Lanark: A Life in Three Acts - adapted for the stage

The first thing I remember is... falling . A young man arrives in a dying city with seashells in his pockets. He doesn't know who he is, or how he got here. He goes by the only name he can think of: Lanark. Lanark is a portrait of the outsider artist as a young man, an exploded life story like no other. This theatrical re-imagining of Alasdair Gray's classic novel takes us from the Dragon Chambers to the Cathedral of Unthank, from the post-war Glasgow School of Art to the sinister underground Institute, from the heavenly city of Provan to the hellish Elite Cafe, combining science-fiction, realism, fantasy, and playful storytelling. 'Insanely ambitious... a heady, unsettling, unpredictable dream... this is a darkly playful and intriguingly dislocated evening in which chronological time, theatre's fourth wall, character conventions and all expectations get smashed.' Guardian Lanark: A Life in Three Acts was conceived in collaboration by David Greig and Graham Eatough and adapted for the stage in collaboration with the creative team. It was presented as a co-production between the Citizens Theatre and the Edinburgh International Festival at the Edinburgh International Festival 2015.

Product details

• Authors: David Greig
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.09.2015
• EAN: 9780571329229
• ISBN: 978-0-571-32922-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 197 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; DRAMA / General, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, Central Scotland, Creative writing and creative writing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, Theatre direction and production, Glasgow; modernism; art; scotland; science fiction