Gagarin Way by Gregory Burke
Directed by Anton Krause
Performances: Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th January 2009, Prompt Corner
Eddie and Gary, two Fife factory workers, plan to kidnap and murder the Japanese envoy of their company’s new multi-national owners, as a political gesture. Killing time by discussing Sartre and Genet, 20th century political and economic history and the appeal of recreational violence, their plans soon go awry when Tom the security guard turns up to collect his hat and Frank, their unwitting victim, turns out to be considerably less Japanese than anticipated.
Premiering at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in 2001 and moving to the National Theatre “Gregory Burke's blistering, brilliant, crazily confident first play (Guardian)” is in turns darkly hilarious and shockingly violent.
When I first saw this at The National I thought it was one of the funniest plays I had ever seen and I’m looking forward to getting my teeth into some comedy again. Be warned however that it contains very strong language and is not for the faint-hearted or easily offended.
I require four male actors willing to help me start off the 2009 season with a bang. The play is set in a factory storeroom with just boxes as setting. Although we will be performing in Prompt Corner we have the January Bell rehearsal schedule so will have plenty of time to perfect the Fife accents, choreograph the violence and still have time off for Christmas.
CAST
Eddie: Charles Doyle
Gary: Matthew Lyne
Tom: Chris Learmonth
Frank: Dermot Boyle
For more details, please contact Anton Krause, Director
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