The Barony Players

Community theatre in Bo'ness

Woman Walking by Sylvia Dow

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By Sylvia Dow

Directed by Becky Hope-Palmer

19th October 2023, 7:30pm at The Barony Theatre

I know you’re there. You’ve been there all this time. Watching.

Woman Walking by acclaimed Scottish playwright, Sylvia Dow, is inspired by the life of Nan Shepherd, and her love of the Cairngorms and the connection she had with the mountains.

Woman Walking is a beautifully poignant play imagining several interactions over a period of time between Cath, a modern woman carrying the guilt and trauma over the death of her mother, and Nan, long since deceased and brought back by Cath to help her find resolution through her dialogue with Nan and through the Cairngorms themselves in all their rough beauty, light and weather. Sylvia Dow’s play has both humour and pathos and brings themes of grief, resolution and the healing power of nature.

The Creative Team:

Becky Hope-PalmerDirector
Philip PinskySound Design
Karen TennentSet/Costume Design
Laura HawkinsLighting Design
Fletcher Mathers (Nan Shepherd)
Pauline Lockhart (Cath)		Cast

“you captured Nan’s character and voice superbly, and the whole play made me yearn for getting out on the hills again!”
audience member – performed reading, Perth Theatre 2022
“As a piece of stage poetry it has some exquisitely memorable and lyrical moments”
The Scotsman on STUFF (2018)

Recommended age: 12+

Running Time: 70 minutes (no interval)

Tickets at £14 Full Price and £12 Concessions

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Sylvian Productions is a creative collaboration between Sylvia Dow and Muriel Romanes.

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This production is supported by Creative Scotland

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

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The winter production for the Barony Players will be The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, directed by Sandy Queenan.

20th – 25th November 2023.

7:30pm

£14/£12 tickets

By Robert Louis Stevenson and adapted by Nick Lane. Doctor Henry Jekyll is a good man. Successful within his field and respected by his peers, he’s close to a neurological discovery that will change the face of medical science forever. However, his methods are less than ethical, and when a close friend and colleague threatens to expose and destroy his work, Jekyll is forced to experiment on himself, whereupon something goes very wrong… or very right. And suddenly Jekyll has a new friend, the brutal Edward Hyde. A thrilling adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s dark psychological fantasy, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde immerses you in the myth and mystery of 19th century London’s fog-bound streets where love, betrayal and murder lurk at every chilling twist and turn. Gripping, stylish and thought-provoking, this is unmissable theatre. Go on. Treat your dark side!

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Secret Cinema

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The Barony Theatre is excited to pick up the torch of the Barony Film Society and start running a secret cinema. Once a month, we will share with you a specially curated film, ranging from all time classics to hidden gems, in rare opportunities to see these on the big screen in a cinema style environment*. Starting in August, the last Thursday of every month**, why not take a chance and come along. You might just find your new favourite movie!

Autumn 23 session:

Thurs 31st Aug – Certificate 15

Thurs 28th Sept – Certificate U

Thurs 26th Oct – Certificate 15

Thurs 30th Nov – Certificate U

Info:

  • Tickets are £5
  • Cinema treats will be available to buy
  • Doors open at 7pm
  • Film starts at 7:30pm
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Blood Brothers by Willy Russell

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1st – 6th May 2023

“Tell me it’s not true. Say it’s just a story…”

This is the non-musical play version of the hugely successful musical. It tells of twin brothers and what happens when their mother decides to have one of them adopted. Their contrasting upbringings and the hands fate deals them creates a fast-moving, perceptive and ultimately tragic story.

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Audience Reviews

“Amazing show – congratulations to all”

“Absolutely outstanding! We can’t wait until the next production and have bought a family membership . Well done to all involved”  

“Loved it tonight. Well done cast and crew. The production was perfect. You know the audience is captured when you hear the laughter and tears. The accents too. Transported us to Liverpool”  

“Superbly done as always. The setting was fantastic as usual – you have great designer(s) and crafts people. The acting was brilliant – great casting! Well done to all!”  

“An amazing performance. It fact it was so good I told my husband and sons to book tickets for themselves tonight!”  

Cast List

Directed by Tom Keeble

Narrator / Milkman / DoctorSteve Corrall
Mrs JohnstonLauren Scott
Mrs LyonsJane Thomson
Mickey JohnstonJamie Wright
Edward LyonsKeith Hewitt
LindaHelen Whyte
PolicemanAndrew Mackie
Johnston KidsSteph Ferguson, Liny Mullin, Ellie Currie

Production Team

DirectorTom KeebleBox Office ManagerMichelle Rolfe-Lowe
Assistant Director/Stage ManagerJennifer AdamsonLighting/SoundDuncan Waterston, Richard Ferguson, Martha Rowe, Carter Ferguson
PromptWendy TurnerCostumeBarony Players & Lorna Wallace
Set Design & BuildSandy Queenan, Richard Ferguson, Sara-Lou JohnsonPoster DesignHarry Knox
Front of House ManagerSheena KeebleProgramme DesignBarony Players

The Lost King; Meet The Real King Finder

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Saturday 25th Feb @ 2pm.

In 2012, Philippa Langley led the team that successfully found the remains of King Richard III. In 2022, a film was made, dramatising the events. Now, you have the chance to see them both, at a special screening of The Lost King, followed by a Q&A and book signing with the Real King Finder, Philippa Langley herself. Only at the Barony Theatre

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