The night shall be staged within the type of the nice Victorian music halls that function so prominently in McCrone’s work. With comic and actress Elaine C. Smith as MC, the viewers shall be handled to an unforgettable evening of dwell music, singing, a ceilidh and theatrical performances, all set in opposition to the backdrop of Victorian Glasgow dropped at life on stage.
The Wax Fruit Home Band, led by acclaimed musician Gary Innes, will present the soundtrack to a line-up of celebrated actors and performers together with Ashley Jensen, Martin Compston, Shirley Henderson, Frankie Corio, Kathleen McDermott, Jerry Burns, Rosie Graham and plenty of extra. A spotlight of the evening will see Jamie MacDougall carry out within the type of Sir Harry Lauder, Scotland’s first international celebrity.
Govt Producer Sarah Purser, who’s main the event of a TV adaptation, mentioned:
“Wax Fruit is Glasgow’s nice household saga, and this occasion captures its vitality, humour and resilience in one of the simplest ways attainable – with an evening of music, tune and efficiency, dropped at you by Scotland’s best, that McCrone himself would have relished. Evenings like this additionally serve to indicate commissioning executives there’s a enormous urge for food there may be for bringing these novels to life on display screen.”
Doorways open at 6pm with the present starting at 6.30pm and working till 10pm. Company are inspired to embrace the costume code – Vivienne Westwood meets The Glasgow Boys – with daring tartan, wealthy textures and a theatrical spin on Victoriana. Tickets are priced at £25 and embrace a duplicate of Antimacassar Metropolis, the primary quantity of the trilogy, together with a glass of fizz.
Tickets can be found now by way of Eventbrite: Wax Fruit TV: An Night of Victorian Selection at BAaD in Glasgow.
