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Dateline: 20th April, 2008
NTS Programme to 2009 The National Thetare of Scotland has announced its programme through to January 2009, with eight world premieres, including a season of work from debut playwrights, two London transfers, two New York runs and one rural tour. Over the next seven months the Company will open productions in Kilmarnock, Dundee, Shetland, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen and produce a season of work in Inverness. Ian Smith and Mischief La-Bas in partnership with the National Theatre of Scotland and Tramway collaborate with a host of diverse artists and performers to create Peeping at Bosch, an interactive installation at Tramway, inspired by Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights. (10 to 13 July) The National Theatre of Scotland: New Work will join forces with the Team (USA) to present the world premiere of Architecting at the Traverse as part of the Edinburgh Fringe (31 July to 24 August at Traverse 2). The company returns to the Edinburgh International Festival, following previous successes with Realism and The Bacchae. 365 is new work by David Harrower, directed by Vicky Featherstone, about fragmented lives and young people in the care system today. 365 will preview at Eden Court, Inverness, before a run at the Edinburgh International Festival, followed by a run in London. (Eden Court from 12 to 16 August, at The Edinburgh Playhouse from 22 to 25 August and at The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith from 8 to 27 September). Wee Stories and the NTS are to tour a small scale production of one giant leap which will open in Shetland and visit village halls and community centres across Scotland in the Autumn. (Touring from 1 September to 11 October 2008) Something Wicked This Way Comes, an updated adaptation of Ray Bradbury's coming-of-age classic, adapted by Ray Bradbury himself asnd directed by Gill Robertson, in a co-production with Catherine Wheels, will tour from 1 October to 2 November: Dundee Rep Theatre (1 to 4 October), Macrobert, Stirling (7 October), Eden Court, Inverness (10 and 11 October), Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (15 to 18 October), The Lowry, Salford (23 to 25 October), and Tramway, Glasgow (29 October to 2 November) In partnership with the Traverse Theatre, under the new Artistic Directorship of Dominic Hill, there will be a season of four brand new plays by debut playwrights at the Traverse Theatre in the Autumn. The season is Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us by Paul Higgins (known for his acting roles in TV's The Thick of It and the original/US production of Black Watch), directed by John Tiffany; Nasty, Brutish and Short by Andy Duffy and The Dogstone by Kenny Lindsay, directed by Dominic Hill, and Cockroach by Sam Holcroft, directed by Vicky Featherstone. (The Traverse from 23 October to 30 November 2008) NTS will be co-producing with the Donmar Warehouse for the first time with Be Near Me, a new stage version of Andrew O'Hagan's novel, adapted by Ian McDiarmid with Ian McDiarmid in the lead role. Be Near Me will be directed by John Tiffany and premieres at the Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock. (The Palace, Kilmarnock from 14 to 17 January, at the Donmar Warehouse, London from 22 January to 14 March and touring UK in Spring 2009). The National Theatre of Scotland Learn 2008 programme continues and includes the return of the popular Youth Theatre festival, Exchange and a new Transform project directed by award-winning actor and director, Alison Peebles. Transform East Ayrshire will take place at Grange Academy, Kilmarnock. (17 to 19 June) and Exchange at Eden Court (1 to 5 July). There will be a season of work at the newly-refurbished Eden Court. The National Theatre of Scotland in Inverness Season will run from April to October 2008 and will include The Emperor's New Kilt, The Bacchae, the National Theatre of Scotland Learn's youth theatre festival, Exchange, Little Otik, previews of 365 and Something Wicked This Way Comes. This is in addition to the already announced return of The Bacchae and Black Watch.
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