★★★★★ "The tight and seamless result is something unique and emotionally resonant.” The independent
Created by Cora Bissett with Swimmer One and David Greig
Whatever gets You Through The Night exists in four forms:
1. a live show directed by Cora Bissett, premiered at the Arches in Glasgow, 26-29 June 2012.
2. A feature film directed by Daniel Warren premiered at Summerhall in Edinburgh on 23 August 2012 as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
3. A compilation album released on Biphonic Records available via throughthenight.net and on wider release from autumn 2012.
4. A book designed by Studio LR (www.studiolr.com).
All of the above were created from the same raw material – new work by over two dozen of Scotland’s most distinctive writers and musicians, all of whom were invited to create something inspired by the hours between midnight and 4am.
The project was produced by the Arches with Vital Spark funding from Creative Scotland.
Whatever gets You Through The Night exists in four forms:
1. a live show directed by Cora Bissett, premiered at the Arches in Glasgow, 26-29 June 2012.
2. A feature film directed by Daniel Warren premiered at Summerhall in Edinburgh on 23 August 2012 as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
3. A compilation album released on Biphonic Records available via throughthenight.net and on wider release from autumn 2012.
4. A book designed by Studio LR (www.studiolr.com).
All of the above were created from the same raw material – new work by over two dozen of Scotland’s most distinctive writers and musicians, all of whom were invited to create something inspired by the hours between midnight and 4am.
The project was produced by the Arches with Vital Spark funding from Creative Scotland.
TRAILER (FRINGE 2013)
Creative Scotland Best Theatre Award Winner 2013
IMAGE GALLERY
WATCH THE FILM ONLINE
The film is now available to watch online as a streamed rental or downloaded purchase.
FILM TOUR DATES
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Fri 15 Feb, 7pm – The Arches, Glasgow
Featuring live sets by Rachel Sermanni, Swimmer One, Bigg Taj & Wounded Knee Part of Glasgow Music & Film Festival 2013 Fri 22 Feb 8pm – Woodend Bard, Banchory
Featuring live sets by Withered Hand and Bigg Taj |
Fri 1 Mar, 8pm – Mull Theatre
Featuring live sets by Emma Pollock and Wounded Knee |
REVIEWS
★★★★ “The tight and seamless result is something unique and emotionally resonant.'
The Independent
★★★★ 'Not even the most hardened cynic could sniff at the ambition of this Vital Spark project headed up by Cora Bissett, who has invited writers and musicians from across the land to create work exploring the many Scotlands that exist between the hours of midnight and 4am'.
The List
★★★★ ‘By turns desolating and uplifting, Whatever Gets You Through the Night is a tender and honest love letter not just to Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow but any big city from sunset, through the small hours to the dawn of day – a poem for its strangers and strangeness, little hopes and big dreams… a worthy and potent experience quite unlike anything else you’ll encounter at the Fringe.’
A Younger Theatre
★★★★ ‘As a whole, Whatever Gets You Through the Night is moving, human and funny. Its final stroke of genius is that it finishes just after midnight, letting you out onto darkened streets that seem newly significant and suddenly beautiful.’
Broadway Baby
★★★★ “The tight and seamless result is something unique and emotionally resonant.'
The Independent
★★★★ 'Not even the most hardened cynic could sniff at the ambition of this Vital Spark project headed up by Cora Bissett, who has invited writers and musicians from across the land to create work exploring the many Scotlands that exist between the hours of midnight and 4am'.
The List
★★★★ ‘By turns desolating and uplifting, Whatever Gets You Through the Night is a tender and honest love letter not just to Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow but any big city from sunset, through the small hours to the dawn of day – a poem for its strangers and strangeness, little hopes and big dreams… a worthy and potent experience quite unlike anything else you’ll encounter at the Fringe.’
A Younger Theatre
★★★★ ‘As a whole, Whatever Gets You Through the Night is moving, human and funny. Its final stroke of genius is that it finishes just after midnight, letting you out onto darkened streets that seem newly significant and suddenly beautiful.’
Broadway Baby
BUY THE ALBUM
ALBUM REVIEWS
★★★★ “A terrific pop anthology”
The List
“On the evidence of the 15 acts showcased here, the rest of us may have seriously neglected the talent currently thriving north of the border.”
BBC
★★★★ “a mixture of melancholy, solitude and that lucid dream state that can come with sleeplessness”
The Herald
★★★★ "A breadth of moods as varied as human experience, combining neatly into a vivid nocturnal tapestry”
The Skinny
★★★★ “Everyone will recognise themselves in these heightened vignettes of communal joy and urban alienation.”
Mojo
“An eclectic mix with a thoughtful concept”
Drunken Werewolf
The List
“On the evidence of the 15 acts showcased here, the rest of us may have seriously neglected the talent currently thriving north of the border.”
BBC
★★★★ “a mixture of melancholy, solitude and that lucid dream state that can come with sleeplessness”
The Herald
★★★★ "A breadth of moods as varied as human experience, combining neatly into a vivid nocturnal tapestry”
The Skinny
★★★★ “Everyone will recognise themselves in these heightened vignettes of communal joy and urban alienation.”
Mojo
“An eclectic mix with a thoughtful concept”
Drunken Werewolf
SHOW CREDITS
Directed by Cora Bissett | Visuals by Kim Beveridge | Performed by Frances Thorburn, John Kielty, Steve Ryan, Ruth Mills, Sarah Miele, Andrew Eaton-Lewis, Laura Cameron-Lewis, Hamish Brown, RM HUbbert, Dan Willson, Drew Wright, Bigg Taj, Cora Bissett, Emma Pollock, Ricky Ross | Lighting design by Paul Sorley | Set design by Alice Wilson
Contributing writer and musicians Alan Bissett | Alan Spence | Annie Griffin | Bigg Taj | Conquering Animal Sound | Cora Bissett | david Greig | David Ireland | Emma Pollock | Erroros |Eugene Kelly | Isabel Wright | Kieran Hurley | Kirstin Innes | Laura Lewis and the Teadance Orchestra | Meursault | Rachel Sermanni | Ricky Ross | RM Hubbert | Seafieldroad | Skye Loneragan |Stef Smith | Swimmer One | Talkingmakesnosense | Withered Hand | Wounded Knee
Contributing writer and musicians Alan Bissett | Alan Spence | Annie Griffin | Bigg Taj | Conquering Animal Sound | Cora Bissett | david Greig | David Ireland | Emma Pollock | Erroros |Eugene Kelly | Isabel Wright | Kieran Hurley | Kirstin Innes | Laura Lewis and the Teadance Orchestra | Meursault | Rachel Sermanni | Ricky Ross | RM Hubbert | Seafieldroad | Skye Loneragan |Stef Smith | Swimmer One | Talkingmakesnosense | Withered Hand | Wounded Knee
WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT IN THE MEDIA
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CORA BISSETT & DAVID GREIG: LIST INTERVIEW
'What I like,’ adds Bissett, ‘is that we really really give you the space to listen to songs. I used to listen to music carefully, and proper proper musos will still sit and listen through to an album. But I’m guilty of using shuffle, tune in and out. So this is not little clips. Listen to this, the words, these beautiful shifts. Just stop for a second. Let’s all be present. What we do physically and visually will heighten that.'
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