major playwrights and practitioners. These are targeted at a range of experience and offer writers a great chance to meet and to further their skills. Education The Traverse provides a number of education possibilities, from schools and college visits and workshops, to education packs on our new plays. We also run a regular teachers' forum on our coming work. And once a year leading playwrights work with the Traverse to run Class Act, our flagship schools' playwriting project with professional actors and directors. Young Writers Group New writers aged 18 - 25 can join our fortnightly Young Writers Group, led by a professional playwright. The Young Writers Group culminates in First Bite, a chance to work with Traverse directors, actors and the Literary Team on their plays. Writer & Audience Encounters The Traverse hosts regular informal post-show discussions and Encounter events that offer audiences and artists the chance to hear leading writers and theatre-makers talking about their work and inspirations. Readings & Post Show Discussions First Glimpse: Portugal A chance to preview the Traverse's latest Playwrights in Partnership commission from one of Portugal's leading playwrights, and to hear the writer talk in person about his work afterwards. The Traverse Theatre has worked in association with Artistas Unidos Theatre Company in Lisbon to bring the playwright Abel Neves to Edinburgh and present his work in the Traverse's brand new Scots English version by Duncan McLean. Never been in Baghdad by Abel Neves in a version by Duncan McLean Date & Time Thu 22 Mar (7.30pm) Tickets £4 (£2) Rogerio and Gloria have just moved flat in the city. Everything's still in boxes, but they've managed to unpack the telly, allowing them to have it on in the background while they sort out their life and belongings from the mounds of boxes. As they search for the shower attachment and try and locate the new water heater, the 2003 invasion of Iraq silently plays in the background. Those first stages of the invasion, when dolphins were used to clear the underwater mines from the ports and somehow it seemed that the war would not last long... A play about personal lives in a globalised world, and where we find our touchstones. Abel Neves is one of Portugal's leading contemporary writers and playwrights. His plays include Bull, An‡kis, Amadia, Land, Jellyfish, Foreign El, Lobo Wolf (with contribution by Therese Collins), Inter-Rail and Supernova. He has also published several novels and collections of poetry. This project is made possible by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Portugal). Wave The Wave Project Date & Time Thu 15 Mar (7.30pm) Tickets £4 (£2) In a setting that looks out across the rooftops of Glasgow's Sighthill estate, The Wave Project explores asylum, betrayal and survival. Written by Ghazi Hussein, the play was inspired by material developed in workshops which took as starting points the shipwreck in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, meditations on the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and landings in places unknown... The performed reading is directed by Annie George, whose recent work has included Incendiary (Oval House Theatre, London) and Coast (Contact Theatre, Manchester). The Edinburgh based company WAVE combines devised work, new writing and culturally diverse casts, with an accent on the voice of this nation's settled and unsettled communities. Supported by the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council. Writers Workshops Rona Munro: Writing - A Survival Guide Rona Munro, the Traverse's Scottish Arts Council Senior Playwriting Fellow, presents two talks on different aspects of surviving the writing process, followed by question and answer sessions. Rona Munro is based at the Traverse during 2006-7 as our Senior Playwriting Fellow, and is currently under commission to the Traverse to write a new play. She offers a vital writer's voice in guiding and supporting the Traverse's development of new writing in Scotland. Rona has written extensively for stage, radio, television, and film for over 20 years. Her most recent