World
Premiere
Stellar
Quines Theatre Company and Perissology Theatre Productions
in association with
Shetland Arts
present
Baby
Baby
by Vivian French
The World
Premiere of Baby Baby, adapted from Vivian French's acclaimed teen
novel, directed by Jemima Levick, opens at the Garrison Theatre, Lerwick on Friday 31 January
following a preview performance on Thursday 30 January. Baby Baby raises questions and poses a
challenge, demanding the audience to think and rethink their perceptions and
prejudices about young people - the way they look and their life choices.
"We're the girls people look
at and suck in their lips and shake their heads at"
Pinkie (Ashley
Smith) and April (Hannah Donaldson) always see each other about town. They are both 15 but that's the ONLY thing
they have in common. They have different
friends, different styles, and different tastes. Or so they think...
Pinkie hangs
out on College Green, drinking, smoking fags (and anything else that's going around)
with Phil and her friends who are pierced up, grunged out, coloured in, and
biker booted.
April
doesn't. She hangs out on Park Street, with Marco and the other
‘streetys'. Snow white trainers,
designer labels and every hair exactly place, is what counts in her part of
town.
But despite their differences Pinkie and April just can't
help getting under each other's skin.
And somehow, despite everything, they end up together at Tinley Road School
for young mums.
"no one should ever
think of ‘teenage mums' as a category; each has her own story to tell, her life
to lead - and in my view, they do it extraordinarily well." Vivian French
Whilst rehearsing the play in Shetland, Baby Baby will follow the journey of two young mums before heading
onto the mainland for a five week tour. The production is suitable
for audiences aged 13+ and
contains some strong language and sexual references.
Set Design is
by Lisa Sangster , Costume Design by Kathryn Smith, Composition and Sound
Design by Philip Pinsky, lighting by Colin Grenfell and movement by Jane Howie.
For further information contact Liz Smith
Email: [email protected]
Three
former Queen Margaret University students, Jemima Levick,
Sunita Hinduja and Lisa Sangster, formed Perissology in 2004. Their first production Hambledog and the
Hopping Clogs opened at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and later toured to Aberdeen and Warsaw.
Shetland
Arts are committed to developing audiences and ensuring that our community
experience of theatre is more than just performance. Shetland Arts are
exploring ways to offer professional theatre residency opportunities to
national Scottish touring companies. We are delighted to welcome Stellar
Quines and Perissology to the Garrison Theatre as part of the first
residency.
BABY BABY LISTINGS INFORMATION
Garrison
Theatre,
Lerwick
Preview Friday 30th
January 7.30pm
Saturday 31 7.30pm
Tickets: £8/£6 £3 Young
Scot cardholders
Box Office: 01595 745555
Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Wednesday 4th - Saturday
7th February 7.30pm
Thursday 5th Matinee 1.00pm
Box Office: 0141 552
4267 online @www.tron.co.uk
Tickets: £8/£6/£5
Eastwood Park Theatre,
Giffnock
Tuesday 10th February 1.30pm
Box Office: 0141 577
4970
Tickets: £8/£5
Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock
Wednesday 11th February 7.30pm
Box Office: 01563 554900
Tickets: £8/£6.50/£5
School Groups
Regal Community Theatre,
Bathgate
Thursday 12th February 7.30pm
Box Office: 01506 433634
& online
Tickets: £10/£7
macrobert, University
of Stirling
Wednesday 18th February 8pm
Box Office: 01786 466666
online @ www.macrobert.org
Tickets: £12/£9/£6
under16s & students
North
Edinburgh Arts Centre, Edinburgh
Thursday 19th February 7:00pm
Box Office: 0131 315
2151
East
Kilbride Arts Centre
Friday 20th February 8.00pm
Box Office: 01355 261000
Tickets: £9/£7
OneTouch
Theatre, Eden Court,
Inverness
Monday
23rd & Tuesday 24th February 7.30pm
Box
Office: 01463 234 234 online www.eden-court.co.uk
Tickets:
£12/£10
Plockton
High School,
Plockton
Wednesday 25 February 8.00pm
Tickets: 01599 534702 or
Kyle Pharmacy
£7 & £4 students and
under 18s
Red Shoes Theatre, Elgin
Friday 27th February 8.00pm
Box Office: 01343 548614
Tickets: £8/£6
Lyth Arts Centre, Wick
Saturday 28th February 8.00pm
Box Office: 01955 641270
Tickets: £12/£10/£6
Brunton Theatre,
Musselburgh
Monday 2nd March 7.30pm
Box Office: 0131 665
2240
Traverse Theatre, Cambridge
St. Edinburgh
Tuesday 3rd - Thursday
5th March 7.30pm
Box Office: 0131 228
1404 online www.traverse.co.uk
Tickets: £13/£8/unemployed £5
Early Bird Ticket Offer £8/£5 Tue 3
Mar when bought before Tue 24 Jan. (Subject to availability)
Cumbernauld Theatre
Saturday 7th March 8.00pm
Box Office: 01236 732887
Tickets: £10/£8
Aberdeen
Arts Centre
Tuesday 10th March 7.30pm
Box Office: 01224 641122
online @ www.boxofficeaberdeen.com
Tickets: £10/£6 1 free
ticket for every 10 purchased
Adam Smith Theatre, Bennochy
Road, Kirkcaldy
Thursday 12th March 7.30pm
Box Office: 01592 583302
online @ www.attfife.org.uk
Tickets: £9.50/£6.50
Lochside Theatre, Castle
Douglas
Friday 13th March 7.30pm
Box Office: 01556 504506
& www.lochsidetheatre.co.uk
Tickets: £8/£7
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