Orkney Arts Theatre
The major theatre venue in Orkney.
Sandgran
| Year | 2011 | Venue(s) | Dibble Tree Theatre|Orkney Arts Theatre|Webster Theatre Arbroath | Style | One Act Plays|Youth Plays | Director(s) | Cheape, Carolyn | Actors | Cheape, Harry|Doherty, Ethan|Gordon, Robbie | Actresses | Craigie, Bethany|Harper, Niamh|Marshall, Hannah | Awards | Angus Youth Trophy|Kay Fleming Cup | Playwright(s) | McGuire, Brian |
A trip to the seaside proves
unfortunate for Darren and Debra's grandmother as she is left behind. Does this
prove she is an encumbrance to the family or that the family is self-centred
and selfish
Lovers, Losers
| Year | 2005|2006 | Venue(s) | Dibble Tree Theatre|Orkney Arts Theatre|Pitlochry Festival Theatre|Webster Theatre Arbroath | Style | One Act Plays | Director(s) | Gibson, Dick|Wilson, Grant | Actors | Ruddell, Sam | Actresses | Gibson, Betty|Graham, Isabel|Smart, Marjorie | Awards | Alex Drummond Trophy|Ian McKay Trophy|Shiells Trophy | Playwright(s) | Friel, Brian |
This is the second of two short, complementary plays, Winners and Losers.
In the first play, the lovers are a young couple preparing for their final school exams and their imminent wedding. The girl is pregnant. Although they promise each other happiness, their deaths by drowning save them from a more likely destiny.
In the second play [this one], the lovers are older, but their passion, at first, is no less real. It is their marriage that brings its share of compromises and unhappiness.
