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FACTOR 9
The Infected Blood Scandal: THE TAILOR OF INVERNESS CIRCLING A FOX The Story of the Tailor of Inverness all available: via Vimeo On Demand |
Based on the testimonies of Robert Mackie and Bruce Norval
with STEWART PORTER as Rab & MATTHEW ZAJAC as Bruce |
Factor 9 is inspired by the story of the biggest healthcare disaster in the history of the UK’s National Health Service. This is a play based on the lives, deaths and testimonies of some of those affected by treatment with contaminated blood – an horrific story of blighted lives which explores the causes that allowed HIV, Hepatitis C and CJD infection to be spread among the community of blood products users in Scotland, the rest of the UK and throughout the world during the late 1970s and 1980s.
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Using transcripts, interviews, newspaper articles and other documentary evidence, and mixing this with metaphors and myths from the realms of science fiction and horror, Factor 9 is a visceral multi-media performance dominated by that vital fluid, blood. At its core, it tells a story of ordinary people and how their lives were shockingly changed forever.
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Prepare to be physically shaken by Factor 9.”
Yasmin Suleiman, The List "I have NEVER been more affected, impressed and devastated by a play in a long theatrical life…A play of shame, pain and extraordinary power." Pete Searle, audience member “Superbly tense drama, with Porter and Zajac on top form.” Ed Frankl, Edinburgh Evening News ****** “Factor 9 says what it has to say about a mighty public scandal, in a vividly theatrical style that no-one who sees it is ever likely to forget” Joyce MacMillan, The Scotsman **** “The playwright got it just right…powerful and very human.” Paula Murray, Sunday Express |
“Be sure to see it."
Anders Sjögren, Västerbottens-Kuriren Sweden “…unforgettable, high quality and hard-hitting…” Margaret Chrystall, Inverness Courier ***** “Stop what you are doing and check to see if Dogstar Theatre Factor 9 is coming to you. Gut wrenching, tragic, furious, brilliant.” Bruce MacGregor, Inverness “SUPERB, POWERFUL and SEAMLESS performance – still shaking with the effects of it – best theatre I’ve seen since the Tailor of Inverness.” Joanna Boyce, Edinburgh |
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THE TAILOR OF INVERNESS
Written & Performed by Matthew Zajac Violin Jonny Hardie Directed by Ben Harrison Music by Jonny Hardie & Gavin Marwick Designed by Ali Maclaurin Lighting by Kai Fischer Production filmed & edited by Brian Ross |
Matthew Zajac's internationally acclaimed play about his Polish father has captivated audiences in theatres across the world. With over 275 performances and playing to over 40,000 people in 12 countries since opening at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Tailor of Inverness has taken its place as one of the great Scottish theatre productions.
The Tailor of Inverness, with its cry for victims of war and forced migration everywhere, is "a universal work of theatre" (Sunday Herald). |
"I come from the Soviets and the Nazis. I come from a farm, from the forests and fields of green Ukraine, from the resettlement camps of Germany, from the beaches of the Adriatic, from the grimy streets of Glasgow and the cool air of Inverness."
