Open Book in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre presents WIDE ASLEEP, the English premiere of a new one man show written and performed by Iain Heggie with direction by Alasdair Hawthorn.
Following a successful Scottish tour multi-award winning playwright Iain Heggie brings his new solo performance of monologues and music to the Finborough Theatre for a limited Sunday and Monday run of six performances, opening Sunday, 4 October 2009. (Press night: Monday, 5 October). WIDE ASLEEP is presented as a companion piece to the English premiere of his sell-out Scottish success THE TOBACCO MERCHANT'S LAWYER, playing a four week limited season at the Finborough Theatre from Tuesday, 29 September 2009.
In WIDE ASLEEP, Iain Heggie takes us on a hilarious, touching and horribly truthful tour of everyday reality. In the monologue "Neighbours", we meet 70 year old serial suicidalist 6'4" Ann Marie, the first sex change in Scotland; in "Friends", a casual visit goes very badly wrong and reveals the terrors that are concealed in this least explored of our relationships; and "Dreams" features a comedy nightmare where a gang of wild dildoes go on the rampage. The pursuit of love is explored in Iain's witty and dark songs, specially written for the show, like 1,000 Strangers, Personal Ad, The Park (Ode to Self-Pity) and The Son I Never Had (Don't Fall In Love With A Writer)...
One of Scotland's leading playwrights and a teacher of acting and improvisation at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, award-winning playwright Iain Heggie was born in Glasgow in 1953. His Mobil prize-winning play, A WHOLLY HEALTHY GLASGOW (1988), and his
John Whiting award-winning play, AMERICAN BAGPIPES (1989), both premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, and were later seen at The Royal Court. His short plays, THE SEX COMEDIES (1993), have been produced many times in London, Scotland, Germany and Austria. His other plays include AN EXPERIENCED WOMAN GIVES ADVICE (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, and Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh), an adaptation of Moliere's DON JUAN (2001 Tour of Britain and Ireland), an adaptation of Marivaux' DOUBLE INCONSTANCY (2003) retitled as LOVE FREAKS (The Tron, Glasgow), and KING OF SCOTLAND (2001) and WIPING MY MOTHER'S ARSE (2002) which both premiered at the Edinburgh Festival and won Fringe First awards. His latest play GLOBAL WARMING IS GAY (2008) was performed by students of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, where Iain is a regular teacher of acting, specializing in improvisation. Iain is a regular performer at Discombobulate ‘literary cabaret' at the Arches Theatre in Glasgow. He is under commission to write a new play for
The National Theatre of Scotland.
The Finborough Theatre is located at The Finborough, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED. Tickets can be orderd at the box office by calling 0844 847 1652 or booked online at
www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk. Performances last approximately 80 minutes and will run Sundays and Mondays, 4, 5, 11, 12, 18 and 19 October 2009 at 7.30pm. Tickets £13, £9 concessions
Performance Length: Approximately 80 minutes.
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