What's on

Saturday 25th May 2013, Plockton Hall, 8pm

Mike Maran Productions and Marjanishvili Theatre
Platero – Travels with a Donkey

Based on the writings of Juan Ramon Jimenez told byMike Maran, with music by Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco performed by Craig Ogden, with puppetry by Nino Namitcheishvili and directed by Levan Tsuladze. 

Once upon a time, a hundred years ago in Moguer - a small whitewashed town near Seville overlooking fields of vines, olives, pomegranates and the Rio Tinto - there lived a little silver donkey called Platero and the Nobel Prize-winning poet  Juan Ramon Jimenez, who was born and grew up in the town.  His best loved collection Platero Y Yo (Platero & Me) paints an affectionate picture of Moguer and the timeless Andalusian landscape which influenced a whole generation of Spanish writers including Garcia Lorca.
In this delightful new stage adaptation Mike Maran once again teams up with Georgian director Levan Tsuladze and puppeteer Nino Namitcheishvili, following their record breaking collaboration with Captain Corelli's Mandolin.  Top-selling classical guitarist Craig Ogden will perform the musical score especially composed for the stories.

Tickets: £9, £7 Lochan members, £3 U18s
- available from Kyle Pharmacy, or phone 01599 522253 / 01599 544308

Links: Mike Maran

 

 

Monday 10th June 2013, Dornie Hall, 8pm
Pepperdine University (Malibu)
Why Do You Stand There In The Rain? – by Peter Arnott

When I marched off to war in 1917, I remember a Civil War veteran, over 70 years old, telling me, ‘Son, you are all heroes now. But some day they’ll treat you like dogs.’ Benjamin B Shepherd of the BEF. Based on the Bonus Army March of 1932 on Washington DC, Arnott’s play tells the story of 20,000 ragged and desperate First World War veterans and their families from all over the U.S. who set up ‘Hoovervilles’ around the nation’s capital, to lobby Congress for the early release of a promised compensation package for services in the First World War. Congress voted ‘No’ and Hoover called upon MacArthur and Patton to drive the veterans out of the capital. Armed with bullets and tear gas, 1,000 infantry and cavalrymen pushed the veterans out of Washington DC burning everything they owned.

Under the musical direction of Scottish composer and actor John Kielty, this documentary-style play with music continues the Pepperdine tradition of live music performed by a talented ensemble. From the iconic anthem Over There to the songs of Woody Guthrie, Bessie Smith, Leadbelly and other contemporaries, this rich tapestry of tunes underscores the story of the veterans whose march on Washington D.C. led to the formation of the GI Bill. Peter Arnott’s work has been produced in Scotland, Moscow and New York. He received the prestigious Creative Scotland Award in 2007.

‘A superb, captivating, unpretentious and exceptional show, easily my Fringe 08 Highlight’ ***** British Theatre Guide, The Kentucky Cycle

 

Tickets: £9, £7 Lochan members, £3 U18s
- available from Kyle Pharmacy, or phone 01599 544318

Links: Pepperdine Drama

 

 

Monday 17th June 2013, Plockton Hall, 8pm
Moon Fool
Titania’s Dream

Titania’s Dream re-imagines Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’sDream as a modern day musical cabaret turned bacchanal.  Performed and created by renowned international theatre practitioner Anna-Helena McLean (formerly of Gardzienice’s Centre for Theatre Practices), this intoxicating performance promises an engaging, funny, sensual and participatory experience in which Titania plays out events from her past.  In an attempt to woo audiences off the path and back into the woods, she combines vocal acrobatics with looping and live cello to animate the power of true love.  Titania’s Dream is the Queen of the Fairies’ tale with an amplified twist.

Minimum recommended age: 13+

Tickets: £9, £7 Lochan members, £3 U18s
- available from Kyle Pharmacy, or phone 01599 522253

Links: Moon Fool

 

 

Saturday 17th August 2013, Plockton Hall, time: TBC
MsFits Theatre Company
I Spy Mrs Peery

The MsFits present their Edinburgh Fringe award-winning show ‘I Spy Mrs Peery’, written by multi award-winning BAFTA-nominated playwright Rona Munro and presented by award-winning comedy actress Fiona Knowles. 
Evening News  Edinburgh Fringe Capital Award-winning show ‘I Spy Mrs Peery’, a story of mystery, intrigue and suspense -  more violent than a crash diet, more spine-chilling than ice cubes down the back of yer nightie!   Mrs Peery sees it all from behind her net curtains – she never crosses her own doorstep but she has plenty of say about the state of her neighbours.  What would she do if the big bad world got in through her nets?!  A thought-provoking slice of life focussing on three female neighbours, ‘I Spy Mrs Peery’ is a hilarious yet at times extremely moving show from the MsFits Theatre Co.

 

Tickets: £9, £7 Lochan members, £3 U18s
- available from Kyle Pharmacy, or phone 01599 544308

Links: MsFits Theatre Company