Al Seed Productions and Vanishing Point present:
Plinth
by Al Seed
Presented in partnership with Beacon Arts Centre and Tramway
At the heart of Plinth is an exploration of statues, specifically when they are artefacts of war. Explicitly political, the show emphasises the truth-editing processes our culture must engage in to manufacture acceptable ‘heroes’, as embodied in our statues and memorials. In Plinth
Al Seed examines these processes through a reimagining of the myth of Theseus, Ariadne and the Minotaur.
Plinth is the latest in a series of performances Al Seed has created around the theme of war and the politics of its remembrance, the last of these being Oog which won the Total Theatre Award for Best Visual / Physical Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe.
CREATIVE TEAM
Written and Performed by Al Seed
Dramaturg Niloo-Far Khan
Production Management Niall Black
Costume & Prop Design and Stage Management Zephyr Liddell Lighting Design and Show Operation Alberto Santos Bellido
Set Design Kai Fischer
Sound Design Guy Veale
Costume Maker Emily Smit-Dicks
Prop Painter Jen Kilgour
Metalwork Technician Emma Hyslop
Produced by Al Seed Productions and Vanishing Point
Al Seed Productions is grateful for the producing support provided
by Claricia Parinussa during development, and for consultancy from Charlene Boyd, Judith Milligan, and Hilary Westlake.
Supported by Creative Scotland
Photograph by Lawrence Winram
TOUR DATES 2023-2024
BEACON ARTS CENTRE (Greenock)
Thu 12 Oct 2023 WORLD PREMIERE
DUNDEE REP
Tues 24 & Wed 25 Oct 2023
MULL THEATRE, Tobermory
Tue 31 Oct 2023
EDEN COURT, Inverness
Tue 7 Nov 2023
TRAMWAY, Glasgow
Sat 11 Nov 2023
Edinburgh (venue/dates TBA)
Feb 2024
BYRE THEATRE, St Andrews
Thu 8 Feb 2024
CUMBERNAULD THEATRE
Sat 10 Feb 2024
