Holyrood Amateur Theatrical Society

‘Under Milk Wood’ Auditions

hatsedinburgh — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:48:00 +0000

Auditions for the Holyrood Amateur Theatrical Society production of ‘Under Milk Wood’, directed by Stephen Oswald will be held in the Scottish Parliament Building on Monday April 4^TH and Wednesday April 6^TH at 6.30 p.m.

Please email info@hatsedinburgh.co.uk if you would like to audition stating which day you would like to attend.

Rehearsals/workshops will be on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays beginning Monday 11^th April.

The run will be at St Bride’s, Orwell Terrace in the week beginning 18^th July.

HATS NEEDS A TREASURER!

hatsedinburgh — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:03:56 +0000

If you are numerate, reliable and honest, please be our treasurer! We need someone to see us through the next show at least until the AGM in August or September. The job involves liaising with the cast and production team to keep track of membership funds and receipts for expenses incurred during the course of the show, updating financial records and managing the HATS bank account. Advice would be on hand if required, and a (small) cash reward could be negotiated for the right candidate.

Please email info@hatsedinburgh.co.uk if you can help!

DRACULA

hatsedinburgh — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:51:36 +0000

Holyrood Amateur Theatrical Society present Dracula, an adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel by Liz Lochhead, Scotland’s supremely talented national makar. Complete with all the trimmings of vampire legend, HATS’ modern adaptation puts the audience well within biting range of the blood-thirsty count. Will the earnest Jonathan Harker be quick enough to protect his rich wife and her sister from his evil intent? Or perhaps they will be locked in mental anguish for all eternity…

Don’t miss the terror, the tragedy, the torment that is Dracula!

3rd, 4th and 5th February 2011, 7.30 pm

St Bride’s Centre

Orwell Terrace

Dalry

Edinburgh

Tickets £7.50| £6 concessions
HATS ticket line: 07896 198632
St Bride’s ticket office: 0131 3461405

Forthcoming HATS Production – DRACULA

hatsedinburgh — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:46:55 +0000

Please note that HATS’ next production, of Liz Lochead’s Dracula, is now due to be staged on 3rd, 4th and 5th February 2011 at the St Bride’s Centre on Orwell Terrace. We are very much looking forward to seeing you there for an evening of blood-curdling drama!

Halloween Quiz Winners

hatsedinburgh — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:21:31 +0000

Team Dracula’s Teabags were the ones to wear the prestigious and original HATS top hat, an honour accorded only to those of superior brain power!

Many thanks to all who came and took part. Proceeds go towards the next two productions, which are sure to be fabulous.

Please note audition dates for Lazybed, below.

‘Lazybed’ Auditions

hatsedinburgh — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:40:43 +0000

HATS announce a 2011 production of Iain Crichton Smith’s Lazybed.

“Nature red in tooth and claw”

Lazybed is about a man who stays in bed and refuses to get up: a comic meditation on the vanity of work; mortality; the metaphysical and the real; love and marriage. We are delighted to be bringing Iain Crichton Smith’s best-loved character, the cantankerous and metaphysical Murdo, to the stage.

Following the sad closure of the Roxy Art House, dates and venue are yet to be reconfirmed, but we’re working on a three night run at the end of March or beginning of April 2011 at a suitably exciting Edinburgh venue.

Auditions

Auditions now closed.

Director: Gregor Shanks

HATS Halloween Quiz

hatsedinburgh — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:57:47 +0000

To raise money for forthcoming productions of Dracula and Lazybed, HATS will be holding a hair-raising Halloween quiz at The Canon’s Gait pub on Thursday 4 November. Please come and help support the society to put on scarily wonderful performances!

Doors open at six for a seven o’clock start, fancy dress is optional, and please keep teams to no more than five. The price is £5 per head, and there will be a raffle with marvellous and mysterious prizes.

We look forward to seeing you there!

HATS off to ‘McGrotty and Ludmilla’

hatsedinburgh — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:48:38 +0000

Our three night run of Alasdair Gray’s McGrotty and Ludmilla has come to an end – thank you to all who attended and supported the show. We were delighted to play to such high turnouts and receive such positive reviews. We hope you enjoyed the production as much as we enjoyed performing it.

If I may direct you to Morag McAlpine’s Bookshop, the purchasing section of Alasdair Gray’s website, where a number of his publications, rare and otherwise, are available at very reasonable prices.

Until next time!

‘McGrotty and Ludmilla’ – The Final Countdown!

hatsedinburgh — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:08:04 +0000

Two days to go until our production of Alasdair Gray’s McGrotty and Ludmilla stages at the Roxy Art House Theatre – and tickets really are selling fast!

We will allocate what we can on the door, but please be advised to book tickets in advance to guarantee entry. For details of how to do so please scroll down to the previous post.

PREVIEWS

S cotsman

Edinburgh Guide

We hope to see you at what promises to be an extremely entertaining production!

‘McGrotty and Ludmilla’ – Tickets On Sale Now!

hatsedinburgh — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:51:22 +0000

HATS invite you to

MCGROTTY & LUDMILLA

by ALASDAIR GRAY

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@ Roxy Art House, Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh.

Thu 22nd, Fri 23rd & Sat 24th JULY, 2010. 7.30pm.

Tickets £7 (£5)

ONLINE BOOKING @

THE PLAY

Loosely based on the Aladdin story, the play follows the adventures of the uncouth and unpolished young Scot Mungo McGrotty amongst the Machiavellian civil service mandarins of Thatcher’s Whitehall. His career is slowly going nowhere until McGrotty is seduced into a scheme to steal the mysterious and deadly Harbinger report. Will he beat the villainous Sir Arthur Shots at his own game? And can he win the heart of the ruthlessly posh Ludmilla along the way?

Directed by Gregor Shanks. Produced by Mary Blackford.

ALASDAIR GRAY is one of Scotland’s most-cherished writers and artists. Most famous for his fantastical Scottish epic ‘Lanark’, his works as playwright were collected and published last year in ‘A Gray Play Book’ by Luath Press. The generous and magnificent Mr Gray has worked closely with HATS for this new production of ‘McGrotty and Ludmilla’, providing a reading and designing the show’s resplendent poster.

BUYING TICKETS!

Use The Booth’s online booking facility by clicking the red box near the top of this post.

Tickets are also available by reservation via society members and allocations will be placed on the door.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Roxy Art House / Alasdair Gray / HATS Facebook Group