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Black Watch play wins four awards | |
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The hard-hitting play Black Watch has scooped four Laurence Olivier awards at a ceremony on Sunday night. | |
The awards are handed out annually to mark the best performances in London. | The awards are handed out annually to mark the best performances in London. |
Black Watch, which appeared at the Barbican last summer after a critically acclaimed tour, scooped Best New Play, Director, Sound and Choreographer. | Black Watch, which appeared at the Barbican last summer after a critically acclaimed tour, scooped Best New Play, Director, Sound and Choreographer. |
The play, which was first created for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe three years ago, is based on the personal testimony of a group of soldiers. | The play, which was first created for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe three years ago, is based on the personal testimony of a group of soldiers. |
Latest accolades | Latest accolades |
It also tells the wider story of the regiment. | It also tells the wider story of the regiment. |
Since the Fringe, it has toured the world, from the US, Canada and Australia to Ireland and the UK. | Since the Fringe, it has toured the world, from the US, Canada and Australia to Ireland and the UK. |
But it was its London run at the Barbican which won the latest accolades - the Laurence Olivier awards. | |
The play has now been dropped from the National Theatre of Scotland's repertoire but it has found a new audience in Scottish schools, which have recently received educational packs containing the script and a DVD of the performance. | The play has now been dropped from the National Theatre of Scotland's repertoire but it has found a new audience in Scottish schools, which have recently received educational packs containing the script and a DVD of the performance. |
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