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Walking Theatre’s Wizard of Oz at Mount Stuart
The house and grounds of Bute’s magnificent Mount Stuart are opening on Easter Sunday afternoon for a special day – from 1.00pm – 4.00pm.
Cowal’s Walking Theatre Company is taking the Yellow Brick Road all the way to the location south of Rothesay
Wanted
Munchkins and Magical creatures to help Dorothy find her way through the Enchanted Forest at Mount Stuart.
Follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald city and discover the Easter treasure.
The Wicked Witch of the East need not apply.
Red sparkly shoes are optional and there will be a prize for the best dressed munchkin.
This is a family theatre walk through the grounds, lasting around 1.30 hours. It finishes at the Emerald City (in the crypt) for activities and tea. £3 per child, well behaved adults free.
Coming Home Again – Lismore 90th Armistice Anniversary performance event
Created and presented as Lismore’s marking of the 90th anniversary of the Armistice at the end of World War I, Coming Home Again is an innovative outdoor performance event from the Lismore Youth Theatre Company with The Walking Theatre Company, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
It will start from the Lismore Gaelic Heritage Museum, Ionad Naomh Moluag on Saturday 15th November. There will be two performances, one at 2.00pm and one at 5.00pm.Wear warm, waterproof clothing and strong footwear and, in the case of the 5.00pm performance, bring torches.
The last scheduled – passenger – ferry from the island leaves for the ten minute crossing to Port Appin at 6.35pm, making it possible to be part of the 2.00pm event.
There is an alternative that would make it possible to go to the torchlit event at 5.00pm. Between 1st November and 31st March, CalMac will run a ferry from Lismore to Port Appin at 9.45pm, if given twelve hours advance notice. The fare charged in this instance is the normal year-round fare.
Argyll’s Walking Theatre Company shortlisted for Highlands and Islands Tourism Award
Argyll’s – and Cowal’s – The Walking Theatre Company (TWTC) is one of only four businesses short-listed in the New Tourism Business Category at the Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards, to be held at the Drumossie Hotel, Inverness on Friday 21st November 2008.
This year has seen the vibrant and progressive new company perform in, among others, Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood, St. Giles Cathedral, at the Strathclyde Highland Gathering, Arts in Merkinch and Arts Feast Cowal, entertaining locals, visitors and dignitaries to great effect.
On one occasion the company boldly co-opted First Minister, Alex Salmond (without too much protest) as ‘Banquo’ in Macbeth. Mr Salmond felt that the company’s approach to making theatre: ‘… adds to the delight by bringing the audience closer to the story than you might imagine’.
Last year the company gave audiences what Mr Salmond also called ‘a feast of surrises’ in Ness Island for Drama N’Alba, whilst a ‘mystery’ play based on the warring Campbells and Lamonts drew crowds to Dunoon and attracted national press coverage for the area.
Co-founded by actor/writer Sadie Dixon-Spain and actor/director Liam Calgie, the company produces low-budget, high-quality work creating a new business model and performance techniques that aim to create sustainable theatre in any environment. This is theatre for the twenty-first century.
The Walking Theatre Company is currently company-in-residence for Cowalfest and are in co-production with the Lismore Youth Theatre producing Lismore’s Armistice celebrations in November. Homecoming 2009 sees TWTC producing, writing and performing six national events including ‘The Hidden Jewel’ at Dunollie and ‘the Whisky Walk’ for The Whisky Coast at Inveraray Castle.
Being short-listed for this prestigious award is a great achievement for a young arts business operating in a rural community. It shows that Argyll can do it. It reflects the growing interest and appeal of the arts in awakening Scotland’s awareness of itself and in the promotion of Scotland as a destination.
Lismore Youth Theatre moves into walking theatre for Armistice Celebration
As part of the Armistice Celebrations the Lismore Youth Theatre will be performing their very first ‘walking theatre’ production at the island’s Heritage Centre. This short play will take the audience on a journey back through time and tells a tale of families lost and families returned.
Inspired by the real people of Lismore, this interpretative work is the company’s living story of historical events and the lives of Lismore. Sponsored by the Heritage Lottery Fund the work is a collaboration with the Lismore Heritage Center and Argyll’s Walking Theatre Company.
Working together on another For Argyll project training day
This photograph, taken by Rebecca Martin from the Furnace team, shows Yorick Paine (centre) – from the Isle of Lismore, acting as recording engineer for Sheila Quillin (right) – from the Women@Work team, who is interviewing Alan Baird from Furnace. The training session – on voice, presentation and interviewing – was led by Sadie Dixon-Spain from Glendaruel’s Walking Theatre Company and was held at Criagnish Village Hall, home to the Ardfern team. The ‘Out There For Argyll’ project is funded by the Scottish Community Foundation.
Community blogs are up and running and the first four community groups have been joined by others interested in being associated with the project (see under ‘Communities’ and ‘Associations’ above).
Members of the four teams will shortly be off to the Gaelic College, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, on the shores of the Sound of Sleat on Skye, for their final production camp. They have already produced blogs, short audio and video programmes and the Skye weekend, with expert tutors on hand, will see them polish these productions and others. We’ll keep you posted. Literally.