Time’s Plague is fitting conclusion as the third instalment of a trilogy – following The Pitiless Storm (2014) and Cause of Thunder (2017) – starring David Hayman as everyman Bob Cunninghame at Eden Court in Inverness
Actor David Hayman is set to visit Inverness with the third instalment of a trilogy.
He will return as everyman Bob Cunninghame in Time’s Plague – following The Pitiless Storm (2014) and Cause of Thunder (2017) – at Eden Court on September 23.
He is in hospital, on what proves to be a long dark night of the soul, on an understaffed ward.
Bob is broken – like the world around him. And tomorrow morning? He faces a painful and risky procedure which he is convinced he will not survive.
This doesn’t stop him from ranting about injustice and the state of the world, laughing at everything, including himself. There is no way Bob is going gently into that good night, he’ll burn and rave at close of day, raging against the dying of the light.
Premiering at this year’s Fringe, Time’s Plague embarks on an extensive Scottish tour throughout September and October – 37 dates in total.
Hayman says: “It’s always a joy to be back on stage in Scotland and an even greater pleasure to be back playing Bob Cunninghame.
“Chris Dolan is a fantastic writer and the depth that he gives to Bob’s character makes it a great vehicle for humour, anger, and just about every other human emotion.
“We’re taking the tour all over Scotland – theatres, community halls, miners’ welfares, the islands, north, south, east, and west. It’s what theatre should be about.”
Writer Chris Dolan adds: ‘‘It’s the culmination of a dramatic trilogy. Pitiless Storm, the political; Thunder, the personal. Plague, a matter of life and death.
“Bob’s deepest, spiritual journey. Bob Cunninghame returns to tackle the West Highland Way, via Palestine and the operating table. If the scalpel doesn’t do for him, Ben Nevis might.
“Has Bob – trade unionist, activist, Everyman – reached the end of the road? He calls on Elvis, the Alexander Brothers, and a host of remarkable bed-fellows to get him through his biggest challenge yet.”
