Holyrood Amateur Theatrical Society

The HATS Winter Show 2010 has come to the end of its run and we’re pleased to report it was a roaring success! Thank you to all who came along or supported/contributed to the production.

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And remember that whether your ambition is to tread the boards or work backstage, HATS welcome members from all walks of life. Budding playwrights take note: we actively encourage submissions of new writing.

Finally, for those who enjoyed the soothing jazz offered up by Bicycle Thieves, keep your peekers peeled in the cafes of Edinburgh (particularly Henderson’s @ St. John’s in February) or visit their website to listen to, contact or buy them!

Photography: Prithika Nair

We are proud to invite you to the HATS WINTER SHOW 2010!

Come in from the cold to an evening of theatre and music, featuring two exciting new plays (written & directed by members of HATS) and a live musical performance from Edinburgh-based Jazzsters Bicycle Thieves!

Pleasance Cabaret Bar, Edinburgh

Thu 28th, Fri 29th & Sat 30th JANUARY, 2010. Shows start 7.30 pm.

Tickets £7 (£6) available on the door, from society members and by reservation:

Winter Show Reservation Form

*Warning: show contains immoderate language / 18 years + only

THE SPY WHO CAME DOWN WITH A COLD written & directed by Rob Salvin

The Spy Who Came Down With a Cold is an affectionate pastiche of the John Le Carré/Len Deighton spy novels, set in 1960s London and Berlin.  Washed-up British agent, Alan Cromwell, is seemingly demoted to a menial desk job, but in reality is being set up to work as a double agent against the East German network. Some hilarity ensues.

FEET written & directed by Gregor Shanks

Battling prescription-drug addiction and the heart-break of divorce, the increasingly irrational Doctor’s problems spiral when the entire populace awake spellbound by their feet. Can he withstand the pressures of new-found celebrity, the teasing of a flirtatious ex-wife and the temptations of a sinister PR man and the mysterious Stranger, to deliver the speech of his life? And what is he doing digging a hole on the bleakest moon of Saturn?

BICYCLE THIEVES will perform a short set of sparkling Italian-accented jazz.

RESERVATIONS

HATS are pleased to announce that we are now taking reservations for our January Winter Show!

Please click the link below to avoid the rush and book your tickets now!

Winter Show Reservation Form

Please note, tickets will also be available on the door prior to performances. All payment taken on the door.

THE WINTER SHOW DETAILS

We are delighted to invite you to an evening of theatre and music featuring two exciting new plays by members of the society: surrealist comedy ”Feet” by Gregor Shanks, and Rob Salvin’s noir-pastiche “The Spy Who Came Down with a Cold”.

And as if that’s not enough, the plays will bookend a live musical interlude from Edinburgh’s very own Italian-accented jazzsters The Bicycle Thieves!

The Pleasance Cabaret Bar, Edinburgh / 28, 29 & 30 January 2010 – 7.30 pm / Tickets: £7 (£6 concessions)

See you there!