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Dateline: 27th August, 2004

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7:84 to Tour Scottish Public Services Play

Lorenzo Mele's directorial debut for 7:84 Theatre Company puts Scotland's public services under the spotlight.

What is it really like working in Scotland's public services today? Will the much-heralded Private Finance Initiatives sweeping across Scotland save the day or sink the nation into debt?

Who better to answer these questions than those at the heart of the matter?

The campaigners and teachers, pupils, midwives, doctors, porters, nurses, technicians, accountants and senior managers toiling in our public services have created Private Agenda, the extraordinary new play from 7:84 Theatre Company.

Based entirely on true stories gathered during interviews in 2004, 7:84 Theatre Company's Artistic Director, Lorenzo Mele, has travelled across Scotland to go beyond the jargon and discovers that the truth really is stranger than fiction.

This is a surreal and maddening journey that starts with a trip over the Bridge to Skye, uncovers corporate cuts in Caithness, finds fighting in Fort William and pillaging in Perth's Royal Infirmary. Private Agenda goes behind the scenes at the new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and examines the blueprints of the new schools popping up on every corner in every town.

Directed by Lorenzo Mele, Private Agenda is the voice of our public services, a voice that has gone unheard. Until now.

Tour Schedule

Paisley Arts Centre
Paisley
Thurs 2nd ­ Sat 4th Sep

Ryan Centre
Stranraer
Tue 7th Sep

Palace Theatre
Kilmarnock
Wed 8th Sep

Carnegie Hall
Dunfermline
Thurs 9th Sep

Brunton Theatre
Musselburgh
Fri 10th ­ Sat 11th Sep

Gordons School
Huntly
Tue 14th Sep

Lossiemouth High School
Lossiemouth
Wed 15th Sep

Deeside Theatre
Aboyne
Thurs 16th Sep

The Lemon Tree
Aberdeen
Fri 17th Sep

Dalrymple Arts Centre
Fraserburgh
Sat 18th Sep

The Arches
Glasgow
Tue 21st ­ Sat 25th Sep

Cumbernauld Theatre
Cumbernauld
Wed 29th Sep

Theatre Royal
Dumfries
Sat 2nd Oct

Perth Theatre
Perth Tue
5th ­ Thurs 7th Oct

Aros
Portree, Skye
Sat 9th Oct

Mill Theatre
Thurso
Tue 12th Oct

Nevis Centre
Fort William
Wed 13th Oct

Ballachuilish Village Hall
Fri 15th Oct

Corran Halls
Oban
Sat 16th Oct

Traverse Theatre
Edinburgh
Tue 19th ­ Sat 23rd Oct

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©Peter Lathan 2004