YOUNG THEATREMAKERS
NEW TALENT Special T H E K I D S A R E A L R I G H T
MARCH
GIRL X On tour, 4 Mar–20 Apr Belgian director Pol Heyvaert, who directed Aalst for the National Theatre of Scotland, hooks up with Glasgow actor Robert Softley for a provocative play based on the controversial case of Ashley X, a girl whose severe disabilities led her parents to halt her growth before she reached puberty. See preview, page 116.
KING LEAR Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 8–12 Mar BLACK WATCH Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, 16–19 Mar
Sir Derek Jacobi gives a heartbreaking performance as the pig- headed king driven to madness by his ungrateful daughters in this much raved-about production of Shakespeare’s tragedy by London’s Donmar Warehouse. See preview, page 109. Gregory Burke’s world- conquering play returns to the Black Watch’s regimental heartlands. Despite a changing political climate, the play retains its political and theatrical charge.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, 22–26 Mar English touring company Headlong calls in with a Dream set in the world of a 1960s Hollywood film studio where Hippolyta and Theseus are movie co-stars causing ructions because of their off- camera affair.
SPALDING GRAY: STORIES LEFT TO TELL Tramway, Glasgow, 24 Mar A tribute to the late monologist, Swimming to Cambodia author and Wooster Group founder, co-conceived by his widow Kathleen Russo and drawn from writings from throughout his career. Much of the material has never been heard before.
THE HARD MAN On tour, 31 Mar–7 May In 1977 the late Tom McGrath collaborated with convicted gangster Jimmy Boyle to create this powerful play, now being revived by Scottish Theatres Consortium for a mainstage tour.
20 THE LIST 3–31 Mar 2011