ISSUE 5 - September 2007

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Dràma Na h-Alba – Scotland’s International Theatre Arts Festival and Forum, 18 – 22 October 2007 – venues in and around Inverness

The Highlands and Islands Theatre Network (HITN) is mounting Scotland’s first International Theatre Arts Festival and Forum –“ Dràma Na h-Alba” (DNA) during October 2007, in the year Scotland celebrates Highland culture. Our vision is to celebrate in the Highlands and Islands the best of today’s theatre , offering a forum to learn, create and debate.

The aims of the Festival are:

• To celebrate, share and promote the highest quality theatre and build links between the Highlands and Islands and national and international practitioners;
• To create opportunities for the involvement of the wider communities, including young people and children;
• To provide an environment for Scotland’s theatre community to learn, debate, innovate and create.

Dràma Na h-Alba – Scotland’s International Theatre Arts Festival and Forum, 18 – 22 October 2007 – venues in and around Inverness

Programme Outline

Performances

Arts in Motion The Box It Came In
Birds of Paradise Beneath You: Spider Girls are Everywhere
Fish and Game Otter Pie
Mull Theatre Brightwater
National Theatre of Scotland Molly Sweeney
National Theatre of Scotland A Sheep Called Skye (for children over 4 years old)
plan B Inside-out: Re-Newal and Far Horizons (double dance bill)
Profilteatern Pojke Flicka (Boy2Girl - for young adults, performed in Swedish with stage text in English) 
Profilteatern Bakom Rutan (Behind the TV - for children, performed in English)
Reeling and Writhing Only the Men
Tara Arts The Tempest
Theatre Hebrides The Callanish Stoned (bi-lingual)
Västerbottensteatern Rejoice with Trembling: story telling production, (performed in English & Swedish dialect)
Volcano Theatre A few little drops

Playreadings

Grey Coast Theatre Taigh Na Mara (Houses of the Sea)
Right Lines Productions Whisky Kisses

Individual Artists Showcases

Dave Smith ArtToons Exhibition
Jackie Goode Mum, by Ronnie Barker
Vivien Maule Talking Inside Out
The Walking Theatre Company The Campbells are coming, Hurrah!
Wildbird King Lear

Community/Youth Showcases

Dràma Na h-Oigridh An Sgeir (Tidal Rock) Gaelic language
Nicolson Institute Drama Club High School Musical
Fit Angels Kissing Bandits
Forres Parkour Rush
Mellow Yellow Creative Arts Ahright, Ahright, What's the craic man!
Out of Eden Youth Theatre, Thurso Crush
plan B Fork in the road (street performance)

Other Features

Four International masterclass practitioners delivering three days of intensive workshops.

Symposium events, including ‘Illuminate’ hosted by the Playwrights’ Studio Scotland; ‘Why and What If?’ hosted by the Centre for Perfomance Research (Aberystwyth); ‘Celtic Language Theatre Development’ Gaelic Language Seminar, with simultaneous translation, and ‘Scottish Theatre: a New Era - raising the bar‘ hosted by HITN.

Prague Quadrennial Theatre Design Exhibition (selection), The Big Shop (particiaption theatre with The Puppet Lab, actors’ shared practice workshops, industry seminars and networking events.

The full programme details, programme brochure and box office details can be downloaded at www.dna2007.info.

Tickets are available for sale from:

Online via www.thebooth.co.uk

By telephone via Eden Court Theatre's box office on 01463 234234

In person at Eden Court Theatre's Debenhams box office, Inverness

www.dna2007.info

DNA2007 is a project of the Highlands & Islands Theatre Network (HITN). HITN is grateful to the agencies and organisations mentioned above for their project support.

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