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Same writer, same director, same cast in two young people’s plays at Sherman Cymru |
The National Theatre of Scotland is re-staging the Citizens Theatre’s critically acclaimed productions, The Monster in the Hall and Yellow Moon by David Greig for autumn 2012 with a UK-wide tour of both plays, performed by an ensemble cast. Both productions will be performed the same week at Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, 9-13 October. This is the first time that the productions will have toured together. Both plays have been written by David Greig (National Theatre of Scotland’s Peter Pan), directed by Guy Holland and will feature the same cast. Yellow Moon and The Monster in the Hall is suitable for teenagers and adults audiences. Yellow Moon is a modern day Bonnie and Clyde tale about two teenagers on the run. Silent Leila is an introverted girl who has a passion for celebrity magazines. Stag Lee Macalinden is the deadest of dead end kids in a dead end town. They never meant to get mixed up in a murder. The play follows Leila and Lee on a roller-coaster quest to find out who they really are. Yellow Moon won the TMA Award for the Best Show for Young People in 2007. The Monster in the Hall is a wildly imaginative musical comedy about a teenage girl trying to protect her world from the terrifying prospect of change. Teenager, Duck Macatarsney cares for her biker dad whose MS is getting increasingly worse. Her Dad - Duke - is a spliff-smoking, bike-riding, heavy metal and horror movie loving, pizza eating widower who’s brought up Duck since the death of her mother. The two of them are just about surviving when one morning the Duke wakes up blind and the Duck hears that Social Services are coming to take her away. The Monster in the Hall follows Duck as she tries to protect her world from the terrifying prospect of change. The Monster in the Hall won The Stage Award for Best Ensemble in 2011. Both productions are performed in the round, with minimal props and no sets with the stripped-back production style creating an up close intimacy with the audience. Both of David Greig’s plays tap in to the heart-breaking emotional highs and lows of the lives of young people. The original ensemble cast for The Monster in the Hall are reunited for this tour. Keith Macpherson, David Carlyle and Beth Marshall are also in Yellow Moon and are joined by newcomer Keshini Misha. National Theatre Scotland and Glasgow Citizen’s Theatre’s Yellow Moon and The Monster in The Hall will be at Sherman Cymru from 9-13 October. Daytime and evening performances times vary. Please see www.shermancymru.co.uk for details. Tickets are £14 £2 off for concessions and half price tickets for under 25s. For tickets and further information, please visit www.shermancymru.co.uk or contact the Sherman Cymru Ticket Office on 029 2064 6900. |
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Monday, October 1, 2012 |
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