We have tickets for two plays coming up at Dundee Rep:
Let The Right One In
A stage adaptation by Jack Thorne based on the Swedish novel and screenplay of the film by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Directed by John Tiffany
Associate Director Steven Hoggett.
A major new production, Let the Right One In is a tender, funny and brutal love story following the burgeoning relationship between Oskar, a lonely bullied teenage boy and Eli, a centuries old young vampire who befriends him.
Tony and Olivier Award-winning director John Tiffany (Black Watch), heads up a world-class creative team including associate director Steven Hoggett.
Let The Right One In – Trailer from National Theatre of Scotland on Vimeo.
Age recommendation: 15+
Photo by Albert Watson
And also much anticipated, pal Gary Robertson’s play:
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| RECREE8DUNDEE presentsThe Berries
This hilarious play is set in the summer of 1974 amid the berry fields of Kirriemuir, and follows a day in the life of four Dundee ‘nabblers’ (pickers) as they toil and graft under the watchful eye of the no-nonsense foreman Rab. In order to distract themselves from the hard work, they enter into uproarious bouts of raw working class humour where the language is as rough as a harlin wall. Each character is very unique and tells a story of the hard and colourful background of the streets where they live. However, will the day end in such cheery spirits?For anyone who ever hopped on a bus from the housing schemes of Dundee (or beyond for that matter), this is a play that will warm the hearts of ‘nostalgia’ while also bringing tears of laughter. This is a culture sadly long gone but ‘The Berries’ brings it all back just like it was yesterday. ‘Git up they dreels an git nabblin’ |
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Speaking of anticipation: look what just arrived!
Lots of news to come soon: in the meantime, here’s a wee recording made for the Record-a-Poem group started by the Poetry Foundation. You should record one, too!
K. A. Laity 