As well as being a drama teacher I am also a theatre practitioner and am founding member of random ACT theatre company. 

My passion is Directing and i’ve kept this quiet but have been nominated for a  national theatre award ran by the Arches theatre for stage Directors. This is all very exciting and probably won’t get the award as there is some amazing people up for it to. The work I do as a practitioner really enhances the work I do in the classroom.

Our next project is a theatre double bill entitled ‘Confined’. I’m directing Isabel Wrights ‘The Waiting Room’. This is an exciting time for random ACT as we have joined forces with new state of the art performing arts venue to be their in-house theatre company. The Music Box is a state of the art performance space at Stevenson College.

 Details below… really hope you can make it.

random ACT theatre company
presents

CONFINED
‘what would you do?’

‘Waiting Room’ by Isabel Wright and ‘Iron’ by Rona Munro

25th to 27th October 2007

The Music Box (Stevenson College), Edinburgh
7.30pm

random ACT theatre company starts off it’s new season with a Scottish theatre double bill.

We are proud to be staging this exciting double bill at The Music Box, a brand new, state-of-the-art, music and performing arts centre at Stevenson College.

Waiting Room by Isabel Wright and directed by John Naples-Campbell. The play is based on two women, confined in a classroom as they try to survive their war torn country Marah is driven by the injustices she has witnessed and searches for facts to make sense of her world. Her daughter-in-law Naomi is haunted by nightmares but dreams of a brighter future. The relationship between the two women is riddled with love and hate.

Iron by Rona Munro and directed by Kerry Macbean. Fay is serving a life sentence for murdering her husband with a kitchen knife. Her daughter Josie, who was 11 at the time and who has not seen her mother for 15 years, decides one day to visit. That, her subsequent visits, and the relationship between mother and daughter that develops within the pressurised confined environment of a room under constant surveillance makes for gripping viewing.

random ACT theatre company facilitates the work of writers who base their work on gender theories or gender issues. Our work is not only based on writers in Scotland but also across the world. We always aim to make our productions enlightening, intimate and touching.

Still in our early stages we have proven to critics and public that we are dynamic and engaging in all our work, finding new ways to engage audiences and actors by telling new and classic stories.

John Naples-Campbell is a graduate from Queen Margaret University College. Since graduating he has worked continually in theatre and Drama and directed the Scottish Premier of the award winning play ‘The Women of Lockerbie’.
Kerry MacBean graduated from Bretton Hall College, since graduating Kerry has been involved in Theatre in Education and Drama in Education.

Tickets: £7/£5 (conc)

School groups: For every ten seats one teacher goes free and every school will receive a resource pack including script extracts etc for those interest in using the texts for Higher Still courses. To book a post show discussion with cast and crew please state when phoning or emailing.

For ticket information/booking or for more details please contact  randomacttheatre at hotmail.co.uk or call 07949 678 312

‘(what you) will see is an expertly staged and highly disciplined performance, directed with real flair by John Naples-Campbell’ The Times.(Women of Lockerbie)

‘outstanding performances’ Scottish Theatre (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)