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December 2012


Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

Fairy tale misfits abound in this fresh adaptation, with original music, where Tim Burton meets Shrek meets "Once Upon a Time"! A fun, family adventure to celebrate the festive season. Watch trailer.


Sleeping Beauty CLOSED ORIGINAL

Sleeping Beauty CLOSED ORIGINAL

Fairy tale misfits abound in this fresh adaptation, with original music, where Tim Burton meets Shrek meets "Once Upon a Time"! A fun, family adventure to celebrate the festive season. Watch trailer.


November 2012


Here We Stay

Here We Stay

Celebrating the rich and diverse life stories of asylum-seekers, refugees and local residents in Glasgow; a global community chorus share evocative stories of their lives through song, spoken word and live music.


October 2012


This Is What We Ask

This Is What We Ask

Exploring how young people journey into an adult world in which they are confronted by a mass of challenging and sometimes bewildering questions, the Citizens Young Company ask…


Sharing Practice Across Artforms

Sharing Practice Across Artforms

Five of Scotlands most active artists, working in participatory settings, commissioned by ArtWorks Scotland, undertook a peer mentoring exchange as part of a National Theatre of Scotland programme that delivered a devising lab in Philadelphia in July this year. Working with People’s Light the lab explored techniques to develop high quality theatre across a professional and community context. Click here to read the blog the artists wrote while they were taking part.


September 2012


Medea

Medea

WORLD PREMIERE This startlingly modern version of Euripides’ classic tragedy explores how in today’s world a mother, fuelled by anger at her husband’s infidelity, might be driven to commit the worst possible crime. A new version by Mike Bartlett. Featuring Rachael Stirling as Medea. Watch trailer.


Tam O’Shanter

Tam O’Shanter

Based on the famous poem by Robert Burns and incorporating many of his other works, this raucous production by Communicado is a celebration of the national bard’s lust for life and an exploration of his Ayrshire community, its rituals, courtships and working life.


The Monster in the Hall - Autumn 2012

The Monster in the Hall - Autumn 2012

This Autumn, the National Theatre of Scotland re-mount the Citizens Theatre productions of two smash hit plays by David Greig. The wildly imaginative musical comedy The Monster in the Hall and a modern Bonnie and Clyde tale about two teenagers on the run Yellow Moon both retour in Autumn 2012.


Yellow Moon - Autumn 2012

Yellow Moon - Autumn 2012

This Autumn, the National Theatre of Scotland re-mount the Citizens Theatre productions of two smash hit plays by David Greig - a modern Bonnie and Clyde tale about two teenagers on the run Yellow Moon and the wildly imaginative musical comedy The Monster in the Hall.


August 2012


Here We Stay - Call for participants!

Here We Stay - Call for participants!

We are looking for people, including refugees and asylum-seekers, to participate in a free taster session for a brand new partnership project between the Scottish Refugee Council and Citizens Theatre. Come and share your stories through music, song and spoken word!


June 2012


Temptations of Tam

Temptations of Tam

A new community opera inspired by Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, a co-production from Scottish Opera and the Citizens Community Company.


Bye Bye Birdie

Bye Bye Birdie

Students of the Musical Theatre course from the Dance School of Scotland make their annual return to the Citizens following last year’s triumphant Once On This Island, with a revival of the 1960's Tony award winning Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie.