Directed by Andy McGregor | Cast - Ross Forbes-MacKenzie, Hannah Visocchi, Matthew McKenna
A new sung-through musical by Andy McGregor about a young man trying to find hope and purpose in a fractured Scotland.
It’s 2033. Tensions are boiling over after Scotland votes ‘No’ in a momentous second Independence referendum.
A lost young man called Hector has just been fired from stacking shelves when he meets Sylvia, who convinces him to join ‘Freedom Scotland’ – a new political group led by her old History teacher.
Hector finally finds purpose and love in his new activist life but slowly realises that the group is not everything that it’s made out to be…
An Act of Union is a new sung-through musical by acclaimed writer Andy McGregor (Spuds, Battery Park), starring Ross Forbes-MacKenzie, Hannah Visocchi and Matthew McKenna.
Dates
Oran Mor, Glasgow: 23-28 October 2023
Cast
Ross Forbes-Mackenzie as Hector
Hannah Visocchi as Sylvia
Matthew McKenna as David
Creative Team
Writer and Director – Andy McGregor
Designers – Gemma Patchett and Jonny Scott
Rehearsal Photos
ANDY MCGREGOR trained at Glasgow University and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Shows he has written, composed and directed include Spuds, A New Life, Crocodile Rock, The Rise and Inevitable Fall of Lucas Petit, Pure Freezin’, Love 2.0 and Vinyl Idol (with Debbie Hannan). He wrote and composed The Park (NTS) and directed Ever Young (Beacon Arts Centre).
He has made various Christmas shows for wee ones at The Citizens Theatre and wrote and directed Lost in Pantoland and The Snow Queen (PACE). He has directed Dead Air (Stockroom), Disturbed (Play, Pie and a Pint), Godspell and various Shakespeare's for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He has composed for The Royal Court, The National Theatre of Scotland, The Tron and the National Youth Theatre.
