Student Theatre at Glasgow
| Name | Student Theatre at Glasgow |
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| Location(s) | Glasgow, Scotland |
The Student Theatre at Glasgow (STaG) is the University of Glasgow's theatre society. STaG puts on a variety of performances, both mainstage and studio. It also hosts an annual New Writing Festival and STaG Nights, the biggest student theatre festival in Scotland.
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[edit] Mainstage Productions
Each year STaG produces three full scale shows in the Gilmorehill G12 building, home to the University of Glasgow's Theatre, Film and Television Studies department. This is a chance for members to be involved in a show in a professional space and also provides the opportunity to put on a larger production with the support of STaG. Past productions in the G12 theatre have included' The Country Wife, Romeo and Juliet, The World is Unreliable,Doctor Faustus', Liz Lockhead's Dracula, and Peribanez.
[edit] Studio Plays
'STaG in the Studio' is student theatre focused on theatre's bare essentials: passion, innovation and talent.[1] Studio plays provide an opportunity for smaller scale productions and give students a chance to experiment with form and content.
Past shows have included The Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Oleanna, The Pitchfork Disney, Feeling: Woyzeck, Girl in a Goldfish Bowl, Metamorphosis, Find Me, A Dolls House, The Presnyakov brothers ''Terrorism, and Present Laughter
[edit] New Writing Festival
Each year four plays are selected by STaG to premier in Glasgow at the STaG in the Studio new-writing festival. From these, one is chosen by a panel of theatre professionals and university academics to represent STaG in Edinburgh at the Fringe Festival. 2008 year's winner, Dear Theo... by Dawn Taylor AND 2009 year's winner 'I Don't Live Here Anymore' were both performed at the Bedlam Theater.
[edit] New Talent Play
The New Talent Play is designed to encourage as much participation in STaG as possible. The production is auditioned for, rehearsed, and performed within a maximum of two weeks at the start of the first term. This production gives priority to new members, and stipulates that all those who audition will be cast.[2]
[edit] Community Theatre
Community theatre is a platform for students to perform a wide variety of plays in a myriad of locations. Community theatre is designed to give students an outlet for any performance ideas they may have that wouldn't necessarily be appropriate or viable for a theatre environment. Plays have been performed in nurseries, schools, on the subway, and in many other venues around the Glasgow University campus.
[edit] STaG Nights
STaG Nights is STaG's annual student theatre festival, held in the G12 theatre on University Avenue. Billed as "Scotland's Largest Festival of Student Theatre" it hosts several short plays of approximately twenty minutes in length over three nights. The Theatre is heavily themed around a central theme which does not necessarily extend to the actual productions. Past themes have included "Cirque de la Nuit", "New Orleans" and in 2010 "Circa" which will involve the STaG technical team taking on the challenge of transforming the G12 theatre into a Big Top. The theme for 2009 was "Light and Shade" and was conceived by Rob Jones.
[edit] Playgroup
Playgroup is STaG's weekly writer's group, for those interested in creating and discussing new drama, and was founded in 2004.
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