Vanishing Point (Theatre Company)
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The Vanishing Point Theatre company was founded in 1999 by Matthew Lenton.
Vanishing Point has toured across the UK and internationally, it has been seen in France, Corsica, Sri Lanka, Kosovo and Macedonia, with work including an adaptation of Maeterlinck's Les Aveugles.
It receives funding from the Scottish Arts Council (SAC), the Lottery and the Glasgow City Council. It has launched an initiative, Space 11, aiming to encourage collaboration between young arts organisations in Scotland, by providing them with office space and workshops in order to enhance business skills.[1][2][3]
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[edit] History
Formed in 1999 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Severine Wyper General Manager
Kate Hancock Administrator
Sandy Grierson Performer
Kai Fischer Set and Lighting Designer
Alasdair Macrae Musical Director/Performer
As of 2005, the venues for its Edinburgh Festival Fringe#Venues shows, were moved from the Gateway Theatre to the Pleasance Grand.[4]
[edit] Artistic Directors
Matthew Lenton also moonlights as a children's entertainer every December, "children should always believe that there just might be a monster under the bed or in the wardrobe, and I think the Christmas show does that".[5]
[edit] Notable Guest Actors
[edit] Productions
- Blackout
- A Brief History of Time, based upon Stephen Hawking's book[6]
- Glimpse
- Home Hindrance
- Invisible Man
- Last Stand
- Little Otik, Jan Švankmajer's cult Czech film is being transformed into a large scale stage adaptation, in partnership with National Theatre of Scotland, touring this spring 2008.
- Lost Ones
- Mancub, adapted from The Flight of the Cassowary by John LeVert[7]
- The Sightless
- Stars Beneath The Sea, based upon Trevor Norton's book[8]
- Subway, a dystopian science fiction thriller[9]
[edit] Awards
- Scotsman Fringe First Awards
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- Subway, 2007[12]
- Total Theatre Awards
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- Subway, 2007, Best Original Work by a Collective/Ensemble[13]
[edit] See also
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- National Theatre of Scotland, partnership
- Scottish Arts Council, sponsor
- List of Total Theatre Award winners
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Space 11, Vanishing Point
- ^ Vanishing Point bids to ease admin pressure for companies, The Stage News, Ruth Gillespie, 12/31/2004
- ^ Lottery Stories, Lottery Good Causes, 2005
- ^ Fringe shows find new homes in Edinburgh, The Stage News, 7/12/2005
- ^ Cinderella's fella, The List, issue #590, November 2007
- ^ To Infinity and Beyound, The Scotsman, 11/20/2002
- ^ Mancub, National Theatre of Scotland (NTS), 2006
- ^ Critics Choice, The Scotsman, 05/04/2003
- ^ Fringe 2007 Reviews, British Theatre Guide, Matthew Lenton
- ^ Critics Awards for Theatre 2004 Scottish Theatre Awards
- ^ Critics Awards for Theatre 2005 Scottish Theatre Awards
- ^ Scotsman Fringe First awards, Rogues and Vagabonds, August 2007
- ^ Shortlist 2007, Total Theatre
