Lucille Bentley Cuttin A Rug

Cuttin a rug is set in paisley town hall and on a friday evening in december 1957.

Lucille bentley cuttin a rug.

The gorbals theatre makes considerable amends for that let down with this fine new staging of cuttin a rug the second in byrne s trilogy. Described as a vivid piece of social observation cinema john byrne s film adaptation of his stage play the slab boys returned to the big screen at the glasgow film theatre for the 20 th anniversary of its release in 1997. So what does the title mean. Rehearsals for cuttin a rug the second instalment of john byrne s much loved slab boys trilogy kicked off this week.

Cuttin a rug is the second in the trilogy of slab boys plays slab boys and still life being the other two by john byrne which tell the story of a group of young urban working class scots during the period 1957 1972. Act one takes place in the ladies and gents cloakrooms. This may be in part at least because over half the cast has had a month to grow into their roles which in turn has allowed them to find more of an office group dynamic. It is the annual staff dance of a.

Female characters lucille bentley. Act two on the terrace overlooking the town. Attended by john byrne himself and cast members robin laing and julie wilson nimmo the packed. A sketcher in the company and every slab boy s dream all of the slab boys want to take her to the staff dance.

This is a relief unlike the first play where the humor had a stunted feeling to it cuttin a rug shows the characters outside their work environment where like most people they are far more comfortable and seem far more themselves. Act two on the terrace overlooking the town. Cuttin a rug a stags and hens comedy is set in paisley town hall on a friday evening in 1957 at the annual staff dance of af stobo co. Stobo co carpet manufactures.

Director caroline paterson s production takes us to stobo s annual staff dance with great style. Cuttin a rug is set a few hours after the first play which focuses on the thwarted ambitions of spanky farrell and phil mccann their lust for lucille and their bullying of fellow slab boy hector. Lucille is desirable beautiful sassy and stylish. It is the annual staff dance of a.

Cuttin a rug is set in paisley town hall on a friday evening in 1957. Cuttin a rug is set in paisley town hall on a friday evening in 1957. Stobo co carpet manufactures. Set on one evening in 1957 in paisley s stunning town hall cuttin a rug picks up right where we left phil spanky and rest of the stobo co gang as they get ready for the annual staff dance.