PROJECTS IN 2010 MARCH: ADVERT FOR PADDY POWER. APRIL: R&D WEEK AT THE DRILL HALL WITH MIK SCARLETT AND TINA CHIANG FOR ‘EAGLES’ MAY: WRITING ‘EAGLES’. PERFORMANCE OF KISA GOTAMI IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE, A MOVEMENT PIECE DEVISED BY BURMESE THEATRE WORKSHOP www.burmesetw.org (BTW) AND DIRECTED BY ANDREW MCLAY. START DEVISING AND RESEARCHING WITH BTW FOR ‘MIDDLE MAN’. A PIECE INVESTIGATING PROSTITUTION AND CORRUPTION IN BURMA. START DIRECTING AND RE-REHEARSING ‘LET ME OUT OF HELL’ WITH BTW FOR A GIG IN MARSEILLE. WORKING WITH RICHARD SHANNON www.richardshannon.co.uk ON ONTHE ADAPTATION OF ‘SMILE AS THEY BOW’ Here is the synopsis of “Smile as They Bow”.
Keywords: Gay, Transvestitism, Animism and business relation, Gender and cast discrimination, Prostitution and Poverty.
Burma is regarded as an orthodox Theravada nation, even after the monk demonstrations in 2007. But there is a hidden, though remarkable, face of animism, Nat or spiritual worship dated prior to the Pagan era, which persuades more and more followers in this poverty-trodden country. More amazingly, those who dominate in this pagan pop culture are gays and transvestite people, who mostly are thought to be socially ill in the Burmese world. They become the social counsellors for both rich and poor folks suffering under a basket-case economy, corrupted with military cronies. They act as medium for those seeking powerful assistance from the untouchable supernatural persons of the ancient Burma.
This drama will be adapted from a Burmese female author’s story of a trio-love between an old rich urbanite transvestite and the youths of undeveloped countryside. Though the old Nat dancer tries to please his young male partner for a longer relationship but this young man prefers have a relationship with a poor beggar-singer young girl whom he met in a Nat festival. It would be worthy to learn sex under longyis in this introvert nation and also the socio-economic inter-dependence between the superstitious folks and their pretty dancing mentors.
Characters: Daisy Bond- transvestite Nat dancer Min Min-male companion of Daisy Pan Nyo- female singer-beggar
And other Nat (Spiritual Medium)dancers, followers of Jane and beggars.
JUNE: WORKING WITH FRANTIC ASSEMBLY AT THE DRILL HALL, FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ’EAGLES’ JULY: TRAVEL WITH BTW TO MARSEILLE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ‘LET ME OUT OF HELL’ EXPLORATIONS INSIDE AND OUT From the 5th to 7th of February I’ll be running Drama Workshops at the Divada v Celetne in Prague. These workshops will culminate in a Site Specific Performance on SUNDAY 7 February at 7.30pm at the Divadlo v Celetne. Tickets: 150CKZ, concessions 100 CZK. The tickets are now on sale from the Theatre. This project was only possible by the help and hard work of Eva Bulgakovova and the fantastic generosity of my sponsors are listed below. | The BESTaPRINT company ltd. | Konto Bariery |  |  | | | | | Barceló Old Town Praha. | eset.cz |  |  |
PROJECTS IN 2009 “Burmese Theatre Workshop” This workshop is designed to be fun and provide necessary training for full scale production about Burmese situation after Cyclone Nargis. We will work with everyone from absolute beginners to seasoned professionals, whilst we explore different styles, techniques and themes. It will include writing, improvisation and performing. The workshop will led by a professional theatre practitioner and may be visiting tutors(we are delighted to have the excellent and talented Amelia Cvallo as one of our visiting tutors.You can find more about her on www.ameliacavallo.net . This workshop is free for anyone from Burmese community. But we have only limited space, so please RSVP ASAP to Lwin Mclay at 07887771069 or info@andrewmclay.com. The duration of workshop will be 12 weeks and one evening per week. Place and time to be confirmed. In 2009 I'll be writing my play Eagles and adapting H.E Bates Purple Plain for the stage. In May I'll be directing a rehearsed reading of Mike Dibb's play 'Present Tense'. Later this year I'll be going back to Burma to run a drama project at the Eden Centre a school for disabled children and to run voice and drama workshops at Gitamate Music School. Also, setting up 'Yangon Theatre Workshop' the first inclusive theatre company in Burma. LAST YEAR 2008 You'll be able to see me performing through out Novemeber with Edinburgh Theatre Workshop, playing 'Marat' in Peter Weiss's Marat/Sade. Directed by Robert Rae. Marat-Sade is a theatrical mediation of history, a comment on the
dramatically changing world of the 1960s. It is a play of philosophical
questioning, examining issues of social and sexual freedom and the merits
of revolution. A fine example of Artaud's 'Theatre of Cruelty', Theatre
Workshop's 'in-yer-face' interpretation will both shock and challenge
audiences. With a large cast of some of Britain's best disabled actors
including Nabil Shaban, this production will bring you Marat-Sade in all
its raw intensity............See photos of me playing Marat in my gallery. You'll see me in Holby City, Episode 40, in J uly 2008. I play Martin Kelly a Clinical Risk Manager. 'You'll be able to hear my play WATCH THE SPIDER On 19th February,2008 at 9:30 pm on Czech Radio 3 - Vltava.' | 
