Future Acts + Q&A

About this event

This screening will be followed by a Q&A. A cinematic collage of six surprising, Scottish short stories pitching audiences into the future. Future Acts is created by a team of celebrated and award-winning Scottish theatrical and film talent. Produced by National Theatre of Scotland, in association with Shakehaus productions and distributed in cinemas across Scotland by Cosmic Cat. In partnership with BBC Scotland Supported by The Weir Charitable Trust The National Theatre of Scotland has joined forces once more with BBC Scotland to create a special hybrid project focussed on the future, created by a young and more experienced team of leading Scottish theatre-makers, filmmakers, actors and artists. The future has been foraged by six writing and directing teams for a series of interlinked modern shorts; AI, cultural identity dating, queer love, climate change and cloning; the personal and the political, are all playfully explored. The six shorts embrace theatrical and filmic genres and have been sited in distinctive Scottish locations including a bunker, a bed shop, a beer garden, a coastal path and a caravan. FILMS FEATURED: Bed to the Future Writer/Director: James Ley Performed by Martin Quinn and Jay Newton A young Scottish queer couple visit a futuristic bed shop where a simulator promises to reveal the perfect future for their relationship. Only it’s not quite what they had imagined. Un-Static Writer: Natali McCleary Director: Josefa Celestin Performed by Maureen Carr and James Dawoud A young man summons a Unicorn in search of answers about identity, belonging and purpose, embarking on a magical journey between the weight of the past and the promise of the future. Broth Writer: Lesley Hart Director: Sally Reid Performed by Carmen Pierracini and Ryan J Mackay After an on-air meltdown derails her career, former news anchor Rona Lawson is sent to report from a disappearing coastline.