Fresh from a
hugely acclaimed run as King Lear at Glasgow Citizen's Theatre this spring,
David Hayman takes centre stage in the Assembly Rooms Fringe single-hander Six
And A Tanner.
Set in a
Glasgow funeral parlour, Hayman plays a middle-aged man reliving the joys and
tragedies of his 1950s childhood as he rages at the coffin of his dead father.
Hayman's
remarkable career began in the Citizen's and he rose to international fame when
he played hard man and convicted murderer Jimmy Boyle in the film A Sense Of
Freedom in 1979.
He has
appeared in and directed many film and television productions, from Hollywood
to arthouse to documentaries. He is well known for his role as DCS Mike Walker
in the long-running TV crime thriller series Trial And Retribution which ran on
ITV until 2009.
An outspoken,
radical but non-party-aligned public personality, Hayman has been a prominent
supporter of Scottish independence.
Proceeds from
the Assembly Rooms show will go to the charity Spirit Aid which Hayman
established in 2001.
It aims to
provide support for "children and young people whose lives have been
devastated by war, poverty, genocide, ethnic cleansing and all forms of
abuse." The charity has run projects in places such as Kosovo, Guinea
Bissau, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa as well as in Scotland.
A former
steelyard apprentice, Hayman was awarded an honorary doctorate earlier this
month from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - as the Royal Scottish Academy
of Dramatic Art where he trained is now called - for his services to the arts.
David Hayman
is appearing in Six And A Tanner at The Assembly Rooms until August 26.
Source: Morning Star
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