Cora Bissett’s Roadkill Tuesday, 3 August 2010
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If you’re in Edinburgh this August, one of the must-see shows is Cora Bissett‘s Roadkill. Cora (the talented actor who voiced all of The Lost Book’s female characters) created Roadkill through her new production company Pachamama. She directs the show, which had a successful run at The Tron in Glasgow in June.
Adam and I had a sneak preview of an early run-through last October and it’s a brilliant, powerful, disturbing piece. The audience travels with a young woman from Benin City (literally travels with her – the audience will be taken from the Traverse Theatre to a tenement flat) and sees the new life and job she has been promised turn into a nightmare. Cora’s research into the experiences of young women trafficked to Scotland makes this an immersive and convincing experience.
Press coverage is already positive – in Friday’s Independent, Roadkill gets three mentions in Alice Jones’ guide to the best on the Fringe.
Roadkill is on at the Traverse from Wednesday 11 – Sunday 29 August 2010 with previews Friday 6 – Sunday 8 August and Tuesday 10 August. If you get a chance of a ticket then grab it with both hands!
Cora Bissett: CATS 2008-09 shortlist Thursday, 21 May 2009
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Many congratulations to Cora Bissett (the versatile actor who voices Aileen Adler, Lyn and Beryl Potts) for being nominated for “best female performance” in the Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland shortlist, announced this week.
Cora’s nomination is for her performance as Helena in Midsummer at the Traverse Theatre. Midsummer also has nominations in the “best new play”, “best use of music and sound” and “best production” categories.
Cora also played the lead in Sub Rosa, which has been nominated for “best new play”, “best production” and “best technical presentation”, plus a “best director” nomination for David Leddy.
You can catch one of Cora’s productions this week at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow: Love’s Time’s Beggar, which runs until Friday.
Bass Notes and Love’s Time’s Beggar Monday, 4 May 2009
Posted by Helen in Events.Tags: books, cora bissett, Music, scottish chamber orchestra, theatre, treasure hunt
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I’ve got a couple of events to tell you about.
During May the highlight of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra‘s programme is the Bass Note concert, which includes a world premiere of Haflidi Hallgrímsson’s concerto for double bass. As you know, if you’re in Edinburgh or Glasgow you can win tickets to the concerts on our treasure hunt.
The SCO will be also be giving away free books at the concerts – the latest from our sponsors Canongate: The Changeling by Robin Jenkins and Lilian’s Story by Kate Grenville.
Why not go along? Full programme details are on the SCO’s website.
And, Cora Bissett (the voice of Aileen Adler) has a production on at The Tron Theatre in Glasgow at the end of May: Love’s Time’s Beggar – Stories of Love, Loss and Longing. Dates are 20-22 May, tickets £8/£6, and the box office number is 0141 552 4267.
The Lost Book is an animated web series where you wrote the plot.
