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13-May-2011
by Rob Howard
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 ‘Italia ‘n’ Caledonia’ is a drama, written by Mike Maran and Philip Contini, telling the story of the Italians who emigrated 100 years ago and started new lives in Scotland, with music performed by David Vernon on accordion.The play is an adventure story about a generation of Italians who left their sunny hillsides to start new lives in Scotland – a success story about families who opened small businesses selling ice cream and fish and chips. It is also tells about when Mussolini declared war on Britain in 1940 Italians were labelled as ‘enemy aliens,’ and were interned. Some lost their lives when SS Arandora Star, a ship taking internees to Canada, was sunk on July 2nd 1940. Nearly every Italian family in Scotland lost a father or a husband. In the post war years second and third generation Scottish Italians made a unique contribution to life in contemporary Scotland, told in this heart-warming story celebrating everything that is great about Italy and Scotland. Performance dates: June 3rd - Aros, Isle of Skye June 4th - Lochinver Community Hall June 10th - Birnam Arts Centre, Dunkeld June 11th - Theatre Royal, Dumfries June15th - Buckie British Legion June 16th - Johnshaven Village Hall June 17th - New Deer Public Hall June 21st - One Touch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness June 22nd - Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh June 29th - Craignish Village Hall, Ardfern June 30th - Mull Theatre, Isle of Mull July 1st - Cove Burgh Hall July 2nd - Easdale Island Community Hall July 30th - Eastgate Theatre, Peebles August 9th to 24th - Valvona & Crolla, Edinburgh Festival Fringe August 31st - Biggar Corn Exchange September 1st - Nairn Book and Arts Festival September 2nd - Lyth Arts Centre, Wick For further information email: mike.maran@ntlworld.com |