Rob Drummond Plays with Participation: Bullet Catch; Wallace; The Majority; Top Table; Eulogy; Rolls in Their Pockets

by Rob Drummond, David Overend (Editor)

Overview

Written (and occasionally performed) by Rob Drummond in collaboration with director David Overend, these scripts are a record of a long-term artistic partnership. From the award-winning magic of Bullet Catch (the Arches, 2012), to the audience votes of The Majority (National Theatre of Great Britain, 2017), these six plays open up a space for improvisation and participation, and a range of responses and reactions from the audience.


The collection includes four previously unpublished scripts along with up-to-date versions of their most successful productions. With introductory essays and in-text commentary by both the writer and director, this is a valuable resource for practitioners, students, and scholars of contemporary British theatre.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350095298
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	01/28/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	971 KB

About the Author

Rob Drummond is a playwright, performer and director and an associate artist with the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. Besides the plays in this collection, Rob's wide-ranging work includes two CATS award-winning plays for young audiences, Mr Write (National Theatre of Scotland) and Uncanny Valley (Borderline Theatre and Edinburgh International Science Festival), Rob Drummond: Wrestling (The Arches), for which Rob trained as a professional wrestler, CATS award-winning Quiz Show (The Traverse), acclaimed thriller Grain In The Blood (The Traverse), the first ever stage adaptation of beloved Scottish comic strip The Broons (Selladoor), and dating show In Fidelity (HighTide) in which Rob helped audience members find love (resulting in at least one real life wedding).

David Overend is a director and Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and studied theatre at the University of Glasgow. David's research has been published in various academic journals. As a director, he has worked for the National Theatre of Great Britain and several other theatres, and has toured internationally with award-winning productions.
Rob Drummond is a writer, performer and director from Glasgow. His theatre credits include Sixteen, Bullet Catch, Hunter, Post Show, Allotment, Mr Write, Rob Drummond: Wrestling and Top Table. In 2011 Rob wrote, performed and directed his critically acclaimed show Rob Drummond: Wrestling for which he trained as a professional wrestler. His dark comedy Top Table appeared at Oran Mor in 2011 and his modern retelling of the Passion premiered in George Square in 2015. His play Don't. Make. Tea. premiered at the Traverse Theatre in autumn 2022 to critical acclaim, before it toured the UK in spring 2024.
David Overend is an award winning director and Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London. He trained as a director at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and studied at the University of Glasgow. As well as almost 20 years of collaboration with Rob Drummond, his work as a director includes Marco Pantani: The Pirate by Stuart Hepburn (Òran Mór, Glasgow), and the site-specific performance, CauseWay: The Story of the Alloway Suffragettes by Victoria Bianchi (National Trust for Scotland). David researches the performance of mobilities, democracy and wildness, and has been published in several leading journals including Contemporary Theatre Review, New Theatre Quarterly, Cultural Geographies and GeoHumanities. He lives in Glasgow and commutes too far.

Table of Contents

1. Foreword by Jackie Wylie
2. Introduction by David Overend
3. Rob Drummond and David Overend in conversation
4. Bullet Catch
5. Wallace
6. The Majority
7. Top Table
8. Eulogy
9. Rolls in Their Pockets

Editorial Reviews

Remarkable, multilayered and utterly gripping.” —The Guardian (on Bullet Catch)

“A startlingly deep reflection on the mysterious relationship between performance and despair.” —The Scotsman (on Bullet Catch)

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