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Black Watch opens at St Ann’s Warehouse
October 13, 2008
Dear All
I thought you might like to know that just as Black Watch has opened at St Ann’s Warehouse in New York for its final run in 2008, Black Watch as filmed by and broadcast by BBC Scotland has been released as a double disc DVD, including the BBC Scotland award-winning documentary; Black Watch: A Soldier’s Story
The DVD has been released by John Williams Productions (RRP £19.99)
www.johnwilliamsproductions.com
Review copies are available from Gillian McKirdy at John Williams Productions on 0141 637 2244 or gillian.mckirdy@jwp-sbl.co.uk.
The production was originally filmed during the production’s 2007 spring tour, at the Highland Football Academy in Dingwall, Inverness-shire.
The production played a sell-out run at Rothes Halls, Glenrothes earlier this year in March/April 2008.
Production credits below.
FOR THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND
Written by Gregory Burke
Directed by John Tiffany
Associate Director Movement - Steven Hoggett
Associate Director Music - Davey Anderson
Set Designed by Laura Hopkins, Costumes Designed by Jessica Brettle
Lighting Designed by Colin Grenfell, Sound Designed by Gareth Fry
Video Designed by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer for Fifty Nine Productions Ltd.
Cast: David Colvin, Ali Craig, Emun Elliott, Brian Ferguson, Ryan Fletcher, Peter Forbes, Henry Pettigrew, Paul Rattray, Nabil Stuart and Tom Smith.
FOR THE BBC
Programme directed by Bill MacLeod
Produced by Iain Scollay
Executive produced by Andrew Lockyer
Emma Schad
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National Theatre of Scotland
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