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Aaaaaaand…. Stop the clock!
It’s 5:30pm on deadline day and my inbox looks like this… …and that’s without scrolling up or down! We want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has submitted an idea for our next Five Minute...
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Last week I talked to our Executive Producer Neil about protest. He told me a story that made me think a bit differently about the word – protest doesn’t always have to be with a placard on a busy...
View ArticleIt’s made me who I am.
Everyone’s got a protest story. It might be a big one or a little one. It might involve one person or hundreds of people. It might bring down a government, an injust policy or a classroom bully. These...
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You can’t see it, but Vicky’s wearing stripey socks and a watch with Micky Mouse on it in this video. She brought her own desk in from home and her walls are plastered with pictures and posters saying...
View ArticleNo one’s told us the song!
Emma Schad is a professional powerhouse. She speaks at a hundred miles an hour on the phone to journalists and the media around the country about our work. It’s a high-pressure, dynamic,...
View ArticlePanic check.
Five Minute Theatre meetings are head scratchers. They’re tricksy, testing, tough little cookies. It takes all of our collective mental power to untangle the knots that technology ties. They’re...
View ArticleOne take.
Our Web and Publications Editor, Colin Clark (seen in the previous video giving me a huge two thumbs up) is actually doing a Five Minute Theatre piece. It’s so exciting – a monologue on behalf of...
View ArticleLet’s formulate a balloon plan.
Friday afternoon? Big bag of branded balloons? Helium cannister? Nuff said.
View ArticleCue the bows.
Every Five Minute Theatre event is co-ordinated by a small group of people based at the National Theatre of Scotland’s office in Cowcaddens, Glasgow. The rehearsal room becomes a makeshift television...
View ArticleHey Youth!
What advice would I give myself in thirty years time? Hey, 58 year old Gilly, when was the last time you went to play rounders at the beach? How about you leave that hologram-television and get...
View ArticleThe Great Yes, No, Don’t Know Five Minute Theatre Show
Welcome back to those of you have you been part of our world of Five Minute Theatre before and hello to those of you joining us for the first time. Five Minute Theatre – making it, watching it, talking...
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Hawick kickstarts the theatre making for The Great Yes, No, Don’t Know Five...
Our Five Minute Theatre makers are cracking on with the pre-recording of their performances as we could see last weekend in an event organised at the Damascus Drum Cafe in Hawick. Last Sunday, Borders...
View ArticleKnow our Five Minute Makers: ‘My Jacket Stays On’
Director Catherine Exposito, writer Michael Burnett, and performers Kirsty Alexander and Alex Dickson talk to us about filming the live performance of their Great Yes, No, Don’t Know, Five Minute...
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A sneaky gallery of our maker’s work
Last week has been quite intense for our Five Minute Theatre makers who opted for pre-record as the deadline is… today! As well, with only 3 weeks to go until our Great Yes, No, Don’t Know many of our...
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Carlisle Station becomes a Five Minute Theatre stage
Carlisle Railway Station was the venue on Saturday 24th May for Centre Stage Theatre’s submission to The Great Yes, No, Don’t Know Five Minute Theatre Show. Centre Stage chose the main waiting room...
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Five Minute pieces behind the scenes
Just 12 days to go for our big day! Things are picking up speed at Five Minute Theatre HQ and we can’t be more delighted with the work we have received so far! We want to give you a wee taste of what...
View ArticleFull Schedule and Live Theatre Hubs Announced
We have scheduled of over 180 submissions, including poets, primary school pupils, film-makers, families, community groups, teenagers, visual artists, professional theatre-makers and expectant mothers,...
View ArticleGet yourself down to our Live Hubs
Today is an exciting day for Five Minute Theatre, we are setting up our virtual stage and have just announced our 24 hour schedule. As well as watching online, there are seven hubs across Scotland...
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David MacLennan
Sadly, David MacLennan, one of the co-curators, alongside David Greig, of the Great Yes, No, Don’t Know, Five Minute Theatre Show, passed away on Friday13 June 2014. The project will proceed as...
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