Citizens Theatre: fundraising evening and auction

TELL ME THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE
An evening with Maureen Beattie and friends.
Join us for an evening of poetry and prose celebrating love in all its guises.
Maureen Beattie presents a special revue show for one night only to help raise funds for the Seat Restoration campaign.
From the wit of Oscar Wilde to the glorious poetry of Robert Burns, from the sketches of Victoria Wood to the plays of William Shakespeare. Maureen has assembled a dream cast including Simon Russell Beale, described by The Independent as “the greatest stage actor of his generation”, Scottish stage and TV star Siobhan Redmond and Lord of the Rings favourite Billy Boyd.
14 Apr 2013
The event will include a celebrity auction hosted by Johnny Beattie and BBC TV star and auctioneer Anita Manning.

CELEBRITY AUCTION
Bring your wallets on the night to bid on a host of great prizes donated by celebrities in our charity auction. Prizes include:
- An original painting by Scottish artist Robert Kelsey
- A photo donated by Alan Cumming
- A script & DVD of the film Decoy Bride signed by its stars David Tennant and Kelly MacDonald
- Dinner with Tam Cowan reviewing a Glasgow restaurant
- A meal for two with Johnny Beattie and Libby McArthur and a copy of the River City book signed by the whole cast
- and more to be announced

All proceeds to the Citizens Theatre Seat Restoration Fund

Read more at the Citizens Theatre website

Enquirer - radio broadcast

From Emma Lennox of Hopscotch Films

The radio broadcast of Enquirer – a co-production from the National Theatre of Scotland, the London Review of Books, and Hopscotch Films - premièred on Friday 16 November.

Blending fact, anecdote and passionate opinion, Enquirer is a rapid response to the unfolding events in the newspaper industry. It is based on interviews with over forty journalists and was first performed in June as a site-specific piece of theatre performed in an empty media office block in Glasgow. 

As its tour draws to a close, we would like to invite you to listen to a specially produced radio broadcast on Radio 4 (Friday 16 November at 9pm).

Edited and directed by Vicky Featherstone and John Tiffany, co-edited by Andrew O'Hagan. The Enquirer cast includes: Maureen Beattie, John Bett, Billy Boyd, James Anthony Pearson, Gabriel Quigley and Billy Riddoch.

In the meantime, you can visit the microsite at Enquirer

You can listen to the play here

RSAMD launches 60th anniversary poster campaign featuring famous graduates

Ahead of its rebrand to Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in September, the Royal Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) has rolled out a poster campaign to highlight its 60th Anniversary.

The campaign, devised by the in-house marketing team, is made up of 30 posters, features well known and recent graduates from the Glasgow based academy including actors Alan Cumming, James Fleet, Billy Boyd and David Hayman alongside artistic director Paul Tyers, and actress Hannah Gordon, as well as some current students.

RSAMD will change its name on 1 September, which is highlighted within the campaign which aims to celebrate the success of some of its former students.

Each graduate features in their own poster alongside text that alludes to their success.

Photography was by K.K.Dundas, and around 60 portraits will be shown as part of an exhibition in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Source, and full article: The Drum

"The RSAMD’s School of Drama has produced hugely successful actors such as David Tennant, James McAvoy, Daniela Nardini, Maureen Beattie, Colin Morgan, Phyllis Logan, Bill Paterson, Elaine C Smith, Alan Cumming, David Hayman, Ruby Wax, Robert Carlyle, Emma Fielding, John Hannah, Greg Wise ... the list is long and glittering."

Source, and more information: RSAMD