micro theatre

Big Stories, Tiny Worlds

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A Raven visits a young girl.

Why are the birds gathering?

And what is the secret that Ada learns about her past?

Inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name, this tells the story of Ada, a feisty young girl, is visited by a Raven and thrust into a dream world of quests, feathers and a Glass Mountain.

The audience is taken on a tiny world adventure over an extraordinary, felted landscape as Ada unlocks the secret the Raven is trying to tell her.The Seven Ravens is a brand new and unique performance/installation by Tragic Carpet Theatre using an innovative mix of live puppetry, digital image capture, processing and display, needle felting and specially composed music and song.

Eastgate Theatre 6th April 2.30pm

Cumbernauld Theatre 8th April 11 am and 1.30 pm

Concord Community Centre, Cliffttop Projects Dumbarton 11th April 3pm with The Little Toy at 10 and 11 am; Workshops on 10th April

Edinburgh Storytelling Centre 12th April 1pm

Theatre Royal Dumfries – Studio 14th April 2pm

A short video about The Seven Ravens – touring Easter 2023

15 Minutes of Pure Magic!

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This Sunday saw us at The Pyramid Anderston Glasgow as part of the Wee Theatres Glasgow: All you need is Love event. Freda O’Byrne directed ‘Out of Order’ by Alan Gillespie with Kirsty May Hamilton and Mathew Gallagher as performers. Below is some information about the Glasgow Wee Theatres initiative.

The most excellent poster designed by WeeTheatres

About the Wee Theatre Movement

Wee Theatres is a monthly event, hosted in different venues in Glasgow.  Staged in an informal layout, this format includes 4 performances in 4 different rooms, 4 times each throughout the night under the same theme. Lasting 15 minutes each showcase, Wee Theatres presents a very casual and intimate experience for audiences in a unique environment going to each show as they like. Wee is an affordable and different experience for different audiences; no matter their backgrounds!

This micro theatre idea started in Madrid around 2000 in response the economic crisis in Spain at that time. https://thetheatretimes.com/madrid-microtheatre/