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After a hugely successful run with Sub Rosa at the Citizens, Glasgow next up in the Oran Mor, Glasgow in the 'A Play, A Pie and A Pint' series of lunchtime theatre:
Nigerian Story by Simon McCallum
w/c 16th February 2009
Nigeria is oil rich but it is also plagued by corruption, pollution and violence. After a night of drinking oil worker Stevie Crosby has ended up in the house of a local girl; Comfort. As the night progresses and the tension rises both parties realise the danger they are in as it becomes increasingly unclear who is exploiting who. Simon McCallum has worked as an actor for several theatre companies including The Citizens, Perth Theatre, The Royal Lyceum, 7:84, and Communicado. This will be third play at Oran Mor. The Above and Velvet Love being the others. Currently working on commissions for Dundee Rep and Solar Bear his play ‘Lochpool Nights’ is broadcast on Radio Scotland in Feb.
Directed by Alison Peebles
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Then into rehearsals for the return of 'Mary Queen of Scots got her Head Chopped Off' by Liz Lochead, directed by Alison Peebles.
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ALISOES Sub ~Rosa, Glasgow Citizens January 2009
"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. |
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picture: Phil Wilkinson Audience Award for Afterlife 
