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Sandy Grierson

SANDY GRIERSON

  
Nationality:    Scottish
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SAndy Grierson is a creative associate of Vanishing Point and has performed in their Invisible Man, Stars Beneath the Sea, Lost Ones, Mancub, Subway, Little Otik and the Beggar's OperA. He trained under David W.W. Johnstone of Lazzi (Mr. Pinocchio, Witkacy Idiota, Oresteia), Zofia Kalinska of ariel Teatr (the Night of the Great Season, a Little Requiem for Kantor) and Puppetlab (Tam O'shanter, Ghost). Other companies he has worked with include Traverse/Visible Fictions (Zorro) Theatre Royal Bath (Gagarin Way), Traverse/Teatr Polski (Cherry Blossom), Communicado (Fergus Lamont), National Theatre of Scotland (Home, Little Otik), Royal Lyceum Theatre (Wizard of Oz, the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe), Citizens' Theatre (Charlotte's Web, James and the GiANT Peach), Cumbernauld Theatre (Privately Personal Lives of Dorian Gray), Young Vic (the Soul of Chi'en-Nu Leaves Her Body), Periplum (arquiem), Wee Stories (a Christmas Carol) Prime Productions (Sunset Song, Romeo and Juliet), Sweetscar (Muffin) and Wildcat (the Fourth estate). He has previously written for Vanishing Point's Subway and Lazzi's Oresteia and directed Hidden 1 at the RSaMD.

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         Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler, The         Little Otik         One Night Stand         Oresteia         Rhetoric         Tenet: A True Story About the Revolutionary Politics Of Telling the Truth About Truth As Edited By Someone Who Is Not Julian Assange In Any Literal Sense         Tonight David Ireland Will Lecture, Box And Dance         Tonight Sandy Grierson Will Lecture, Dance And Box         Tonight Sean Campion Will Lecture, Dance And Box

Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler, The

Synopsis:
You are the centre of your little world and I am of mine. Now and again we meet for tea, we're two of a kind. This is our universe, cups of tea. We have a beautiful cosmos, you and me. The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler is a musical and visual journey based on the songs, stories and poems of one of Scotland's most iconic exiles. A Jewish, Scottish, Londoner, Ivor Cutler was a wholehearted eccentric whose music and words range from the whimsical to the disturbing; had he been born in Russia he'd perhaps be a Daniil Kharms or a Gogol. Here, Mr Cutler stands alone. A true maverick, Ivor Cutler was the only artist to have been played on Radios 1,2,3 and 4. He was signed by all the major record labels, influenced the Beatles and was championed by John Peel. The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler weaves together the music, prose, poetry and biography of Ivor Cutler to tell the story of a remarkable life, from birth, through boyhood, to old age and death.

Notes:
Conceived and directed by Matthew Lenton. Created by James Fortune, Sandy Grierson and Matthew Lenton. Text by Sandy Grierson, with the Company.

1st Produced:
Inverness: Eden Court    04 Apr 2014

Organisations:
Vanishing Point and National Theatre of Scotland

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Genre:
biographical musical play

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  musicians

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Little Otik

Synopsis:
tells the story of a couple desperate for a child but unable to conceive

Notes:
adapted by Matthew Lenton with Sandy Grierson And the Company. Adaptation of Jan Svankmajer's incredible cult film Little Otik

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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One Night Stand

Synopsis:
"I pull up at a light. a woman waits to cross the road. I know her, sort of. She seems to think so too. She gets in. Get reddy-amber, wait for it. Go . . ." a night of romance like no other. Charged, funny, wistful and dark, One Night Stand is a tale suffused with charm and lyrical passion. "Morning has broken and it really is like the first morning. No blackbirds to speak of but Jesus, the crows. . . I draw the rug up over my thoughts and cover us both in the darkness of love."

Notes:
written by Nick Underwood, Developed with Sandy Grierson.

