The Houghmagandie Pack

A co-production between GRID IRON and UNIQUE EVENTS

Written and Directed by Justin Young

2 May – 11 May 2003

A promenade performance around the village of Alloway, Ayrshire

The Houghmagandie Pack was commissioned as part of the Burns an a’ That Festival 2003 which celebrates the life and work of the poet Robert Burns.

Grid Iron were given free access to the village of Alloway, birthplace of Burns, and created a multi-site, outdoor promenade production taking the audience on a mile-long journey through the life of the poet. We visited the cottage of his birth, the atmospheric old graveyard where his parents are buried, paths and fields around the village and concluded at the famous Brig O’Doon.

The production was site-specific in the truest sense recounting a real-life story and real-life events in exactly the places where they would have occurred making it a quite extraordinary experience.

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What The Press Said

“Tremendously purposeful and vivid writing… a string of fine, well-focused performances… a technical triumph… this special combination of conventional drama and outdoor setting acquires an almost magical force”

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Cast

Jean Armour: Katrina Bryan

Johnnie Richmond: Garry Collins

Agnes Burness: Katherine Connolly

Gilburt Burns: Jonathan Fegan

Robert Burns: Jamie Michie

William Burns: Stewart Preston

Jamie Smith: Anthony Strachan

Bella: Frances Thorburn

Production Team

Writer/Director:
Justin Young

Producer:
Judith Doherty

Set & Costume Designer:
Becky MInto

Composer & Sound Designer:
Philip Pinsky

Lighting Designer:
George Tarbuck

Assistant Lighting Designer:
Calder Sibbald

Wardrobe/Costume Assistant:
Jennifer Melville

General Manager:
Claire Robb

Production Manager:
Fiona Fraser

Technical Manager:
Paul Claydon

DSM:
Mickey Graham

ASM:
Imogen Ensall

Unique Events Production Manager:
Sarah Gardiner

Sound Equipment:
Dino Martino

Admin Assistant:
Eleanor Milne

The Houghmagandie Pack was also made possible with the assistance of a team of Stage Management and Technical Theatre students on work placement from Queen Margaret College.

View Our Programme

To read more information about the show, including the Director’s Note and team biographies, have a look through our production programme.

The Houghmangandie Pack - programme
The Houghmangandie Pack - programme
The Houghmangandie Pack - programme
The Houghmangandie Pack - programme
The Houghmangandie Pack - programme

Download our programme pdf here

Supporters

The production was kindly supported by the following…

Scottish Arts Council - logo
Burns An A That Festival - logo
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