The Writers & Actors Collaboration
Theatre Company
Productions
WACtheatre are always working on new productions. Here's what's coming up next:
Current Show
Coming Soon
Weekend of Writing workshops and performances. April 17 & 18 2010, various times, at the Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. For full details of the programme, see below.
Click here to download the WACfest programme
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Love Song in Sixteen Bars
Written and Directed by Colin Garrow
Ever been in one of those relationships? You know - the ones that don't work?
Comedy from WAC's Artistic Director. Whenever Shona embarks on a new relationship, she always ends upgetting dumped. So when her latest one starts to hit the rocks, she decides to find out why.
April 18 2010, 7.00pm at the Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. Part of the WACfest Weekend.
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Memoria
Written by Craig Sandeman, Directed by Mike Raith
Forgetting is easy - remembering can be murder!
Premiere of the winning play from WACtheatre's recent playwriting Competition.
Nov 17/18 2009, 7.00pm at the Lemon Tree, Aberdeen.
Towards the Inevitability of Catastrophe
Written and Directed by Colin Garrow. Performed by Suzanne Enoch
It sounds like her - has her memories, her laughter and her pain. But it isn't her. Or is it?
"He sits there scribbling down every word I say then goes off to his garret to produce his masterpiece of theatrical fucking immensity and what is he actually doing? What is he actually doing? I’ll tell you what he’s actually doing - he’s stealing my life".
Oct 27/28 2009, 7.00pm at the Lemon Tree, Aberdeen.
No Phones on Planet Pluto
Written and Directed by Colin Garrow & Suzanne Enoch
Revealing, touching and amusing tales inspired by the stories and experiences of mental health service users. Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival.
Oct 20 2009, 7.00pm at the Lemon Tree, Aberdeen.
RealiTV
Written and Directed by Suzanne Enoch
Behind the media spin and sleek presenters there’s a darker side to reality TV.
Following a Fringe Preview show at Aberdeen Arts Centre on August 1 2009, RealiTV transferred to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for shows at The Space on the Mile @ The Radisson.
REVIEWS: “The combination of Suzanne Enoch’s snappy script and direction with this hardworking cast create unexpected depths in this little gem of a show.” THE STAGE. "would watch it again" EDINBURGH FESTIVAL LIST **** "definitely worth a look" EDFRINGE **** "neat twists...and solid performances" THE HERALD.
All the plays in WACtheatre's first New Play Season were performed at the Lemon Tree, West North Street, Aberdeen, between November 2008 and February 2009. To see trailers of all the plays, check out our YouTube site - see the media page.
Nov 18/19
New Horizons
By Craig Sandeman
A dedicated director, a passionate producer and a star to die for – literally!
Nov 25/26
Safe House
By Tricia Harvey
Faced with your biggest fear – what would you do?
Dec 2/3
Clock oan the Waa’
By Deborah Leslie
Lily Milne. Doing time. Guilty of living too long.
Abduction of the Innocents
By Drew Young
They came to find love and...left.
2001 (Almost)
By Drew Young
Rage, rage against the machine. (Or at least get a bit grumpy).
Dec 16/17
WLTM
By Gavin Cunningham
Nice guys do naughty things.
Jan 13/14
Agent 160
By Charles Barron
Secret agent. Writer of bawdy plays. Lover of a black slave.
Jan 20/21
Chanceshot
By Gráinne Smith
The Bonnie Lassie sailed in a gale. But who did she bring back?
Jan 27/28
Oraculum
By Johnny Keating
Two men. A rose. A nightingale. And maybe...a woman?
At Home with the Smiths
By Iain Mitchell
Thief...eco-warrior...old lady. A story of life, death and Mother Earth.
Feb 3/4
Grave Concerns
By Russell Adams
Buried with dignity. Dug up without it!
Feb 10/11
The Body in the Bag
By Colin Garrow
Darkly comic tale of death, drinking and deceit – with songs!
Feb 17/18
Birdhouse
By Catriona Yule
Mother...teacher...son. What do you do when your house falls down?
