picture: Phil Wilkinson Audience Award for Afterlife 
ALISOES Sub ~Rosa, Glasgow Citizens January 2009
http://www.list.co.uk/article/2094-alison-peebles/
"Alison Peebles has long been one of Scotland's premier actresses, consistently interesting and defying of convention.
A founder of Communicado Theatre Company with Gerry McGrew and Rob Pickavance, Alison's spirit and intelligence helped shape that company, as she created parts in original productions of "Carmen" and Liz Lochead's "Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off." No one will ever forget her as Ines De Castro or as lady Macbeth opposite Iain Glen.
As a theatre director she set up V.amp productions to bring John Steinbeck's rare "Burning Bright" to the Tramway. Last year her sell out Tron prduction if Chris Hannan's "Shining Souls" earned her the Scottish Critics Award for Best Production.
Over the last two years she has made forays into the film world, directing two shorts by Colin Hough, "Nan" with a spellbinding Una Maclean and "Tangerine", about a marriage lived in the shadow of the Forth Road Bridge."
John Binnie, The List.
Her latest project is the highly acclaimed "Afterlife", an emotive film dealing with Down's Syndrome and written by friend and colleague, Andrea Gibb and performed by Paula Sage, herself a sufferer.
"Andrea has experience of Down's syndrome. Anyone who read the script felt is was very accurate in its portrayal. Paula had never acted before. She's a complete natural, so bright and quick and very different from the character she portrays on screen. |
THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE:
- Sub Rosa, Citizens, Glasgow
- Winnie, Happy Days
- Inez in Inez de Castro
- Ann in 'Shining Souls' by Chris Hannan Directed by Ian Brown.
- Lady Macbeth in 'Macbeth' Directed by Michael Boyd,
- 'Cosmonaut's Last Message' by David Greig Directed by Irina Brown
COMMUNICADO THEATRE COMPANY:
- Carmen in Carmen - The Play by Stephen Jeffreys
- Elizabeth in 'Mary Queen of Scots got her head Chopped Off' by Liz Lochhead
- The Bride in 'Blood Wedding.
Other Theatre includes:
- Peer Gynt National Theatre, London Directed by Declan Donnellan,
- 'Good Person off Sichuan' Directed by Deborah Warner
- Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Dundee Rep, Bush Theatre, Old Vic, Young Vic; Nottingham Playhouse; Newcastle Playhouse; Raindog; Citizens Theatre; The Arches.
TV CREDITS INCLUDE:
- Joan SEX TRAFFIC - Directed by David Yates Channel 4Ann Cowan
- PHYCHOS - (series)
Dir: Andy Wilson Channel 4
- ROSE - Rose, Dir: Don Coutts ;(BBC Scotland )
- Isla McLennan TAGGART (Devil's Advocate) - Dir: Marcus White (Scottish Television)
- Miss Danvers; RAB C NESBITT Dir: Colin Gilbert (BBC Scotland)
- Vivien Liddell THE ADVOCATES - Dir> Peter Barbour Fleming (Scottish Television)
- Pheemie STRATHBLAIR - ( 2 Series)
Dir: Davis Blair/Ken Hannam BBC SCOTLAND
FILM
- Multiple Alison's 'coming out' as an MS sufferer. BBC Scotland Production directed by Lucinda Broadbent.
- landlady 'SKAGERRAK' Dir: Soren Jacob Erickson
- Ma THE ACID HOUSE - Umbrella Films Dir: Paul McGuigan
- DIRECTING CREDITS INCLUDE:
THEATRE:
TV AND FILM:
- Multiple Alison's 'coming out' as an MS sufferer. BBC Scotland Production directed by Lucinda Broadbent. Afterlife, by Andrea Gibb, directed by Alison Peebles Starring Kevin McKidd, Lindsay Duncan, Paula Sage, Shirley Henderson. Gabriel Films 2003Feature Film Winner Audience Award; Edinburgh Film Festival. London Film Festival Nominated FIPRIESCI Award; d TrophyStacey Stone', 8 Part Children's Drama Series BBC, 2002 NAN ' by Colin Hough Newfoundland (Scottish Screen. SMG), 2000 Tangerine', by Colin Hough; BBC, Scottish Screen - Tartan short, 2002
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