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Dundee
Rep and Dundee Resident Rep Company
Tay Square Dundee BO 01382 223530 Website
Artistic Directors - Dominic Hill and James Brining.
Dundee Rep Theatre announced on 21 February 2003 two new exciting
and creative appointments to be artistic leaders of the organisation
- James Brining (presently artistic director of TAG) as Joint-Chief
Executive) and Dominic Hill ( recently directed Dundee Rep's
The Winter's Tale and the Snow Queen) as Artistic Director. Hamish
Glen previous Artistic Director went to a new post at the Belgrade
Theatre, Coventry.
This is the home to Scotland's only resident Company whose actors are
mostly appointed for 3 years and with some one year apprentices and
invited actors form an ensemble company. Under Hill and Brining the
size of the core has reduced enabling the company to vary the range
and size of the company more easily.
The Rep building
is in Tay Square about 7 - 10 minutes walk from train station. It is
a modern theatre containing a comfortable auditorium. An upstairs bar
with some squashy sofas and downstairs restaurant serving tasty food
where you may be best to book at weekends. Good disabled access. It
also runs a Commmunity Company and shares the building but not rehearsal
space with the Scottish Dance Theatre.
Production History and Reviews.
Autumn 2004.
A Lie Of The Mind - Dundee Resident Rep Ensemble - Scottish Premiere
of Sam Shepard's play about two American families joined by a difficult
marriage and stretching from Southern California to the land of the
Big Sky - Montana.
Review -
Funny whilst also being sensitive.
Previews 16 & 19 Oct at 7:45pm.
20 Oct - 6 Nov
Macbeth - Dundee Resident Rep Ensemble - Directed by Dominic Hill
the Scottish Play comes north of the Tay to the land of Dunsinane. This
company produce strong intrepretations of the Bard.
Review - Strong
though two odd choices.
Previews 4 & 7 at 7.45.
8 - 25 Sept
Summer 2004
Flora
The Red Menace - Tour of last Autumn,s aclaimed Scottish premiere
production of the musical written by the team who gave us Cabaret &
Chicago. Directed by James Brining.
1 June - 3 July in Scotland.
Spring 2004 Season.
Dumbstruck! - Dundee Rep Ensemble - 1964 Glasgow and in a theatrical
boarding house it's never dull as Johnny Ramone tries to make it to
the top in David Kane's award winning black bizarre drama with live
music.
Review - Two
big quirky performances.
Preview 20 & 23 March at 7:45pm.
24 Mar - 17 Apr Tues - Sats at 7:45pm Sat Mats at 2:30pm on 27
Mar and 10 Apr.
scenes from an execution - Dundee Rep Ensemble - Scottish premier
of this Howard Barker play (his Victory was a hit in Scotland in 2002)
Galactia is a female renaissance artist comissioned by the male dominated
Venetians to paint their battle victory, she is determined to protray
the reality of conflict. Barker is a powerful and exciting playwright
staged internationally and the Rep will stage this so the audience encirlces
the play. Contains some brief nudity.
24 April - 8 May Tues - Sats at 7:45pm. Mat on 1 May at 2:30pm.
Autumn 2003 Season the first season from Brining and Hll.
Twelfth
Night - Shakespeare's play of love and yellow stockings directed
by Dominic Hill. To tour in the Spring.
Tale of Hoffman
- A tour de force play by John Bett.
Flora
The Red Menace - Scottish Premiere of the musical written by the
team who gave us Cabaret & Chicago. Directed by James Brining.
The
Danny Crowe Show - Scottish Premiere of David Farr's play. 1 - 21
Nov
Rum And Vodka - Platform performance of Connor McPherson's play. 10,
15 & 17 Nov.
Peter Pan
- A new adaptation by Stuart Paterson of James Barrie's play.
The Rep Productions in the Spring 2003 Season.
included .
The Winter's
Tale - William Shakespeare revival of the 2001 production which
went to Iran, Aberdeen and Inverness as well as Dundee. Jan/Feb.
Dancing
At Lughnasa - Brian Friel - March.
The
Laird o' Grippy - Moliere in Robert Kemp's Scottish version April
- May.
Censor - Anthony
Neilson (platform production) March & April.
The Rep Productions in 2002 Autummn Season
The
Duchess of Malfi - John Webster
The Mill
Lavvies - Chris Rattery (revivial of a popular production)
The Censor
- Anthony Neilson (platform production)
The Snow Queen
- Stuart Paterson
Dundee Rep's 2001 - 02 seasons
winter 2001 Season
The Seagull - Anton
Chekov in Tom Stoppard version
Abody's Aberdee - Don
Paterson
Puss in Boots
- Stuart Paterson
Disco Pigs -
Enda Walsh (Platform Production)
2002 Spring Summer
Season
Measure for Measure
- William Shakespeare
Pants - Forbes Masson
Nightflights
- Marcella Everisti
Dundee Rep 2002 Summer Season
Pants - Dundee Resident Rep Co with Forbes Masson's latest musical
The story of past pop star, the Caledonian McChameleon of Rock, Rikki
Rintoul
Review - Pants you joyfully throw in
the air!
Mince - Dundee Resident Rep Co with Forbes Masson's 2nd musical
about alter-egos, love, threapy and mince all going on in jingle writer,
Donald Johnstone's head.
Review - Weird and wonderful
musical trip
Nightflights - Dundee Resident Rep Co with Marcella Evaristi's
new play about love, the stories we tell ourselves and the magic that
comes and goes.
Review - Actors
shine in potential gem
The Seagull - Dundee Resident Rep Co's award winning production
of Checkov's play in Tom Stoppard's version directed by the exciting
director Rimas Tuminas
Review - Seagull
soars triumphantly
Disco Pigs - Dundee Resident Rep Co present Enda Walsh's tense
extraordinary play about two teenage friends Pig and Runt who approach
their shared 17 birthday.
Review - Fully realised
theatre experience seen Oct 2001
The productions in the 2000 - 2001 Season were
Plague
Changing Kevin's Story
Hansel and Gretel
- Stuart Paterson
Night Before Christmas
by Anthony Neilson
The Land of Cakes by Don
Patterson
The Winter's Tale by William
Shakespeare
Mince by Forbes Masson
their Community Theatre Group production in February 2001 was
Widows by Ariel Dorfman
and in their 2001 summer rep season
Cabaret first done in the Resident
company's opening 1999 - 2000 season was revived to join a summer rep
season with
Changing Kevin Story, The Land of Cakes, The Winter's Tale and Mince.
Although every
effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information presented
in these pages, no responsibility can be accepted for any errors or
omissions.
Theatre Editor, Thelma Good's e-mail is
thelma@edinburghguide.com
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