Rehearsals start for The Allotment and Wild Swim
Performances were a sell out!
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Al Fresco Theatre!Join us on Friday 3rd or Saturday 4th September at Bonnytoun Farm where we are delighted to be presenting our next exciting production – Al Fresco Theatre! – a double bill of a one act play The Allotment by Gillian Plowman and a single performer piece titled Wild Swim by Martha Watson Allpress.
About the plays: The pieces share a similar theme of women finding inventive ways to cope with events that life has thrown at them. In The Allotment, four women have created a fantasy allowing them to be who they want to be, forgetting their realities, until a fifth joins them and starts encouraging them to face the truth – with unexpected results. It’s a fun play with five strong roles for women and as well as humour, it has a deeper undercurrent flowing through it. In Wild Swim we meet Lauren who is persuaded to plunge into a frosty, muddy lake as a way of re-connecting with her Mum. It’s a beautifully written, emotional piece that manages to explore loss with humour and is ultimately joyful and life-affirming. 
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Location: Bonnytoun Farm, Linlithgow, EH49 7LP.
Approx. runtime: 1h. No interval.
Age suitability: There is some strong language, and so we suggest the event would be suitable for ages 12 and over.
Ticket price: £7
Refreshments: There will be no refreshments on sale at peformances. No alcohol is permitted.
Toilet facilities: Temporary facilities available onsite.
Access: As the performance is in a field and a short distance from the parking area, the site is unfortunately not accessible for wheelchair users.
Getting there: Car parking is available on site less than a 5 min walk from performance area. We’ll have marshals on hand near to the car park to direct you. Should you choose to walk to the venue (25 mins from train station), please be aware that the farm is on a country road with no pavements so care should be taken. Please arrive between 15 to 30 mins prior to your performance start time to allow for short walk from car park and settling in.
What to bring: This is a fully outdoor production. You’ll need your chair or blanket to sit on, and maybe a couple of extra layers and a waterproof depending on the weather! Footwear should be appropriate for walking across a field!
Safety information: The event will operate under the Scottish Government guidance applicable following the move beyond Level 0 on 9th August 2021. Please follow this link for full guidance https://www.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/. It is recommended that we maintain physical distance from others where possible and face coverings are recommended outdoors in crowded spaces and where it is not possible to keep a safe distance. Therefore, we encourage everyone to be mindful of maintaining a distance between themselves and others, especially those not in their group, and ask that you bring your own face covering to wear while accessing the toilets and if unable to maintain a safe distance (unless exempt). Hand sanitiser will be available.
Please follow the instructions provided on signs at the site, or as provided by our front of house colleagues. We’ve limited the number of tickets available for each performance to 50. On arrival we’ll collect contact details (email address and phone number) from everyone in your group. We may be asked to provide these to NHS Test and Protect for up to 21 days following the event to help them identify people who may have been exposed to COVID-19. We’ll retain the details collected no longer than is needed for this purpose. You’ll receive an email in the week of the show confirming full details of the arrangements in place.
Please follow the instructions provided on signs at the site, or as provided by our front of house colleagues. We’ve limited the number of tickets available for each performance to 50. On arrival we’ll collect contact details (email address and phone number) from everyone in your group. We may be asked to provide these to NHS Test and Protect for up to 21 days following the event to help them identify people who may have been exposed to COVID-19. We’ll retain the details collected no longer than is needed for this purpose. You’ll receive an email in the week of the show confirming full details of the arrangements in place.
This performance is over, so please don't attempt to purchase tickets. We're sure to have something just as exciting around the corner!
How to book: This link will take you to our ticket booking site. Please use this if you can as it’s the easiest way for us to keep in touch with you should we need to. There’s no booking fee so no additional cost. Alternatively, you can call us on 07849 448999. Online sales will close 2h prior to the performance start time. After this, you can phone our box office for late availability or check on the door but as tickets are limited to 50 per performance, we recommend booking to avoid disappointment.
This will be our first live production since our pantomime in early 2020. We hugely enjoyed your support for our first online venture, Armchair Theatre, in November and thank you for all the positive comments you sent us following that event. We look forward to welcoming you back in person in September and hope you’ll join us!
You can contact us at [email protected], our website contact page, or you can call us on 07849 448999 if you’ve any questions. Please don’t contact the venue directly.
This will be our first live production since our pantomime in early 2020. We hugely enjoyed your support for our first online venture, Armchair Theatre, in November and thank you for all the positive comments you sent us following that event. We look forward to welcoming you back in person in September and hope you’ll join us!
You can contact us at [email protected], our website contact page, or you can call us on 07849 448999 if you’ve any questions. Please don’t contact the venue directly.
This amateur production of The Allotment is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd www.concordtheatrcials.co.uk
This amateur production of Wild Swim is by arrangement with Nick Hern Books from the collection ISOLATED BUT OPEN commissioned by Papatango Theatre Company.
This amateur production of Wild Swim is by arrangement with Nick Hern Books from the collection ISOLATED BUT OPEN commissioned by Papatango Theatre Company.
