A SLOW AIR & FEDERER VERSUS MURRAY Launch Scotland Week At 59E59

59E59 Theaters ((Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) will kick off the Scotland Week celebrations for the 2nd year in a row, when David Harrower's A SLOW AIR and Gerda Stevenson's FEDERER VERSUS MURRAY receive their US premieres at 59E59 Theaters in April.

A SLOW AIR, which is written and directed by acclaimed playwright David Harrower (Blackbird at MTC), examines the impact of the 2007 Glasgow Airport attacks through the eyes of a family who live in the village where the attacks were planned. A SLOW AIR comes to NY from the famed Tron Theatre in Glasgow, and premiered at the Traverse Theatre at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

FEDERER VERSUS MURRAY, written and directed by Gerda Stevenson, is a dark comedy about bereavement and war. It was shortlisted for the London Fringe Theatre Writing Award in 2010 when it premiered at the Oran Mor in Glasgow and subsequently went on the to 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it played the Assembly Hall.

Wednesday, April 4 – Sunday, April 29
A SLOW AIR, written and directed by David Harrower
With Lewis Howden and Susan Vidler
Produced by the Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Tickets $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members)
Tuesday – Thursday at 7:15 PM; Friday at 8:15 PM; Saturday at 2:15 PM & 8:15 PM; Sunday at 3:15 PM
Morna works as a cleaner for well-off families in Edinburgh. She spends her time drinking mostly, attempting affairs and trying to work out the mind of her 20 year old son with whom she shares her Dalry flat. Athol, her elder brother by 2 years, lives near Glasgow airport with his wife Evelyn. The owner of a floor tiling company, with two grown up children, he’s proud of his hard-won achievements since moving West years before. Like any brother and sister they have fond and not-so fond memories of their upbringing, differing views on their parents and definite opinions about each other. Especially so in their case since Morna and Athol haven’t spoken to each other in fourteen years…. When Morna’s son Joshua travels west to make contact with Athol he sets off, for all of them, a remarkable and life-changing series of events.

Wednesday, April 4 - Sunday, April 22
FEDERER VERSUS MURRAY, written and directed by Gerda Stevenson
With Dave Anderson and Gerda Stevenson
Produced by Communicado Theatre Company
Tickets $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members)
Tuesday – Thursday at 7:30 PM; Friday at 8:30 PM; Saturday at 2:30 PM & 8:30 PM; Sunday at 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM
Comedy and tragedy collide in FEDERER VERSUS MURRAY, a powerful new play about bereavement and war on three levels: man versus wife, nation against nation, and Scotland's golden boy versus the Swiss master at Wimbledon. From a claustrophobic flat in Scotland to the Swiss Alps via Afghanistan we follow Flo and Jimmy on a painful, and at times farcical journey, complete with war-paint.

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