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Grid Iron

GRID IRON  (1995 - )

 Nationality:    Scottish
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Grid Iron are an Edinburgh-based theatre company who, following their incorporation in 1995 and their first show Clearance at the Traverse, Edinburgh, swiftly gained a reputation for creating high-quality, high profile shows. The Company went on to specialise in presenting shows in unusual locations. They are a new writing company who work in challenging sites that lend themselves especially well to Grid Irons taut production style. Occasionally they create work for the stage or use theatre buildings in a site-specific, promenade manner. In 1997 Grid Iron produced their first full-scale site-specific production, The Bloody Chamber, their adaptation of Angela Carters Bluebeard fairytale, which they presented in famously haunted underground vaults beneath Edinburghs historic Royal Mile. It was the companys first appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and, by the opening night, the show had sold out for its entire three-week run. Awards: Herald Angel for Outstanding Contribution and Achievement in Theatre and Total Theatre Nominations for Best Newcomers and Best Design. The Bloody Chamber sold out again during the two weeks surrounding Edinburghs Hogmanay Festival and transferred for three weeks to The London Dungeon in March 1998, signalling the companys first production outside Scotland. Once again the show sold out completely. The Bloody Chamber again received widespread public and critical acclaim in Northern Ireland during a three week run in November 98 as part of the Belfast Festival Fringe.

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below is a list of Grid Iron's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Barflies         Devil's Larder, The         Leaving Planet Earth         Monumental         Once Upon A Dragon

Barflies

Synopsis:
Some people never get crazy. What truly awful lives they must lead. Bukowski Multi award-winning Grid Iron invite you to their local, The Barony Bar, to delve deeply into the alcoholic world of Bukowski's alter ego Henry Chinaski. a search for meaning and pleasure in the arms and in the bodies of a series of women drives Henry to confront the darkest corners of himself and to challenge the whole ethic of the working life. Maybe more humanity, more analysis of the human psyche could be found from the edge of a barstool than from the most wide- ranging travels or the deepest research in a library. Barflies looks at the profound liberation of alcohol, its opening up of corners of sexuality and mental activity, as well as its more undesirable effects. Without alcohol, no great art. Without alcohol, no great life? enjoy Grid Iron responsibly.

Notes:
adapted from stories by Charles Bukowski

1st Produced:
Traverse@ The Barony (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)    2009

Organisations:
Grid Iron

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Devil's Larder, The

Synopsis:
Multi-award winning Scottish company Grid Iron turn off the lights and conjure up an after-hours world. Returning to their favourite subject, the impact of food on human society, they examine how it can act as a catalyst for unleashing our fears, desires and taboos. Jim Crace's teasing, dark novella is the basis for a journey into a culinary underworld; an uncanny, uncomfortable examination of the envy, love, revenge, hypocrisy, loss and lust which seethe beneath the false calm of the menu, the shopping list and the recipe. The production winds a sinuous and treacherous path from narrative episode to story-telling, from installation to song. Originally commissioned by Cork 2005 as part of their european Capital of Culture celebrations.

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Leaving Planet Earth

Synopsis:
Old Earth has nothing left for us, and so it is time for a new beginning. Cross galaxies, traverse light years and find yourself in a world where you can be the centre of your own universe. Welcome to New Earth. Never look back. Vela, the revered and celebrated architect of this new society, has recently been avoiding her public duties in favour of visiting the Old Earth Museum and the company of its Security Guard. As the final migrants arrive, she is becoming increasingly obsessed by her memories, and questions are growing about her sanity. Award-winning theatre company Grid Iron fuses live interactive performance with innovative digital and new media technologies. Leaving Planet Earth is a site-responsive promenade production on an epic scale. Tracing the story of humanitys first migration into space, it asks fundamental questions about our connection to this planet. Should we leave this world, and if so, who will endure and at what cost?

Notes:
written by Catrin Evans and Lewis Hetherington

1st Produced:
Edinburgh International Festival    09 Aug 2013

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Grid Iron

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multi media site specific piece

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Monumental

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Once Upon A Dragon

Synopsis:
What's that in the bushes? THaT - the long-green-scaley-flailing-thing that looks like the tail of a (ulp) dragon. . .adults may well exchange conspiratorial grins, but like the excited kids they, too, are being led up the garden path.
Mary Brennan, Herald

Notes:
play by Pauline Mol; from An idea by Moniek Merkx; translated by Rina Vergano; company - Grid Iron

1st Produced:
Edinburgh: Cammo estate    2007

Organisations:
Children's International Theatre Festival

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Genre:
Young audience

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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