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Oresteia

Synopsis:
Lazzi's production of the Oresteia is an elegantly classical yet astonishingly real rendition of aeschylus' tragic trilogy: agamemnon, the Choephorae and the Furies dating from 458 BC. In this adaptation, the hero, Orestes, appears before us, his judges, to answer to the crime of matricide. Sandy Grierson (Best actor Critics' award for theatre in Scotland 2007) plays Orestes in an intense solo portrayal that tests the limits of physical performance as it plunges the audience directly into aeschylus' timeless themes of revenge, torture, guilt and justice. Robert Potter's 1886 translation has been pared down to an absolute minimum. Staged with extreme simplicity, with a haunting soundtrack by Davey Anderson (Rupture; Black Watch; Snuff), this is a visually stunning and challenging piece of theatre that sears its place in the mind.

Notes:
by Lazzi. Devised by David W W Johnstone And Sandy Grierson

1st Produced:
Cumbernauld theatre    -

Organisations:
Nucleus Programme

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Music:
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Rhetoric

Synopsis:
So, you put on your coat, left the house and came to the theatre. And now? What do you want? Do you want to laugh? Cry? Something a little more perverse? Or do you just like to sit in the dark and watch? theatre Brothel is a brand new theatre experience; choose from the many performances on offer, explore the building and try something completely different; you might even get a taste for it. It's all good. Don't worry, no-one will judge you here.

Notes:
part of "the theatre Brothel: Author Selma Dimitrijevic (Harmless Creatures). Author Selma Dimitrijevic (A Prayer). Author Lorne Campbell (Tonight Sean Campion Will Lecture Dance and Box). Author Sandy Grierson (Tonight Sean Campion Will Lecture Dance and Box). Author Sandy Grierson (Rhetoric). Author Stewart Lee.

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Tenet: A True Story About the Revolutionary Politics Of Telling the Truth About Truth As Edited By Someone Who Is Not Julian Assange In Any Literal Sense

Synopsis:
It's moment of change. It's a moment people to meet in darkened rooms and whispered dangerous ideas. Meet evariste: he is a brilliant mathematician and a very angry young man. Meet Julian: he makes people very cross, he's the help. I's the help. If evariste can keep it together and Julian can keep out of the way then the two of them might be able to explain everything from polynomial equation (easy) to had to change the world (a bit harder) before somebody dies at dawn

Notes:
written by Lorne Campbell And Sandy Grierson. Part of Resist !

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Organisations:
Grayscale Theatre

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Tonight David Ireland Will Lecture, Box And Dance

Synopsis:
the story of one man's search for a man who spent all his time hiding. the magical and bizarre story of David Ireland's search for his Great Uncle arthur Cravan: artist, Boxer, Lover, Poet, Keeper of Cats and Total Charlatan. a man who was not the things he was, claimed to be the things he was not, and was the things he claimed not to be.

Notes:
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Organisations:
a Play a Pie and a Pint

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Music:
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Tonight Sandy Grierson Will Lecture, Dance And Box

Synopsis:
the great-grandson of arthur Cravan tells the finest story you never heard in the greatest way youll ever see. Sex, tango, lies, punching, transubstantiation, drum and bass, the Pacific Ocean, Oscar Wilde, Paris, New York and origami. It shouldnt work but all put together in the right order, it can change the way you see the world forever.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Assembly 2, Edinburgh Fringe    03 Aug 2011

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Genre:
piece 60 min

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Tonight Sean Campion Will Lecture, Dance And Box

Synopsis:
So, you put on your coat, left the house and came to the theatre. And now? What do you want? Do you want to laugh? Cry? Something a little more perverse? Or do you just like to sit in the dark and watch? theatre Brothel is a brand new theatre experience; choose from the many performances on offer, explore the building and try something completely different; you might even get a taste for it. It's all good. Don't worry, no-one will judge you here.

Notes:
part of "the theatre Brothel: Author Selma Dimitrijevic (Harmless Creatures). Author Selma Dimitrijevic (A Prayer). Author Lorne Campbell (Tonight Sean Campion Will Lecture Dance and Box). Author Sandy Grierson (Tonight Sean Campion Will Lecture Dance and Box). Author Sandy Grierson (Rhetoric). Author Stewart Lee.

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Organisations:
Greyscale Theatre company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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