A welcome return for the Garioch Theatre Festival
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Plans are well in place for the seventeenth Garioch Theatre Festival festival which runs from June 23 to July 2 with a varied programme of theatre and an exciting new play commission in conjunction with Visit Scotland.
Mitchell School of Drama presents - A Monstrous Regiment of Women by award-winning playwright Alan Bissett
Directed and choreographed by Rhona Mitchell with Musical Direction by Alisdair Sneden this brand new play explores the life and work of inspirational Scottish suffragette and journalist, Caroline Phillips.
Born in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Caroline was a true pioneer: honorary secretary of the Aberdeen branch of the Women’s Social and Political Union, and a journalist at a time when there were only 66 female journalists in the UK.
Join in this celebration of one of the Shire’s unsung heroines, in a rousing, comical and musical exploration of womanhood, politics and the personal cost of both in the early 20th Century. Produced by Garidge Theatre
This event has been supported by the Year of Stories 2022 Community Stories Fund.
Shows take place at the Garioch Heritage Centre, Inverurie on Thursday, June 23 – 7.30pm; Friday 24 – 7.30pm; Saturday 25 – 4pm and 8pm and Sunday 26 – 4pm.
MaMa - Cosmic Dance is directed and performed by Kirsten Newell and Oxana Banshikova,
A new Bharatanatyam based dance production on the themes of pregnancy and early motherhood.
Combining South Asian dance vocabulary with a contemporary sensibility, two dancers explore, compare, and share their journeys as mothers.
The performance is accompanied by originally composed music weaving together Celtic and Carnatic sounds.
Monday, June 27 at the Acorn Centre, Inverurie – 7.30pm
Shakespeare’s Fool - Gentleman player, juggling jester, headmaster of Morris dancers and London’s finest clown, until...he fell out with Will ‘git-face’ Shakespeare, Kempe died alone and poverty-stricken, not very far from the original Globe Theatre, of which he was an original shareholder and faded into obscurity a world away from his former life having supposedly originated some of literature’s best-known characters, including Bottom, Dogberry, and Falstaff.
Join ‘Cavaliero’ Kempe on the streets of London as he gives his final performance to an audience of a mouse and a marrote and tells the tale of his life, his rise to stardom and what really happened between him and William Shakespeare.
This one-actor show, starring Robin Leetham premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2021 and received rave reviews from critics and audiences alike.
Shows at the Acorn Centre, Inverurie on Wednesday, June 29 – 7.30pm.
Swingify with Dan Greavey
Dan is a crooner from Inverurie who has worked in London’s West End and touring professional Musical Theatre.
He currently works as a singer and actor with local events company Right Here Productions, and is one third of well known Rat Pack trio, Ocean’s 3.
Join Dan for a medley of swing and easy listening songs made famous by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and more recently, Michael Bublé at the Acorn Centre, on Thursday, June 30 - 7.30pm.
The Moira Monologues and (More) Moira Monologues double-bill written and performed by Alan Bissett.
Moira’s a single mum and a cleaner, who can’t wait to tell her bestie Babs all about the teacher she fancies, cleaning posh folks’ hooses and her thoughts on Brexit at the Hopeville Social Club, Inverurie on Saturday, July - 7.30pm
Tickets are available online through Facebook on the Garioch Theatre Festival page or at performance venues.
