Kidnapped

Kidnapped

Performance Time Performance Date November 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Performance Time 7:15pm (3,4,5,6) 2:00pm (5, 6) Stats Venue New Athenaeum Creative Team Director Graham McLaren Assistant Director Fiona Mackinnon Designer Graham McLaren Assistant Designer Catherine McLauchlan LX Designer Alex Kilgour Sound Designer Hannah Allan Production Team Production Manager Sandy McRobbie Stage Manager Judy Stewart DSM Samantha Wright ASM Ryan Davy, Ben Leach TSM Daniel Thompson Sound No 2 Chariya Glasse-Davies PLX Stephen Cunningham

Kidnapped is a production done in partnership with the National Theatre of Scotland. It is a new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel of the same name. Director and designer Graham McLaren stated that his goal was to have a 60 minute show of non-stop action and minimal dialogue. The cast of BA Acting 3 students played a large part in helping to develop and cut the script.

Cast List

David: Rebekah Lumsden/Sarah Miele

Ebenezer: Nicholas Barton-Wines

Hoseason: Shane Murphy/Bobby Ginty

Riach: Thierry Mabonga

Alan: Jacob Vigeland/Laurie Scott

Peter: Emilie Konradsen

Maclean: Charlotte Driessler

Red Fox: Alex Kampfer

James: Tim Pollack

Cluny: Jamie Hughes

Rankeillor: Stephen Moseley

Props

--Paperback copies of "Kidnapped" x12 (Sourced from several Glasgow and Edinburgh bookstores as well as borrowed personal copies)

--Industrial lantern torches x6 (Purchased from Amazon)

--Nerf guns x6 (Borrowed from students/purchased at Hamley's)

--Disk firing guns x2 (Purchased at Hamley's)

Production Details

The set consists of a large cube of truss from the National Theatre of Scotland. From the truss hang several harnesses and pulley systems creating an elaborate flying system operated by crew members Stuart Leech, Calum Paterson, Ross McCrone, and overseen by TSMs Daniel Thompson and Rory Boyd. An external training team from Aerial Edge was brought in to train the crew on the safe and proper use of the counterweight flying system. For the actual performances, the actors acted as each other's counterweights and the crew were trained in emergency rescue operations but no longer acted as bases.