Summary
If there is a Scottish archetype of lets-do-the-show-right-here philosophy, it must be 7:84 in its early heyday, dropping in on Highland halls with The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black, Oil, stimulating a packed audience that stayed on after the performance to dance the night away.
Taking professional theatre out of mainstream venues in our cities is daunting, though. Even those places with lighting rigs and dressing rooms usually require adaptation and improvisation. To go further and make it work in a venue that consists of a space for chairs, a kitchen and a platform is a monumental challenge.See the full content of this document
Extract
Let's Do the Show Right Here - and Here and Here
Yet, people go on trying. Over the past three weeks, the Skeklers Theatre Company has played in five community halls in Shetland, before a final four nights in the better equipped Garrison Theatre i...
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