BLACKOUT

// Platform 18/Brick Award Ticket Deal: See three shows for just £22/£16! Please call the Arches Box Office on 0141 565 1000 to book. Offer applies to Blackout by Thickskin Limited, Pause With A Smile by Gareth Nicholls and Money… The Game Show by Clare Duffy //

****The List
****Scotsman
****What’s On Stage

Blackout is a 45 minute, critically-acclaimed smack in the face.

Developed at Platform in Easterhouse, it is inspired by the stories of a young offender from Glasgow following writer Davey Anderson’s experience in interviewing a teenager who had been charged with attempted murder at the age of 15. The show’s mix of striking physicality and Anderson’s hard-hitting text had a profound impact on the audience when it premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2010, provoking rave reviews from the press – including four star reviews from The List, The Scotsman and What’s On Stage a five star review from Three Weeks.

Davey Anderson is former Director in Residence with the National Theatre of Scotland and was Associate Director on the multi-award winning production Black Watch. He is a previous recipient of the Arches Award for Stage Directors (now Platform 18) for his show Snuff.

ThickSkin Limited are a London-based company working with newly unearthed artists and established talent to create innovative, heart-stopping new work which challenges and inspires audiences.

Blackout was the winner of an Arches Brick Award in 2010.

ABOUT THE BRICK AWARD //

During the Edinburgh Fringe each year, we seek out the two most exciting emergent companies and invite them to re-stage their show at the Arches. Here we present the 2010 winners.  If you are a company performing at the Fringe 2011 and would like your piece considered for a Brick Award, please contact lj@thearches.co.uk

Duration: 45 mins.
Entrance: Argyle Street.