RAPTURE Theatre company begins an “Iconic" season with Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which will tour to venues across Scotland from May 3 to June 3. A new production of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire follows in September.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will mark a homecoming for Scottish actress Sara Stewart, who plays Martha in a cast that also features Rose Reynolds, Robin Kingsland and Paul Albertson. She recently appeared on the West End stage in Hay Fever and has played opposite Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow in the Pulitzer Prize winning play Proof. Her first professional role was in the King’s Edinburgh panto opposite Stanley Baxter.
Direction is by Rapture's founder and artistic director Michael Emans with set and costumes by Frances Collier, lighting design by Mark Doubleday and sound design by Danny Krass.
The play will tour to Kirkcaldy, St Andrews, Peebles, Motherwell, Dumfries, Ayr and East Kilbride.
rapturetheatre.co.uk
THE SCHOOL of Simulation and Visualisation (SimVis) at The Glasgow School of Art and the University of Hull are bringing William Wilberforce "back to life" with 3D technology.
The pioneering abolitionist, whose movement led to the passing of the Slave Trade Act on March 25, 1807, ending Britain’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, was born in Hull in 1759. Hull is currently celebrating its status as the UK City of Culture.
Dr Paul Chapman, head of the School of Simulation and Visualisation at the Glasgow School of Art, said: "We’re delighted to have worked with the University of Hull on this project creating the high-quality motion capture and 3D modelling of Amy Johnson and William Wilberforce."
gsa.ac.uk
THE MARY Mary gallery in Glasgow announced a collaboration with London based Claire de Rouen on a pop-up book store to be held in the gallery over two weeks.
Established in 2005 and based in Soho, Claire de Rouen focuses on the interplay of art, fashion and photography.
For this project at Mary Mary, Claire de Rouen has curated a selection of artist books which will be presented alongside artist-selected publications that have influenced and are important to them. There are contributions from Amanda Ross- Ho, Alex Olson, Jonathan Gardner and Milano Chow. The books will be displayed throughout the gallery space and will be available to purchase.
Alongside the various publications, there will also be a small presentations of art works by Jesse Wine, Sara Barker, Lorna Macintyre amongst others.
On Thursday April 13 the gallery and Claire de Rouen will host an event to launch Alan Reid's new monograph, Warm Equations.
marymarygallery.co.uk
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