Rapture Theatre presents Rapture Bites

Classic lunchtime theatre!

Touring Scotland: May/June 2022

Great company, a light lunch, and a classic short play!

Following the success of Rapture Bites in 2021, Rapture Theatre make a welcome return to Scottish stages to present Rapture Bites 2022 touring this spring.

The company will perform A Number by Caryl Churchill starring acclaimed actors Robin Kingsland and Paul Albertson, directed by Lyn McAndrew and designed by Frances Collier.

You’ve made a really bad mistake in life. Is it possible to start over? What if you hurt others in the process? And what happens when your actions finally catch up with you?

Salter may be sorry for decisions he has made in his past, but is his remorse enough?

It is Salter's son, Bernard, who must face the consequences of his father’s devastating decisions when he discovers that he is one of “a number” of Bernards whom his father has had cloned.

Caryl Churchill’s powerfully disturbing drama, winner of the Evening Standard Award for Best Play, considers the damage parents can do to children, explores the question of nature versus nurture and asks whether any of us can truly escape our past.

Starting at the Theatre Royal Dumfries on 16th May and we are deligthed to be premiering this show.

A light lunch will be served before the performance followed by a post-show Q&A with the director and cast.

Running time: 60 minutes

Age Guidance: 12+

Biographies

Robin Kingsland

Previous Rapture Theatre: Clybourne Park, The Browning Version and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Recent Theatre includes: The Effect, Fiddler on the Roof, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, and The Cherry Orchard.

Among his other theatre appearances: Storm (Jermyn Street Theatre, London); Private Lives (Mercury Theatre; Colchester); Romeo & Juliet (Sheffield Crucible); Arcadia (Nottingham Playhouse); Witness for the Prosecution and Engaging Shaw (Vienna English Theatre); League of Youth, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Uri, Garage Band, The Price by Arthur Miller, I Have Been Here Before, Rat Pack Confidential, The Secret Garden (Nottingham Playhouse); The “Lost Shakespeare” and Dick Barton and The Quantum of Porridge (Croydon Warehouse); Century Plays; Shakespeare and His World and The Light and the Dark (Southwark Literary Festival); Lady Windermere’s Fan (Ipswich Wolsey Theatre); Blood Brothers (Bill Kenwright Ltd); Rookery Nook, The Return of the Naïve, She Stoops To Conquer (Colchester Mercury Theatre); Speed The Plow, The Secret Rapture (Royal National Theatre).

Television and Film credits include: Chameleon (October Films); Dance of a Killer (October Films); l The Sparticles Mystery (CBBC); The Bill (Pearson Thames) and Call the Midwife, Casualty (BBC).

Paul Albertson

Previous Rapture Theatre: The Browning Version, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Betrayal.

After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Paul became a leading actor for the Glasgow Citizens Theatre over a period of ten years, playing such roles as Jimmy Porter, Jean in Miss Julie, Lenny in the Homecoming, Nero in Britannicus and Joey in Pal Joey.

Other theatre roles include: Beauty Smith in White Fang, Bert Barricune in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Both at the Park Theatre); Don Antonio in The Rover (Hampton Court); Phil in The People Next Door (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Baz in Damages (The Bush Theatre); Carl in Carver (The Arcola) and Daniel in The Little Pony (Cervantes Theatre).

Recent Screen work include Extras with Ricky Gervais, Sherlock, Love Soup, Holby City, Heartbeat, Coronation Street, All at Sea and feature films The Honourable Rebel. Excalibur Rising, The Great Director and Radioactive.

He is also a voice actor and recently won Best Male Performance in a Radio Drama at the 2018, 2020 and 2021 One Voice Awards.

Rapture Theatre Company is a leader in touring world-class theatre right into the heart of local communities and inspiring audiences across Scotland. It creates exhilarating performances of prescient classic drama and timeless modern plays that are compelling, vibrant and transformative. The company connects with audiences in venues from small village halls to big city theatres, by pioneering new ways of touring that remove geographical, financial and social barriers to attendance and participation. It devises educational and participative activities that enable its audiences to form deeper connections with its work.