"A TRIUMPH" The Observer, UK
"COMPELLING, IMPASSIONED...A FINE ACTOR" New York Times, USA
"INDISPENSABLE" Dagens Nyheter, Sweden
"DON'T MISS IT" Radio Adelaide, Australia
"A SPECIAL GEM" The Day, Ukraine
"THE MOST ELECTRIC THEATRE IMAGINABLE" ayoungertheatre.com, UK
"A TOWERING PIECE OF WORK" Sunday Independent, Ireland
"ZAJAC IS TRULY A VISIONARY" Broadway World, USA
BEST ACTOR CRITICS' AWARDS FOR THEATRE IN SCOTLAND
BEST SOLO PERFORMER THE STAGE NEWSPAPER EDINBURGH FRINGE AWARDS
SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST AWARD WINNER
"One actor, one fiddler, one brilliant and moving piece of theatre...See it, friends." April Alliston, New York
"One of the most moving theatre experiences we've ever had." David Getz, New York
"Unbelievably moving and unexpected." Misha Glenny, London
"Matthew Zajac's performance was incredible. Wish I could go again tomorrow." Kevin Hanrahan, Dublin
"It really was an international wonder" Hanne Larsen, Copenhagen
"What a story, what a play, what a performance...I could barely speak afterwards." Gerda Stevenson, Edinburgh
"A TRIUMPH" The Observer, UK
"COMPELLING, IMPASSIONED...A FINE ACTOR" New York Times, USA
"INDISPENSABLE" Dagens Nyheter, Sweden
"DON'T MISS IT" Radio Adelaide, Australia
"A SPECIAL GEM" The Day, Ukraine
"THE MOST ELECTRIC THEATRE IMAGINABLE" ayoungertheatre.com, UK
"A TOWERING PIECE OF WORK" Sunday Independent, Ireland
"ZAJAC IS TRULY A VISIONARY" Broadway World, USA
BEST ACTOR CRITICS' AWARDS FOR THEATRE IN SCOTLAND
BEST SOLO PERFORMER THE STAGE NEWSPAPER EDINBURGH FRINGE AWARDS
SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST AWARD WINNER
"One actor, one fiddler, one brilliant and moving piece of theatre...See it, friends." April Alliston, New York
"One of the most moving theatre experiences we've ever had." David Getz, New York
"Unbelievably moving and unexpected." Misha Glenny, London
"Matthew Zajac's performance was incredible. Wish I could go again tomorrow." Kevin Hanrahan, Dublin
"It really was an international wonder" Hanne Larsen, Copenhagen
"What a story, what a play, what a performance...I could barely speak afterwards." Gerda Stevenson, Edinburgh
CIRCLING A FOX - The Story of The Tailor of Inverness
A film by Brian Ross
Executive Producer John Archer
A Hopscotch Films Production
Featuring Matthew Zajac, Gavin Marwick, Jonny Hardie,
Natalia Sztepko,Eugene Latsik, Iona Zajac and Magdalena Kaleta
This very special film will also premiere on 11 May.
Circling A Fox is film director Brian Ross’s beautiful, moving documentary about the story behind The Tailor of Inverness. Brian’s film follows Dogstar as we tour with the play in Poland and Ukraine. It also features video and audio recordings of Matthew’s father and footage from the Highlands and the first trip of discovery to Ukraine in 2003. Circling A Fox blends documentary, theatre and poetic drama-reconstruction to tell the story of Matthew's quest to seek the truth about his father’s past and his efforts to use theatre to reach out to a family he never knew existed.
“This is a beautifully-made film…both a road movie and a moving family drama, and although the story begins the best part of a century ago it is completely relevant to our own times. In the end, it affirms the astonishing power of love.” James Robertson
A film by Brian Ross
Executive Producer John Archer
A Hopscotch Films Production
Featuring Matthew Zajac, Gavin Marwick, Jonny Hardie,
Natalia Sztepko,Eugene Latsik, Iona Zajac and Magdalena Kaleta
This very special film will also premiere on 11 May.
Circling A Fox is film director Brian Ross’s beautiful, moving documentary about the story behind The Tailor of Inverness. Brian’s film follows Dogstar as we tour with the play in Poland and Ukraine. It also features video and audio recordings of Matthew’s father and footage from the Highlands and the first trip of discovery to Ukraine in 2003. Circling A Fox blends documentary, theatre and poetic drama-reconstruction to tell the story of Matthew's quest to seek the truth about his father’s past and his efforts to use theatre to reach out to a family he never knew existed.
“This is a beautifully-made film…both a road movie and a moving family drama, and although the story begins the best part of a century ago it is completely relevant to our own times. In the end, it affirms the astonishing power of love.” James Robertson
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with every good wish
Matthew and Donna
www.dogstartheatre.co.uk
with every good wish
Matthew and Donna
www.dogstartheatre.co.uk
