PAST PRODUCTIONS

The First to Go (2008)

benchtours Productions and Sirius Pictures present
The First To Go
By Nabil Shaban

The First To Go combined the blackest of humour with the brightest belief in the power of hope. Charting the course of a society as it systematically disables its virtues, its compassion, its families, itshumanity and ultimately itself.

The Psychic Detective (and those disappeared) (2007)

The surreal, film noir world of The Psychic Detective was created in the stagetruck, our own purpose built miniature touring auditorium.

The stagetruck then toured the land from the Highlands of Scotland to the National in London, taking in the Edinburgh International Fringe in between!

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Mother Courage and her Children (2006)
On the front of your newspapers.
In the back of your mind.

But what if war was your life? And your livelihood?
Could you survive?
Should you profit?
Would you become Mother Courage?

I won’t let you spoil my war for me

Brechts famous masterpiece on mans unique inhumanity, this dark bitingly funny play probes at the heart of the human impact of our world at war. MORE

The Invisible Man (2006)
Involving drama, dance, film, live music and the occasional bicycle, The Invisible Man (or A Brief History of Invisibility in East Lothian) reveals the true source of H. G. Wells’ celebrated novel – while also, along the way, correcting several other previously unsuspected historical inaccuracies. MORE

Crowhurst (2005)
Donald Crowhurst threw himself overboard on July 1st 1969. In his home port of Teignmouth, preparations to welcome him back as winner of the first Round the World Yacht Race continued, unaware of this final act in an altogether bizarre drama... MORE

 

The Emperor's Opera (2004)
A farcical satire on the abuse of power, The Emperor's Opera is set in a dilapidated hotel on the fringes of Eastern Europe and explores hidden agendas of sex, politics and power. MORE

 

Babel (2004)
Loosely based on the word of God, a most deliciously satirical investigation into just how the great and the good manage to be so great and so good, for so little of the time. MORE

 

Peer Gynt (2004)
In a specially commissioned adaptation, benchtours presents a breathtaking new production of Ibsen's last, and greatest, verse play.
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The Bear & The Proposal (2002-04)
Two of Dr. Chekhov's famous one-act jokes, hilariously served up in a chaotic night of passion, anger, lust and total ridiculousness.
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Alice (2002-03)
The wonderful worlds of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass collide in a new adaptation. An extraordinary journey of discovery and adventure. MORE

 

The Cherry Orchard (2002)
benchtours present their exciting and highly visual new version of Chekhov's classic, a triumph of natural action, witty dialogue and timeless humour. MORE

 

How many miles to Babylon (2001)
Within the final, fateful hours of a cult's meltdown - waiting for Heaven, or oblivion - the need for belief, in something, in someone is all. There is still mileage in the message that the best is yet to come. MORE

 

The Caucasian Chalk Circle (2000)
This is the story of the peasant woman, Grusha, and her quest to keep the child she loves, and of the unruly judge Azdak, in whose hands justice has come to rest. MORE

 

CARNiVALi (1998-99)
A surreal thriller inspired by the classic B movies of the 40's, CARNiVALi engages the audience in an experience that is as much cinematic as it is theatrical. MORE

 

The Corridor (1997)
The Man, always moving, seeking to return to the Dead Sea where once, in a moment of absolute clarity, he found love;
The Woman, a jilted mistress, conjuring up ghosts and demons in an attempt to confront the inevitable truth... MORE

 

Peepshow (1996-97)
Entering into the performance space, the audience finds itself a guest inside the interior of a 1950's "ideal home". But in every dream home lies a heartache... MORE

 

Limbo (1995-96)
When Rachel's baby dies she seeks refuge in a box of her grandfather's wartime letters. His obsession with the stars begins to charge her life - MORE

 

Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1994-96)
When Rashid the storyteller, the legendary Ocean of Notions, the fabled Shah of Blah, runs out of stories his son Haroun gets mixed up in a fantastic adventure trying to recover his father's gift. MORE

 

The Bridge (1994)
A man is trapped in a coma following a near fatal accident on the Forth Road Bridge. He discovers a multi-layered world in which distorted elements of his real life intermingle with the fantastic and nightmarish. MORE

 

Ship of Fools (1992)
Six becalmed Bouffons huddle beneath their creaking mast, clothes caked in blood. Opening their blistered lips, they begin a fabulous tale of hysteria on the high seas. MORE

 

The Death of Don Quixote (1991)
Don Quixote de La Mancha, Knight of the Sad Countenance, lies on his death bed. With his demise so whole systems of belief and traditions of honour shall die with him. Yet is there time for one final recounting, one last re-assessment of his famous adventure ... MORE

 

The Splitting of Latham (1991-94)
A man split into five by his own scientific ingenuity - a multiplication which led him into a night of curiosity, power, addiction and comic self-destruction. MORE

 

Theatre Bouffon (1990)
Founded in 1990 on a whim and a prayer, Theatre Bouffon strode the Scottish theatrical landscape for a good nine months. MORE