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Lung Ha Theatre Company Announces the Return of THINGUMMY BOB

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Following the outstanding success of the original production, Lung Ha Theatre Company are delighted to announce the return of Linda McLean's brilliant play Thingummy Bob. The first performance will be at The Studio, 22 Potterrow, Edinburgh on Saturday 14 October prior to touring to Aberdeen and St Andrews.

Once again Maria Oller, Lung Ha Theatre Company's Artistic Director will direct Kenneth Ainslie, John Edgar, Mark Howie, Emma McCaffrey and Karen Sutherland, all drawn from the Lung Ha Theatre company performing team. Janis Claxton is movement director with music composed by Philip Pinsky, set and costume design by Karen Tennent and lighting by Simon Wilkinson.

Bob is an ageing disabled man in a care home and he has lost something important, something that might make him happy, he just can't remember where he left it but is absolutely sure it isn't where he is living. He's beginning to forget things, including his own story and he is convinced that only by escaping from the home will he be able to find the parts of him that are missing. His two young friends, Gemma and Cap, come to visit and he tries to enlist their help; but they are all being watched by a strangely voluble security camera and a multi-faceted nurse.

"I don't know what I'm doing here, I came in to visit somebody, I don't remember who, and they let him go and kept me. It's a terrible mistake."

Lung Ha Theatre Company's most recent, and captivating family show, was the world premiere of Dr Stirlingshire's Discovery - in coproduction with Grid Iron; and in partnership with RZSS Edinburgh Zoo, the Royal Lyceum Theatre and part of the Edinburgh Science Festival - which received two nominations in the 2017 prestigious CATS Awards.

Thingummy Bob is supported by Creative Scotland, City of Edinburgh Council, Luminate, Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Nancie Massey Charitable Trust.





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