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DOGSTAR THEATRE COMPANY / Image: The Tailor of Inverness / Photographer: Laurence Winram

Image: The Tailor of Inverness
Photographer: Laurence Winram

DOGSTAR THEATRE COMPANY

Text-based: Heavy|Music theatre|New technologies

SIZE OF COMPANY
4–8 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Matthew Zajac

Artistic Director
Hamish MacDonald

Project Administrator
Angela Cran

ARTISTIC POLICY
Dogstar produces and tours new theatre and music theatre from the Highlands of Scotland.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Beautifully realised…Matthew Zajac’s moving performance is a triumph of evocative staging and storytelling.
Katie Toms, The Observer (The Tailor of Inverness)
A brave biographical piece…that has succeeded in turning a deeply personal family story into a universal work of theatre.
Mark Brown, The Sunday Herald (The Tailor of Inverness)
A rich, responsible, deeply poetic piece of work…a major play.
Joyce MacMilan, The Scotsman (e Polish Quine)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
The Tailor of Inverness
Multi-award winning story of an ordinary Polish man caught in the tides of World War Two. Personal and universal, the production combines text, music, video, and movement.  
Someviolence, length: 75 minutes, no interval, 1 actor, 1 violinist 4 on the road
Seven Ages
Acclaimed music-theatre cycle of seven dramas to portray the universal journey from birth to death, combining myth with the gritty realities of Highland history. Both tragic & comic.
minimal strong language, some violence, length: 2 hours, including interval, 2 actors, 2 musicians, 6 on the road
The Seer
A riotous comedy by one of Britain’s leading writers, Ali Smith. A gloriously silly romp of an evening, a near-perfect example of post-modernism in all its playful glory. The Scotsman
Some strong language, length: 2 hours, including interval 5 actors, 7 on the road

WRAP-AROUND
Workshops: acting, traditional Scottish music, playwriting
Post-performance discussions
Talks
Masterclasses: acting, traditional music, playwriting for professional participants or participants who can demonstrate extensive experience in the field
Any age-range from 14 upwards
Other wrap-around activities for an amateur audience

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Ukraine: Seven Ages
2009 Australia, Ireland: The Tailor of Inverness

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Each production possibly available for touring from September 2009
The Tailor of Inverness is booked to tour in Scotland, Ireland and to the Adelaide Fringe Festival during the first half of 2009