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Theatre listings > Further Than The Furthest Thing. - Tour. Playwright - Zinnie Harris. Director - Benjamin Twist. Designer - Fiona Watt. Lighting Designer - Andrew Coulton. Choreographer - Janet Smith. Composer/Sound Designer - Dave Fennessy. Voice / Accent Coach - Alex Gillon. Magic Consultant - Mark Fisken. Company - Prime Productions Company Website. Cast - here . 2006 Tour Dates and Times - here . Seen to review at St Andrews' Byre Theatre. Run Time - 2 hours 45 mins including an Interval. Reviewer - Jan Natanson. Embrace the lyricism...engage the audience. It's appropriate this multi award winning play should be touring to far flung parts of Scotland. Themes - about being remote from the centre of things and how this effects the way you are treated - will gain added emotional resonance from audiences in peripheral areas. As befits a touring production the set is pared back to simple elements. But these are well chosen and, with the lighting, informs the action in a meaningful and subtle way. The play is a mixture of fact and fiction - inspired by real events but as re-imagined. A magical and powerful piece of theatre is created by the playwright Zinnie Harris's imagination. The play starts with rumblings and anticipations of change - return of a native, a pregnancy and strange natural phenomena. Life for the inhabitants on an isolated Atlantic island ( resounances of Tristan da Cunha here) is about to be disrupted. An entrepreneur arrives wanting to start up a factory but a volcanic eruption forces an evacuation. The play explores issues of how changes and contact with the outside world work on the inhabitants' simple lives and sense of self. The islanders themselves have secrets which work out their effects on their present lives. It is a non -naturalistic piece of theatre and the islanders speak a re-imagined language which with its repetitions and strong cadences creates a poetic lyricism and allows a heightened emotional expressiveness. It all adds to the sense of the timelessness and universality of the drama. The excellent cast, directed by Ben Twist, embrace the lyricism of the language and the emotions of the drama with enthusiasm and skill. By their strong characterization they provide a rooted-ness to the piece . This means - for all the non-naturalistic elements - the audience is fully engaged and care deeply about the fate of the characters. ©Jan Natanson 13 February 2006 - Published on EdinburghGuide.com Cast - Mill - Carol Ann Crawford, Bill - Jonathan Battersby, Francis - Sam Laydon, Rebecca - Isabella Jade Fane, Mr Hansen - Matthew Zajac. 2006 Tour Details of Prime Production's production of Futher Than The Furthest Thing . Tour begins 9 - 18 Feb at 8pm also 18 Feb mat at 2:30pm St. Andrews Byre Theatre 01334 475000. 20 Feb at 8pm Stirling macRobert Arts Centre 01786 466666. 21 Feb at 7.30pm Peebles Eastgate Theatre 01721 725777. 24 Feb at 7:30pm Ardfern Craignish Hall 01852 500689. 25 Feb at 8pm Strontian Arainn Shuaineirt 01397 709228. 27 Feb at 8pm Isle of Skye Sabhal Mor Ostaig 01463 234234. 28 Feb at 7:30pm Drumnadrochit Craigmonie Centre 01463 234234. 1 March at 8pm Strathpeffer The Pavilion 01463 234234. 3 March at 8pm Stornoway An Lanntair, Stornoway 01851 703307. 4 March at 7:30pm Ullapool The Macphail Centre 01854 613336. 6 March at 7:30pm Findhorn Universal Hall 01309 690110/01309 691170. 7 March at 7:30pm Stonehaven Town Hall 01569 762806. 8 March at 7:30pm Huntly Gordon Schools 01466 793765. 9 March at 7:30pm Banchory Woodend Barn 01330 825431/01330 823784. 10 March at 7:30pm Fraserburgh Dalrymple Arts Centre 01346 518761. 11 March at 7:30pm Ellon Academy, 01346 518761. 13 & 14 at 7:30pm Lerwick Garrison Theatre 01595 692114. 17 March at 7:30pm Livingston Howden Park Centre 01506 433634. 18 March at 7:30pm Kirkcaldy Adam Smith Theatre 01592 412929. 21 March at 7:30pm Stranraer Ryan Centre Theatre 01776 703535. 22 March at 7:30pm Irvine Magnum Centre 01294 313010. 23 March at 7:30pm North Edinburgh Arts Centre, Muirhouse 0131 315 2151. 24 & 25 March at 7:30pm Musselburgh Brunton Theatre 0131 665 2240. Tour ends. Theatre Editor, Thelma Good's e-mail is thelma@edinburghguide.com 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 listings >
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