Black Watch

Run Time: 1hr 50min

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Never before seen in Canada, Black Watch has been stunning audiences around the world since its critically acclaimed debut at the Edinburgh Festival in 2006. So profound has been the artistic, political and social impact of this extraordinary work that one British critic called it "the first landmark cultural event of the 21st century."

Inspired by interviews that playwright Gregory Burke conducted with former soldiers who served with the legendary Scottish regiment in Iraq, director John Tiffany's Black Watch transports its audience from a pub in central Scotland to the blistering desert plains south of Baghdad, as it follows an armoured car crew on their odyssey into the outer reaches of human experience.

Winner of the 2007 Writers' Guild Award for Best Theatre Play, Black Watch is theatre at its most shattering, its most harrowing, its most savagely funny. This is the kind of theatre that brings you leaping to your feet, or stuns you into silence - the kind of theatre you might not encounter more than once in a lifetime.

Audience Alert:
Production contains strong language, loud explosions, and strobelights. May be disturbing to some viewers and is not suitable for young children.

This Canadian Premiere is made possible with the generous support of Rob and Cheryl McEwen through a significant donation to the Festival’s SuperNova Program Development Fund.

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