Whatever Gets You Through the Night

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Live show that is just the tip of a multimedia iceberg involving an album, a collection of writing and a film. Created as a Vital Spark cross-platform commission by actor and director Cora Bissett, playwright David Greig and experimental music collective Swimmer One (and their home, Biphonic Records). Featuring writing and music from a whole host of Scotland-based talent, the project is a compilation of stories happening around the country between midnight and 4am.

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Whatever Gets You Through the Night

29 Jun 2012

Powerful piece exploring the many Scotlands that exist in the wee hours

Not even the most hardened cynic could sniff at the ambition of this Vital Spark project headed up by Cora Bissett, who has invited writers and musicians from across the land to create work exploring the many Scotlands that exist between the hours of…

Interview: Cora Bissett and David Greig on Whatever Gets You Through the Night

25 Jun 2012

Night-themed project brings together theatre, music, film and a book

Cora Bissett, David Greig and Swimmer One have stayed up past their bedtimes to hang out with some of Scotland’s coolest actors, bands and artists. Anna Burnside takes an extra slug of coffee to find out Whatever Gets You Through the Night

Whatever Gets You Through the Night - artist interviews

25 Jun 2012

Stef Smith, Kieran Hurley, Withered Hand, Wounded Knee and Annie Griffin

Stef Smith playwright ‘Everyone knows what 4am feels like. How exciting to explore the secrets, silences and stolen moments that take place then. My piece is about an elderly man driving through the night to get to Loch Lomond. I felt it was…