What are the odds of living an extraordinary life?This is the story of one boy’s granddad who won a fortune betting on the 1966 World Cup and, when diagnosed with cancer, gambled it all on living to see the year 2000. An intergenerational tale of what we live for and what we leave behind. Gary McNair and director Gareth Nicholls return to the Traverse after last year's award-winning, fivestar showDonald Robertson Is Not A Stand-Up Comedian.
Gary McNair is a theatre-maker based in Glasgow. He writes, directs and performs. McNair has been shortlisted for the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, 2011; Platform 18 Award for Directing The Arches/The Traverse, 2011; The Avron Greenbaum Players Award for Directing (RSAMD), 2009.
McNair has established himself as Scotland’s funniest non-comedian: if the subject matter looks a little darker this time (death, gambling and cancer), his dead-pan humour and charisma will lighten the mood.
Alys Metcalf, Paul Sirett, Danusia Samal, Gary McNair, Jane Bodie, May Sumbwanyambe, Rikki Beadle-Blair, Satinder Chohan, Vickie Donoghue, Chloë Lawrence-Taylor, Amanda Verlaque, UK) Sirett, Paul (Author, RADA, Gary (Author) McNair, Rikki (Author) Beadle-Blair, Gary Mcnair, The Royal National Theatre, National Theatre
Alys Metcalf, Paul Sirett, Danusia Samal, Gary McNair, Jane Bodie, May Sumbwanyambe, Rikki Beadle-Blair, Satinder Chohan, Vickie Donoghue, Chloë Lawrence-Taylor, Amanda Verlaque, UK) Sirett, Paul (Author, RADA, Gary (Author) McNair, Rikki (Author) Beadle-Blair, Gary Mcnair, The Royal National Theatre, National Theatre