Over the next few weeks Puppet Lab Theatre Company from Edinburgh will be in Inverness engaging people in community theatre. We are looking for people interested in dance, music, theatre, writing, poetry, costume design, stage design etc. All abilities welcome.

There will be two major events:

War of the Worlds

Workshops and street theatre walkabout

Dates: 14th-19th July
Time: 10-4pm daily
Venue: Eastgate Shopping Centre, Inverness

Participants will have the opportunity to be part of Belladrum Festival (10th-12th August) and be filmed as part of the War of the Worlds Newscast DVD to be screened all over Inverness running up to “The Big Shop” Inverness.

To participate in workshops at the Eastgate Centre and to take part at Belladrum and in the DVD please contact Artistic Director, Symon MacIntyre on info@puppet-lab.com  or on 0131 554 8923 or Jelica at info@gabrielsvision.com . Participants must be 15yrs and over. Workshops will include training in street theatre techniques, stilt-walking, costume design. Spaces are limited – please book early.


The Big Shop Inverness

Workshops:

Dates and Times:
2nd, 3rd August 7-9pm
23rd, 24th August 7-9pm
1st September 2-4pm
Venue: The Spectrum Centre, Inverness

Performances:

17th, 18th, 19th, 20th October, starting 7.30pm – shops in Inverness TBC.

The workshops will be lead by professional theatre practitioners and writers John Harvey and Euan Martin and directed by Symon MacIntyre. You will have the opportunity to work with the team and help shape the themes of the six performances that will be the basis of the Big Shop Inverness. To take part please contact Artistic Director, Symon Macintyre on info@puppet-lab.com  or 0131 554 8923. All participants must be over 16. Spaces are limited.

These events are funded by:

Highland 2007, Highland Council, Awards for All, Inverness City Partnership and are part of Drama Na h_Alba – Scotland’s International Theatre Arts Festival.

Please come along and take part in a unique and fantastic community theatre event for Inverness, the capital of the Highlands in 2007.  www.the-big-shop.org