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A major play reading season of contemporary Scottish plays

Fishamble – in partnership with the British Council presented a major play reading season of contemporary Scottish plays on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 November 2005 at Project.

Four cutting-edge plays from Scotland were presented in Ireland for the first time. They were directed by leading Scottish directors and accompanied by a discussion of current developments in Scottish Theatre.

Reading 1: Passing Places

Writer: Stephen Greenhorn
Director: Muriel Romanes

Reading 2: Kill the Old, Torture Their Young

Writer: David Harrower
Director: Lorenzo Mele

Reading 3: Outlying Islands

Writer: David Greig
Director: Anna Newell

Reading 4: Further Than the Furthest Thing

Writer: Zinnie Harris
Director: James Brining

Cast: Karen Ardiff, Andrew Bennett, Jane Brennan, Feidlim Cannon, Fiona Condon, Peter Hanly, Eamonn Hunt, Pauline Hutton, Darragh Kelly, Emmet Kirwan, Pat Laffan, Garrett Lombard, Vinnie McCabe, Aaron Monaghan, Des Nealon, Helen Norton, Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Eamonn Owens, Karl Shiels, Paul Reid, Arthur Riordan, Judith Roddy, Mal Whyte

Panel Discussion : Panel discussion on the plays and current developments in Scottish theatre;
Chairman: Gavin Kostick
Panellists: Philip Howard (Traverse), Julie Ellen (Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland) and Neil Murray (National Theatre of Scotland).

Comment: All readings and discussions were free but ticketed. This project received specific support from the Arts Council’s Travel and Come See schemes and from the European Cultural Contact Point.