Trumpets and Raspberries at the Royal Lyceum

“From his bum? You’re going to put bits of his bum on his face…?!

Oh Antonio…what a terrible situation…”

Mistaken identity and chaotic confusions abound when, after an industrial accident, the head of a large corporation is mistakenly surgically reconstructed as one of his employees, and finds himself chief suspect in a kidnap plot against himself!

First performed in 1981, under its original Italian title, Clacson, Trombette e Pernacchi (Claxons, Trumpets and Raspberries) Dario Fo’s political satire on the perils of surgical procedures and the politics of pain is guaranteed to have you in stitches! So crack open the laughing gas and let the fun commence in this rib-tickling farcical comedy from a Nobel Prize winning writer.

Fo’s political comedies have long struck a chord with audiences in Scotland, with recently acclaimed productions of Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!, Mistero Buffo and Accidental Death of an Anarchist.

Tony Cownie directs his second Lyceum production of the season, and lends his renowned comic touch to our final show of the year.

Ever popular Jimmy Chisholm (Merchant of Venice) plays the lead role and is supported by a crack cast including Steven McNicoll (Vanity Fair), Mark McDonnell (Six Black Candles), Kathryn Howden (All My Sons), Keith Fleming (Peer Gynt, Dundee Rep/NTS), Jo Freer (Goldilocks And The Three Bears, Edinburgh Kings), Shonagh Price (The Winter’s Tale) and Barnaby Power (Laurel and Hardy).

Performances: 18 April – 10 May 2008
Evenings: Tuesday- Saturday at 7.45pm
Matinees: 23, 26 & 30 April and 3 & 10 May at 2.30pm

Events and accessibility

First Look Friday (preview performance) sponsored by The List: Friday 18 April at 7.45pm.
ALL tickets: £5
Pre-show talk: Tuesday 22 April at 6pm with Professor Joe Farrell, University of Strathclyde.
Tickets: £3/ under 18s free
Post-show discussion with members of the cast: Tuesday 29 April (FREE)
Audio described performances: Thursday 1 May at 7.45 and Saturday 3 May at 2.30pm
Touch Tour for the visually impaired: Saturday 3 May at 12.30pm
BSL signed performance: Wednesday 7 May at 7.45pm Tickets
Evening performances (full price): £11 - £25
Matinee Performances: Wednesday all seats £13 Saturday all seats £15
First Look Friday (11/01/07) - all seats £5
Concessions
Over 60s: £2 off full price for all Tuesday – Thursday shows
Under 18s: Half Price any performance
School Groups: £7.50 (stalls & grand circle). £6.50 (upper circle). Matinees – all seats
£6.50. One teacher free with every ten pupils.
Registered unemployed: (Tues – Thurs) half price in advance, £1 tickets available on the
day (max 20, stalls only).
Students, people with disabilities: Half price (excludes First Look Fridays), £5 for Wed
matinees. Wheelchair spaces are available in the stalls boxes.
Groups: 8+ £3 off each ticket (matinees £2 off); 20+ £4 off each ticket (matinees £3 off)
plus one free ticket.

Contacts
Box Office: 0131 248 4848
Groups (8+): 0131 248 4949
www.lyceum.org.uk/trumpets