work for the Traverse has been Iron and the UK version of Evelyne de la Chenelire's QuŽbŽcois play Strawberries in January. Other recent work includes Long Time Dead (Paines Plough), The Indian Boy (RSC) and Rehab (directed by Antonia Bird for the BBC). Rona Munro Surviving the Inner Demons Date & Time Sat 10 Feb (2.30pm - 5.30pm) „ Tickets £6 (£4) Practical tips and exercises on how to get through times of low inspiration as a writer. Effective work and how to produce it. Ways to kick start your work when you stall. Suggestions for generating ideas. Consolation, you're not alone! Rona Munro Surviving film and television Date & Time Sun 17 June (2.30pm - 5.30pm) „ Tickets £6 (£4) What to do with the perfect script that can't find a buyer. How to react effectively to rejection. How to spot bad script editing and protect yourself. Simple dos and don'ts to save your sanity. Alan Wilkins The Past is Another Country (Sometimes) Date & Time Sat 17 Feb (11am - 5pm) Tickets £10 (£6) To tie in with the upcoming production of his new play Carthage Must Be Destroyed at the Traverse, playwright Alan Wilkins leads a workshop exploring the process of creating historical drama with a contemporary resonance. Participants are asked to think in advance about a historical era they'd like to explore in preparation for the workshop. Places are limited. To book, contact the Box Office on 0131 228 1404/www.traverse.co.uk. For further information, call Louise Stephens in the Traverse Literary Department on 0131 228 1404. Linda McLean The Allure of the Secret Date & Time Sat 17 Mar (11am - 5pm) Tickets £10 (£6) To tie in with the current production of her new play, strangers, babies, at the Traverse, playwright Linda McLean leads a workshop exploring the power behind what's hidden, using active dialogue, subtext and suggestion. Places are limited, and by application only. To apply, please submit a short play or extract, (no longer than five pages) to Louise Stephens, Literary Assistant, Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh, EH1 2ED. The deadline for applications is 6 Mar 2007, and successful applicants will be notified shortly after. Exhibitions Where & When The exhibitions at the Traverse are available to view during normal Bar CafŽ opening hours. Buy Art Ever wanted to own your own work of art? All the work displayed in the Traverse Bar CafŽ is available for sale. If you'd like to attend any exhibition openings, please contact Kath Lowe on 0131 228 3223/kath@traverse.co.uk. Want to exhibit? Traverse Bar CafŽ exhibitions present a range of up and coming artists' work. If you'd like your work to be considered for exhibition, please contact Kath Lowe on 0131 228 3223/kath@traverse.co.uk. Traverse Exhibition programme is supported by Alliance Wines. Matthew Padden Remnants Sun 14 Jan - Sat 24 Feb 2007 Leah Merete Robb Mirror Image Sun 25 Feb - Sat 7 Apr 2007 Three Piece Suite The Struggle with the Angel (The Notion of Audition) Sun 8 Apr - Sat 19 May 2007 Catherine Rayner Tales from the Jungle Sun 20 May - Sat 7 July 2007 MCR Graphic Artist You Love It... Sun 8 July - Sat 16 Sep 2007 Mark Melvin Kill the Lights (Quiet Please, Performance, Applause) Following its creation as part of the Traverse's Cubed3 season in Autumn 2006, Mark Melvin has generously agreed to loan the piece Kill the Lights (Quiet Please, Performance, Applause) to the Traverse. It is a neon light work of three repetitions: Quiet Please, Performance and Applause. Melvin edited and omitted text using letters highlighted with coloured neon which flash as if performing. We are presented with the results of this process in the form of the following prose: 'Ease its quiet pleas, peace for romance, alas, a pause, applause'. Kill the Lights (Quiet Please, Performance, Applause) was originally presented as part of Cubed3 Visual Art. It was curated by Kirsten Lloyd and Amy Sales and commissioned by E m e r g e D and the Traverse Theatre. At a Glance Feb - May 2007 (APEX) = Discount tickets available in advance „ (PSD) = Post Show Discussion „ (ADP) = Audio described performance (SLIP) = Sign language interpreted performance „ (STX) = Captioned performance using stagetext Wed 7 Feb Shakespeare Schools Festival ?pm Thu 8 Feb Shakespeare Schools Festival ?pm Sat 10 Feb Rona Munro Workshop 2.30pm Sat 17 Feb Alan Wilkins Workshop 11am Fri 23 Feb strangers, babies 8pm (preview) Sat 24 Feb strangers, babies 8pm (preview) Sun 25 Feb strangers, babies 8pm (preview) Tue 27 Feb strangers, babies 8pm (APEX) Wed 28 Feb strangers, babies 8pm March 2007 Thu 1 Mar DNA 7.30pm (APEX) strangers, babies 8pm Fri 2 Mar DNA 7.30pm strangers, babies 8pm Sat 3 Mar DNA 2.30pm & 7.30pm strangers, babies 8pm Sun 4 Mar strangers, babies 5pm Tue 6 Mar strangers, babies 8pm Wed 7 Mar Whiter Than Snow 7pm (APEX) strangers, babies 8pm Thu 8 Mar Whiter Than Snow 10.30am strangers, babies 8pm Fri 9 Mar Whiter Than Snow 7pm strangers, babies 8pm Sat 10 Mar Whiter Than Snow 2pm & 7pm strangers, babies 8pm Sun 11 Mar strangers, babies 5pm Tue 13 Mar strangers, babies 8pm (STX) Wed 14 Mar strangers, babies 8pm Thu 15 Mar The Wave Project 7.30pm strangers, babies 8pm (SLIP & ADP) Fri 16 Mar strangers, babies 8pm Sat 17 Mar Linda McLean Workshop 11am strangers, babies 2.30pm & 8pm Wed 21 Mar Bad Jazz 8pm (APEX) Thu 22 Mar Never been in Baghdad 7.30pm Bad Jazz 8pm (PSD) Fri 23 Mar Bad Jazz 8pm Sat 24 Mar Bad Jazz 8pm Fri 30 Mar The Unconquered 7.30pm (APEX) Sat 31 Mar The Unconquered 2.30pm & 7.30pm Henri Oguike Dance Company 8pm (APEX) April 2007 Thu 5 Apr Arlecchino's Revenge 2pm (APEX, SLIP & ADP) Fri 6 Apr Arlecchino's Revenge 7.30pm Afterplay/The Bear 8pm (APEX & PSD) Sat 7 Apr Afterplay/The Bear 2.30pm & 8pm Arlecchino's Revenge 7.30pm (SLIP & ADP) Wed 11 Apr Re:Union 7.30pm (APEX) Thu 12 Apr Re:Union 7.30pm Fri 13 Apr Re:Union 7.30pm Sat 14 Apr Re:Union 2.30pm & 7.30pm Wed 18 Apr Amada/Mother, Father, Son 7.15pm (APEX) Thu 19 Apr Amada/Mother, Father, Son 7.15pm Fri 20 Apr Amada/Mother, Father, Son 7.15pm Sat 21 Apr Amada/Mother, Father, Son 7.15pm Fri 27 Apr Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm (PREVIEW) Sat 28 Apr Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm (PREVIEW) Sun 29 Apr Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm (PREVIEW) May 2007 Tue 1 May Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm (APEX) Wed 2 May Fergus Lamont 7.30pm (APEX) Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm Thu 3 May Fergus Lamont 7.30pm Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm Fri 4 May Fergus Lamont 7.30pm Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm Sat 5 May Fergus Lamont 2.30pm & 7.30pm Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm Sun 6 May Carthage Must Be Destroyed 5pm Tue 8 May Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm Wed 9 May Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm Thu 10 May Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm Fri 11 May David Hughes Dance Company 7.30pm (PREVIEW) Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm Sat 12 May Carthage Must Be Destroyed 2.30pm & 8pm David Hughes Dance Company 7.30pm (APEX) Sun 13 May Carthage Must Be Destroyed 5pm Tue 15 May Aalst 7.30pm (APEX) Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm Wed 16 May Aalst 7.30pm (PSD) Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm Thu 17 May Aalst 7.30pm Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm (STX) Fri 18 May Aalst 7.30pm (SLIP) Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm Sat 19 May Aalst 7.30pm Carthage Must Be Destroyed 8pm (SLIP & ADP) Tue 22 May Bank of Scotland Children's Festival (until Mon 28 May) Wed 30 May Cyprus 7.30pm (APEX) Thu 31 May Cyprus 7.30pm 'e Polish Quine 8pm (APEX) June 2007 Fri 1 June Cyprus 7.30pm 'e Polish Quine 8pm Sat 2 June Cyprus 7.30pm 'e Polish Quine 8pm Wed 6 June The Wonderful World of Dissocia 7.30pm (APEX) Thu 7 June The Wonderful World of Dissocia 7.30pm Fri 8 June The Wonderful World of Dissocia 7.30pm (SLIP & ADP) Debut Authors Festival (various times) Sat 9 June Debut Authors Festival (various times) The Wonderful World of Dissocia 2.30pm & 7.30pm Sun 10 June Debut Authors Festival (various times) Sat 16 June Mark Bruce Dance Company 8pm (APEX) Sun 17 June Rona Munro Workshop 2.30pm