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SCOTTISH THEATRE COMPANIES T c/o Citizens' Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow G5 9DS +44 (0) 141 418 6272 info@tag-theatre.co.uk Videos on YouTube. Young people's theatre with cross-over adult audience. Artistic director Guy Hollands. See reviews. See article about TAG in Dalbeattie and article about David Greig's Yellow Moon.
Jennifer Black in TAG theatre's A Taste of Honey, October 2005 Pic: Tim Morozzo
Take Two Glasgow taketwo.productions@virgin.net Popular music-based theatre written and directed by Stuart Thomas taking nostalgic looks back at recent history.
7 Water Row, Govan Glasgow G51 3UW +44 (0) 141 440 2025 Lively theatre company with a taste for cross-dressing. Established by director and actor Grant Smeaton. Not heard of for some time. See also Hopscotch. See reviews.
Glasgow Company established in 2001, aiming to create “character-based” theatre. Not heard of for some time.
Small company led by Charles Nowosielski with a liking for Scots language drama. Regular summer performances.
+44 (0) 141 553 1346 enquiries@theatrebabel.co.uk Stripped-back classics, primarily Shakespeare - also Ibsen, Molière and Liz Lochhead's stunning version of Medea. See reviews.
Hedda Gabler, Theatre Babel, revived April 2005 Pic: Douglas McBride
Stirling Professional Stirling company led by artistic director Carol Metcalf.
Company run by playwright Rob Evans and director Lu Kemp. Productions include Beautiful Cosmos, Toasting the Orphans, Ghost Shirt, Hunting of the Snark.
Beautiful Cosmos, Theatre by Design, May 2006
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD +44 (0) 141 354 0544 enquiries@cryptic.org.uk Lush music-theatre led by director Cathie Boyd. Increasing emphasis on music. See article in The Scotsman. See reviews.
4 Damcroft, Peebles Edinburgh, EH45 8EF +44 (0) 7899 087 883 info@theatreenigma.com Unfunded company specialising in productions of new and neglected plays. Artistic director: Sean Kane.
Glasgow Theatre and community arts company dedicated to performing in found sapces. Artistic director Carrie Westwater.
Busy young company doing classics and original work. Artistic director: Deborah Carmichael.
Theatre Guild Amateur Musicals Glasgow Amateur company of several decades' standing, operating mainly out of the Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow.
Studio Alba, 54a Seaforth Road, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2SD +44 (0) 1851 701193 info@theatrehebrides.com Professional company reflecting the life of the Western Isles.
25 Broomhill Drive, Glasgow G11 2AB +44 (0)141 334 8845 info@theatre-insaan.org Cross-cultural company.
5 Admiral Street, Glasgow G41 1HP +44 (0) 141 429 8428 mail@theatremodo.com Company led by director Martin Danziger, doing a variety of work including community and children's theatre.
Collaborative theatre company, staging new plays, devised drama and adaptations.
Edinburgh Edinburgh student company established in January 2005 as an alternative to the Bedlam.
Shakespeare Street, Dumfries DG1 2JH +44 (0) 1387 254 209 The oldest working theatre in Scotland.
Hope Street, Glasgow G2 3QA +44 (0) 141 332 3321 Home of Scottish Opera and a receiving house for drama.
Strachur, Argyll Workshops and residential courses offering the chance to create Shakespeare in the wild landscape of western Scotland.
34 Hamilton Place, Edinburgh EH3 5AX +44 (0) 131 226 5425 info@theatre-workshop.com Producing theatre with a company of actors with mixed physical abilities and a politically radical agenda. MySpace site.
Glasgow Dedicated to the voices of torture victims worldwide. Artistic director Jennifer Hartley.
Elaine Howie Public Relations, The Old Schoolhouse, 24a Glen Street, Edinburgh EH3 9JE +44 (0) 131 229 5995 ehowiepr@aol.com Company of actors specialising in Robert Burns poetry readings. Directors John Murtagh and Andrew Weir.
Young compay dedicated to new plays.
The Mill Theatre, Millbank Road, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 8PS +44 (0) 1847 89357 Amateur club in northern Scotland.
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Teangue, Sleat, Isle of Skye IV 44 8RQ +44 (0) 1471 888542 tosg@tosg.org Scotland's only professional Gaelic drama company.
Toonspeak Young People's Theatre Unit 1A Millburn Centre, 221 Millburn Street, Glasgow G21 2HL +44 (0) 141 552 0234 info@toonspeak.co.uk Providing drama activities for 11–25 year olds in North Glasgow. MySpace site.
18 Nethervale Avenue, Glasgow G44 3XS +44 (0) 141 637 0778 manager@tramdirect.com Touring company concentrating on workshops and personal development.
25 Albert Drive, Glasgow, G41 2PE +44 (0) 141 422 2023 info@tramway.org Home of large and small-scale cutting-edge theatre and art.
+44 (0) 1387 820 526 info@transfigured.com Home to the various guises of experimental artist Alex Rigg. Also going under the name of Oceanallover.
Cambridge Street, Edinburgh EH1 2ED +44 (0) 131 228 3223 boxoffice@traverse.co.uk Scotland's home of new writing. Artistic director: Dominic Hill. Interview with Dominic Hill 27/4/08. See reviews.
Henry Adam's Petrol Jesus Nightmare #5 (in the Time of the Messiah) at the Traverse, Aug 2006 Pic: Richard Campbell
Luthuli House, 50/52 College Bounds, Old Aberdeen AB24 3DS email@treadingtheboards.org.uk Aberdeen University amateur musicals company founded in 1990.
Glasgow Forum theatre and new work from artistic director Catriona MacInnes.
+44 (0) 141 552 4267 Producing theatre and receiving house. See reviews. Director Gregory Thompson stepped down in 2007. Article in Scotland on Sunday. MySpace page.
The Tron Theatre production of Anthony Neilson's Wonderful World of Dissocia, Edinburgh Festival, 2004 Pic: Douglas Robertson
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