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Sense Scotland presents : PARK

Two performers rehearsing for the Park performance
Venue, Date and Time:
TouchBase, Friday 9th October, 7.30pm.

Tickets to be purchased in advance. Call 0141 4290294 or email and can be paid for by cheque or credit card. Pricing: £5 each, £3 Sense staff and service users, £15 family ticket (admits 4 people)

About the production:

Sense Scotland in association with Dance Ihayami presents an open rehearsal of their new production ‘PARK’. Working closely with Dance Ihayami the group have developed another groundbreaking piece of theatre following last years acclaimed performance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival of “Enchanted Lands”. Created and devised by the group, the show focuses on a day in the life of a park; the people who live there, the sensations of wet grass, of hot sun, the smell of flowers and of rubbish, the journeys that those who use this common space take… There are those who walk and play football… a man who lives in a bin, an ice cream seller with a secret, a lady who collects and of course the park warden…

Many things are unspoken
in the life of a man, and with a place
there is an unspoken love also
in undercurrents, drifting, waiting its time
A great place and its people are not renewed lightly
The caked layers of grime
grow warm, like homely coats
But yet they will be dislodged
and men will still be warm/dd>
The old coats are discarded
The old ice is loosed
The old seeds are awake

Slip out of the darkness, it is time

...from ‘The Second Life’ by Edwin Morgan

Our Arts and Wellbeing service supports disabled people throughout Scotland to access a range of arts activities, exploring expression, communication and wellbeing. Dance Ihayami’s outreach programme aims to raise awareness of other cultures, finding new ways to communicate in a creative setting.

Cast:

Eilidh Shortreed, Stephanie McCann, Ghazalla Akram, Anne Neeson, Robert McGurgan, Ian Johnston, Jamie Ahmed, Amir Asnafzadeh

Thanks to:

John Bell, Jac Arnold, Stuart Smythe, Lorraine Crolla, Linda Traynor, Carol McChesney, Howard Mundy, Janet Houten

Production:

Sarah Peachey: Stage Manager

Ailill Finlayson: Producer

Linda McPhail: Props/Costume

John Shankie: Set Design

Rita Hopper/Isobel MacRae: Administration

Conceived by the cast and written and directed by Jon Reid and Karen Watts An open rehearsal followed by a Q&A with performers took place on Friday 28th as part of the Edinburgh Festival at Dance Base. Following the Glasgow performance in October it is planned to tour the play at venues throughout Scotland. We’ll keep you informed of these when they’re announced.

Organiser Contact Email:

Phone number: 0141 429 0294

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