Theatrical climbing in Glasgow (8000m)
Chris Malcolm
based on the ill-starred ascent of Lhotse (near Everest) in May 1996
on which eight died on the summit. They use an indoor climbing wall
created in the large vertical space of Glasgow's Tramway Theatre.
http://ww1.eveningtimes.co.uk/lo/extra/7011079.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-965211,00.html
This is also the expedition closely associated with the IMAX "Everest"
film.
No, I know no more about it than this, but I'm curious and will try to
see it.
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Duncan Gray
"Chris Malcolm" <c...@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:bur9h9$ijd$1...@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...
> The theatre group Suspect Culture are staging their play "8000 metres"
> based on the ill-starred ascent of Lhotse (near Everest) in May 1996
> on which eight died on the summit. They use an indoor climbing wall
> created in the large vertical space of Glasgow's Tramway Theatre.
>
> http://ww1.eveningtimes.co.uk/lo/extra/7011079.html
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-965211,00.html
>
> This is also the expedition closely associated with the IMAX "Everest"
> film.
>
> No, I know no more about it than this, but I'm curious and will try to
> see it.
I've got tickets, not sure what to expect though.
More info at the production company site:
http://www.suspectculture.com/
(look under "what's next" as you wade through the flash content)
or the theatre:
http://www.tramway.org/
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Duncan Gray
homepage - www.duncolm.co.uk
also www.mountaineering-scotland.org.uk
The Mountaineering Council of Scotland
Duncan Gray
> based on the ill-starred ascent of Lhotse (near Everest) in May 1996
> on which eight died on the summit. They use an indoor climbing wall
> created in the large vertical space of Glasgow's Tramway Theatre.
>
> http://ww1.eveningtimes.co.uk/lo/extra/7011079.html
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-965211,00.html
>
> This is also the expedition closely associated with the IMAX "Everest"
> film.
>
> No, I know no more about it than this, but I'm curious and will try to
> see it.
A couple of good reviews in todays papers.
I'm quite looking forward to friday now.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=100252004
http://www.theherald.co.uk/8698.shtml
Duncan Gray
> based on the ill-starred ascent of Lhotse (near Everest) in May 1996
> on which eight died on the summit. They use an indoor climbing wall
> created in the large vertical space of Glasgow's Tramway Theatre.
>
> http://ww1.eveningtimes.co.uk/lo/extra/7011079.html
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-965211,00.html
>
> This is also the expedition closely associated with the IMAX "Everest"
> film.
>
> No, I know no more about it than this, but I'm curious and will try to
> see it.
Went last night and thoroughly enjoyed it.
The play is a reconstruction of an expedition to climb an 8000m peak
(Lhotse). It is superbly staged, including a fair bit of action on the
climbing wall, with few if any features of a Himalayan expedition missing.
All the gear lying about the stage, the sponsor who has to be tolorated, the
hassles of Khatmandu, the climbers husband left at home minding the kids,
ladders across crevasses in the icefall, even streaming video on the
expedition website being updated from basecamp! The life and death situation
that is being on the ground 8000m up brings a tense end.
The statistic is quoted that 1 in 6 climbers fail to make it back down.
There are 6 characters on the expedition....
I felt that the play was a reasonable attempt to show a real expedition, at
wasn't some fantasy style story. It's well worth seeing if anyone's in
Glasgow next weekend.
The company are interested in taking the production to other venues.
However, the performance space does need at least 30 feet of climbing
wall...
Jiffy
tips for parking?
Cheers, Jiffy
Duncan Gray
"Jiffy" <i....@the.pub> wrote in message
news:107568300...@damia.uk.clara.net...
It's on a big wide street, I got parked just outside the theatre.
Enjoy.
Jiffy
> It's on a big wide street, I got parked just outside the theatre.
Snap. Thanks for the info. I enjoyed it although it was my first time at the
theatre for a long time. It was well written and performed but I thought the
final mountain scenes could have been a lot more dramatic.
Cheers, Jiffy