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NewsThe Nation//Live: WORK
National Galleries of Scotland/Visible Fictions - May 2012 Culmination of Martin's Clydebank 'Work' project looking at industry, shipbuilding and employment: Martin will be restaging key speeches and texts from the 1971/2 Work-in led by Jimmy Reid as well as reconstructing conversations he has had with the people of Clydebank over the last two months. This will be performed by groups and individuals from Clydebank on the site of the former John Brown Shipyard with an accompanying film by Daniel Warren. Have a look here and here for more info. Daniel in development - June and July 2012 Following on from his work in in progress as part of the Tron Lab, Martin has been awarded a Playwright's Studio new writers' bursury to work on the second stage of development of his new play Daniel dealing with issues of learning difficulties and disabilities within families. Theology - Autumn 2012 This new spoken word project is being developed by National Theatre of Scotland as part of an artist's attachment. See Performance on the left for more details. Scottish Opera Commonwealth Opera - 2012-2014 The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will see a major operatic production for children to be performed by young singers brought together to celebrate the 2014 Games at the Theatre Royal. The production will be based around the themes of strengths, histories, cultures and differences of Commonwealth countries. Martin will be working a dramaturge alongside the Scottish writer Alexander McCall Smith as well as representatives from New Zealand Opera, the Telkela Foundation of India, Cape Town Opera of South Africa, Calgary Opera of Canada and the No 1 Ladies opera Company of Botswana. |
