Live perfomance information and booking details
Wigtown Book Festival 25 & 26 September 2011
John Cairney and John Crace in 'A Fan's Life'
Actor John Cairney is famous for playing Robert Burns on screen; journalist John Crace writes The Guardian's hilarious Digested Read column. Both are football mad. Cairney's The Sevenpenny Gate recalls a lifetime supporting Celtic. Crace's 'Vertigo' details his obsessive passion for Spurs. Two writers explore the joys and torments of being a fan.
McNeillie Tent, Sunday 25 September 12 noon £8.00
Book by phone: 01988 403222 or 01988 402036
Book online: www.wigtownbookfestival.com
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John Cairney Greasepaint Monkey: An Actor on Acting
Acting is the strangest of careers: what does it really mean to spend a lifetime pretending to be someone else for money? Nobody knows better than John Cairney who has worked with everyone from Dirk Bogarde to Judi Dench. The much-loved Glaswegian actor and raconteur offers his funny and insightful take on the world's second oldest profession.
County Buildings Monday 26 September 3pm £6.50
Book by phone: 01988 403222 or 01988 402036
Book online: www.wigtownbookfestival.com
Strathearn Community Library 24 November 2011
John Cairney Greasepaint Monkey: An Actor on Acting
This will appeal to everyone who’s fascinated by theatre, to anyone who wants to know what it feels like to be a professional actor. In an entertaining session, full of zest and humour, legendary actor, John Cairney explores what actors have been doing for almost three thousand years as they go about their business of pretending to be someone else in public for money. He shows us the actor’s view of his own world, of the audience, of critics, and of colleagues past and present. As someone who’s spent his professional lifetime acting, he lifts the mask he wears, looks backstage and invites the audience right into the rehearsal room. In this show, the greasepaint monkey lubricates the engine of the imagination, turns the wheel of thought and adjusts the brakes of disbelief to create a live theatrical experience.
John Cairney offers a wealth of hilarious theatre anecdotes, true and almost true, which add even more colour to the motley of the professional journeyman actor. He puts the spotlight on the mystery behind the mystique, the sweat beneath the greasepaint and the excitement to be found in the second oldest trade in the world.
Thursday, 24 November 8.00pm
Book at:
Strathearn Community Library, Pittenzie Road, CRIEFF PH7 3RS
Tel: (01764) 657705
Email: strathearnlibrary@pkc.gov.uk
A Life With Robert Burns 01 December 2011
The World Premiere of a specially commissioned new multimedia performance to accompany Dr John Cairney's new exhibition The Nine Lives of Robert Burns.
Thursday 01 December Tickets £17.50
Exclusive Preview of The Nine Lives of Robert Burns
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Murdoch's Lone, Alloway, Ayr
Tel: 0844 493 2601
email: burns@nts.org.uk www.burnsmuseum.org.uk