Théâtre ()
by Gregory Burke Director John Tiffany
Black Watch (2010-11-Barbican Theatre-London)
Type de série: West End TransferThéâtre: Barbican (Londres - Angleterre) Salle : TheatreDurée : 1 mois 3 semaines Nombre : Première Preview : samedi 27 novembre 2010Première : samedi 27 novembre 2010Dernière : samedi 22 janvier 2011Mise en scène : John Tiffany • Chorégraphie : Producteur : Avec : Chris Starkie (Stewarty), Richard Rankin (Granty), Scott Fletcher, Ian Pirie (Officer/Lord Elgin), Keith Fleming (Writer/Sergeant), Ross Anderson (Rossco), Jack Lowden (Cammy), Jamie Quinn (Fraz), Stuart Martin (Nabsy), Cameron Barnes (Macca)Commentaires : BLACK WATCH AWARDS
Edinburgh Festivals 2006
A Herald Angel, a Fringe First, a Best Theatre Writing Award from The List, The Friends of the Fringe Award and a Stage Award for Best Ensemble for BLACK WATCH.
The Critics Circle Awards 2006
Best Director: John Tiffany for BLACK WATCH
The South Bank Show Awards 2006
Best Theatre Award for BLACK WATCH
Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2006-2007
Best Director: John Tiffany for BLACK WATCH
Best Ensemble, Best Technical Presentation and Best Production for BLACK WATCH
Scottish Baftas 2007
Best Documentary: BLACK WATCH – A SOLDIER’S STORY
Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards 2007
Best Play (Theatre): Gregory Burke for BLACK WATCH
Helpmann Awards 2008 (Australia)
Best Sound Design: Gareth Fry for BLACK WATCH
Sunday Mail Great Scot Awards 2008
Great Scot Award for Entertainment for BLACK WATCH
Theatre Management Association Awards 2008
Best Touring Production for BLACK WATCH
Manchester Evening News Award
Best Visiting Production for BLACK WATCH
Laurence Olivier Awards 2009
Best New Play: Gregory Burke for BLACK WATCH
Best Director: John Tiffany for BLACK WATCH
Best Theatre Choreographer: Steven Hoggett for BLACK WATCH
Best Sound Design: Gareth Fry for BLACK WATCH
New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
Best Foreign Play for BLACK WATCH
The Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Canada)
Outstanding Touring Production for BLACK WATCHPresse : 'The National Theatre of Scotland's acclaimed production about the Black Watch Regiment's experiences in Iraq returns for a second London run and proves as moving as imaginative as ever with its combination of verbatim theatre, spectacular choreography and deafening battle effects.' The Daily Telegraph
'…the precision and passion of the new ensemble in John Tiffany’s staging is remarkable, while the raw emotion of the piece, with a script by Gregory Burke and stirring music by Davey Anderson, proves deeply affecting.' The Daily Telegraph 4*
'It remains a stunning piece of theatre, violently real and unafraid of lifting the veil on military conflict.' Whatsonstage 4*
'Burke's drama remains a potent, vividly unsentimental portrait of modern military life and its discontents.' Evening Standard 4*
'…the brilliance of this piece is its authenticity.' The Mail on Sunday 4*
'John Tiffany’s astonishing visceral production, played out as if it were a military tattoo, is thrillingly illuminated by Steven Hoggett’s movement choreography that charges it up with raw physical power.' Sunday Express 4*
'…post-Iraq, ‘Black Watch’ stands as the most important dramatic account of the war from the invaders’ perspective.' Time Out Magazine 4*
'This is absolutely the kind of story that the National Theatre of Scotland should and will continue sharing with the world.' The British Theatre Guide
Reviews from previous productions:
'...a wonderful piece of theatre...' The Guardian
‘Black Watch is a necessary reminder of the transporting power that is unique to theater. Other narrative forms — fiction, memoirs, film, television — could tell the story that is told here. But none could summon and deploy the array of artistic tools that is used with such mastery and immediacy.' The New York Times
'In the men's coarse, uncompromising language is wit, wisdom and an absolute absence of apology or self-pity. The effect places beauty alongside brutality and endows the characters with an immense dignity . . . the fusion of text and production is seamless, unsentimental and emotionally devastating.' The Times 5*