National Theatre of Scotland presents the Citizens Theatre productions of

The Monster in the Hall by David Greig, directed by Guy Hollands

Music and Sound Design by Nigel Dunn and Stephen Wright, Choreography by Andrew Panton

and Yellow Moon by David Greig, directed by Guy Hollands

Music by Nigel Dunn

Opening at the Citizens Theatre on the 6th September 2012 and then touring UK until 17th November

Supported by Bank of Scotland Pioneering Partnership

Cast: David Carlyle, Keith Macpherson, Beth Marshall, (The Monster in the Hall and Yellow Moon), Keshini Misha (Yellow Moon) and Gemma McElhinney (The Monster in the Hall)

The National Theatre of Scotland is re-staging the Citizens Theatre’s critically acclaimed productions, The Monster in the Hall and Yellow Moon by David Greig for autumn 2012 with a UK-wide tour of both plays, performed by an ensemble cast. The hit shows, are touring to theatres, arts centres, community venues and school halls and will be visiting Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, Crieff, Kinross, Aberdeen, Fife, Cardiff, Pontardawe, Bath, Oxford, Kilmarnock, Rutherglen, Renfrew, Isle of Harris and Isle of Lewis with a double bill of opening performances on Saturday 8th September at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. This is the first time that the productions will have toured together.

Yellow Moon is a modern day Bonnie and Clyde tale about two teenagers on the run. They never meant to get mixed up in murder…but now they need a place to hide. The Monster in the Hall is a wildly imaginative musical comedy about a teenage girl trying to protect her world from the terrifying prospect of change. Both productions are performed in the round, with minimal props and no sets with the stripped-back production style creating an up close intimacy with the audience. Both of David Greig’s plays tap in to the heart- breaking emotional highs and lows of the lives of young people. The original ensemble cast for The Monster in the Hall are reunited for this tour. Keith Macpherson, David Carlyle and Beth Marshall are also in Yellow Moon and are joined by newcomer Keshini Misha.

Yellow Moon and The Monster in the Hall were created for, and resonate with, an older teenage audience. The tour includes daytime performances in schools for secondary pupils and is accompanied by a special workshop programme for young people, supported by Bank of Scotland Pioneering Partnership. Some of the evening performances take place in school halls enabling young people to attend a performance within their local community with their friends and family. The productions are touring as part of the National Theatre of Scotland’s tfd programme; which presents productions and events throughout the UK, designed to bring young audiences to theatre.

In The Monster in the Hall teenage girl Duck Macatarsney cares for her biker dad whose MS is getting increasingly worse. Her Dad – Duke – is a spliff-smoking, bike-riding, heavy metal and horror movie loving, pizza eating widower who’s brought up Duck since the death of her mother. The two of them are just about surviving when one morning the Duke wakes up blind and the Duck hears that Social Services are coming to take her away. The Monster in the Hall follows Duck as she tries to protect her world from the terrifying prospect of change. The Monster in the Hall won The Stage Award for Best Ensemble in 2011.

Yellow Moon is a modern Bonnie and Clyde tale of the fortunes of two teenagers on the run. Silent Leila is an introverted girl who has a passion for celebrity magazines. Stag Lee Macalinden is the deadest of dead end kids in a dead end town. They never meant to get mixed up in a murder. The play follows Leila and Lee on a roller-coaster quest to find out who they really are. Yellow Moon won the TMA Award for the Best Show for Young People in 2007.

Both productions were developed and are directed by Guy Hollands for the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, where they premiered before touring schools and venues. Both shows had successful runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and are acclaimed in the UK and internationally, having previously toured to the USA, the Netherlands and Germany.

David Greig was born in Edinburgh and is a highly-respected playwright and theatre director. David’s work for the National Theatre of Scotland includes The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (currently touring internationally), the forthcoming musical, Glasgow Girls, Dunsinane (RSC), Peter Pan (National Theatre of Scotland) and The Bacchae (Edinburgh International Festival). Other recent theatre productions include Midsummer (Traverse Theatre and Soho Theatre), Creditors (Donmar Warehouse and BAM), The American Pilot (RSC, Soho and MTC) and Tintin in Tibet (Barbican and The Playhouse). He is currently working on a new Broadway production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Guy Hollands’ theatre credits include The Crucible (TAG/National Theatre of Scotland ), Meep and Moop, Museum of Dreams, Liar, Yellow Moon, Ice Cream Dreams, The Visit, A Taste of Honey, Knives in Hens, The Birthday Party and The Monster in the Hall (TAG), Othello, Hamlet, Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, Waiting for Godot, Nightingale and Chase, The Fever, Nightschool, The Caretaker and Hansel & Gretel (Citizens Theatre), Woyzeck (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh/KtC), Pinocchio (Visible Fictions), Earball (Tosg) and Factory Girls (7:84).

The support of this small scale tour is one element of the National Theatre of Scotland and Bank of Scotland’s Pioneering Partnership – a sponsorship connecting Bank of Scotland and the National Theatre of Scotland in a relationship across a wide range of National Theatre of Scotland programme elements over two years. The partnership offers geographic spread and reach across productions, initiatives, workshops and events particularly in the area of supporting creativity and emerging talent. In Year 2(2012) the elements of Bank of Scotland Pioneering Partnership include support of Appointment with the Wicker Man by Greg Hemphill and Donald McLeary; The Guid Sisters by Michel Tremblay in Scots translation by Bill Findlay and Martin Bowman – a co-production with the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh and the Emerge Programme supporting flourishing artists and directors.

Tour dates include:

The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, Friday 28 September

Yellow Moon & The Monster in the Hall (double bill), 7pm

Tickets: £12/£7.50

Box Office: 01224 641122 www.boxofficeaberdeen.com

Leverburgh Village Hall, Isle of Harris, Thursday 15 November

The Monster in the Hall, 7.30pm

Tickets available from: 01859 520267 /margaretmacdonald2@yahoo.co.uk/www.wegottickets.com

Ionad Na Seann Sgoil, Shawbost, Isle of Lewis, Saturday 17 November

The Monster in the Hall, 7.30pm

Tickets available from: www.wegottickets.com

Source: National Theatre of Scotland