Mayfesto: What's On?
MAYFESTO EVENTS:
4-7 MAY
IT'S A DEAD LIBERTY: A night of political comedy, music and mayhem that plunders the Wildcat and 7:84 archives.
5-7 MAY
FORGOTTEN: A dark and occasionally hilarious portrayal of the challenges facing older people in Ireland today, written and performed by Pat Kinevane.
5 MAY
TEN MEN DEAD: A work-in-progress reading of material developed in response to David Beresford's book about the Irish Republican hunger strikes.
6 MAY
WHITE ROSE: A rehearsed reading led by Nicola McCartney of Peter Arnott's first play
7 MAY
STARS IN THE MORNING SKY: A rehearsed reading led by Nicola McCartney of Alexander Galin's work about Moscow's preparations for the 1980 Olympic Games.
10-14 MAY
KING OF SCOTLAND: Iain Heggie's outrageous Fringe First winning comedy rewritten and revived to coincide with the Scottish elections with Jonathan Watson of Only An Excuse.
11-14 MAY
EVERYTHING BETWEEN US: A controversial dark comedy set in Stormont's Parliament Buildings about secrets, lies and reconciliation.
11-21 MAY
DAY LONG: A new play by David Harrower about estranged siblings that addresses notions of belief, tolerance and understanding in modern-day Scotland.
14 MAY
PLAY ME SOMETHING: Inspired by John Berger's work Play Me Something (1989), this piece is a work-in-progress using film, photography and live performance.
17-21 MAY
AT-SWIM-TWO-BIRDS: Flann O'Brien's hilariously funny and inventive head-spinning work of meta-fiction adapted for stage by Jocelyn Clark.
18-21 MAY
GRENADES: Tara McKevitt's enthralling and heart-wrenching drama set in Northern Ireland.
20 MAY
INK: 24 HOUR PLAYS: Five playwrights, ten actors and two directors. Their mission? To write, rehearse and perform brand new short plays in a single day.
26-28 MAY
FROM A CITY BALCONY: Tron Young Company showcase their latest piece of work inspired by the poems of Edwin Morgan.
24-28 MAY
CRAZY GARY'S MOBILE DISCO: Gary Owen's tale of lust, violence and revenge in the hell-hole that is a small Welsh town on a Saturday night.
