New Scottish theatre firm, Outwith It will make its debut this spring with a live performance studying of Alasdair Gray’s brief performs. The Gray Plays will likely be introduced beneath the Celestial Heaven’s mural painted by Gray himself in Òran Mór’s auditorium on Sunday 4th May 2025.
Presented in affiliation with Alasdair Gray’s Estate and directed by Outwith It founder Fraser Scott, The Gray Plays will current 4 of Alsadair Gray’s not often carried out brief performs; Goodbye Jimmy; Loss of the Golden Silence; Quiet People; and The Man Who Knew About Electricity. Director, author and performer Cora Bissett (What Girls are Made Of, Raw Material) will compere the night, together with readings and commentary from the Gray Play Book.
- Goodbye Jimmy (2006) The most up-to-date play from the gathering. The world is at a disaster level, and our creator meets together with his son for a philosophical and comedic dialog on easy methods to repair every part.
- Loss of Golden Silence (1973) Domestic tensions come to a head as a warring couple discover a shocking strategy to maintain their relationship, regardless of their variations. Performed as a radio play broadcast by the BBC in 1974.
- Quiet People (1968) His first broadcast play, from 1968, Alasdair’s Quiet People is a comedy a couple of couple who absorb some noisy lodgers that overstay their welcome.
- The Man Who Knew About Electricity (1973) Conceived as a screenplay, this brief drama follows a younger pupil making a reference to a struggling mum and her bullying companion as he tries to repair their lightbulbs.
The Gray Plays will likely be carried out by a proficient solid of Scottish expertise together with Still Game’s Isa Drennan Jane McCarry, Scottish actor and sport present host James McKenzie (Raven), actor and singer Naomi Stirrat (The Snow Queen, Royal Lyceum Theatre) and Sam Stopford, just lately seen in Vanishing Point’s Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey. Music for the night will likely be carried out by worldwide composer and multi-media artist Sonia Killman.
Alasdair Gray (1934–2019) was a Scottish author, artist, and playwright, finest recognized for his distinctive mix of literary and visible creativity. Born in Glasgow, Gray grew to become a distinguished determine in modern Scottish literature together with his debut novel, Lanark (1981), turning into a landmark work of recent fiction. His works usually explored themes of id, social justice, and Scotland’s cultural and political panorama.
A talented painter and illustrator, Gray was commissioned by Colin Beattie for Òran Mór to create the gorgeous ceiling mural beneath which The Gray Plays will likely be carried out. Affectionately coined the ‘Sistine Chapel of the 21st century’, Gray’s mural is the biggest public art work in Scotland.
Andrew Gray of Alasdair Gray’s Estate stated: “The Estate of Alasdair Gray is happy that Director Fraser Scott, a grasp at weaving social and political narratives into his productions, has assembled an skilled solid of nicely kent actors to carry out a number of Alasdair Grays performs within the Òran Mór.
“Play writing was one of Alasdair’s early forms of artistic expression and what turned out to be a forlorn hope for income in his early years. Interest in Alasdair’s plays has waned or at least been obscured by the success of his novels. This production with an all Scottish cast performed at the Òran Mór, where a number of his later plays were performed in the A Play, A Pie and A Pint series, would have been a return to a familiar setting for him.”
The Gray Plays will happen 7pm on Sunday 4th May within the auditorium of Òran Mór, Glasgow. Tickets price £15 (£12 conc.) and can be found from oran-mor.co.uk.
The mission is introduced by Outhwith It theatre firm in affiliation with Alasdair Gray’s Estate and is supported by the National Lottery by way of Creative Scotland.
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