Granite Mile
July 2017
Aberdeen Arts Centre
Celebrating the Granite Writers and the Granite Theatre Company, resident at Aberdeen Arts Centre, this one off event shared music, sketches, drama and poems, all inspired by Aberdeen's famous Granite Mile, Union Street.
Commissioned by Castlegate Arts
CREDITS
Granite Writers Sheena Blackhall, Donna Ewen, Patricia Harvey, Yvonne Heald, Lauren Hossack, George Milne, Pam Shand, Shane Strachan
Director Peter Arnott
Granite Theatre Company leader Adam Coutts
Video and Sound Design Jamie Wardrop
Cast Joyce Falconer, Rod Matthew, Cameron Mowat, Stephen Will, Pat Woods, Morna Young
Granite Theatre Company Sandy Innes, Linda Margaret Cox, Adam Mcllroy, Antoni Mcwilliam, Peter Morrison, Alicia Muñoz, Mark Petrie
The council could chore the idea o the Hollywood Wauk o Fame and pit stars roon the market cross here, wi names o famous Aiberdonians.
Nae pynt in pittin them doon on Union Street
...the Gas boord wid howk them up within 5 meenits..
Supported by Silver City Stories, Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives and University of Aberdeen's MayFest, this rehearsed reading was also the book launch of the collection of scripted material created by the Granite Writers.
Commissioned by Castlegate Arts
