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The Slab Boys Trilogy is a set of three plays by the Scottish playwright John Byrne. The trilogy was originally known as Paisley Patterns. The three plays which make up the trilogy are: The Slab Boys, Cuttin' a Rug, and Still Life. The trilogy tells the story of a group of young, urban, working-class Scots during the period 1957–1972.
Prior to art school, he worked as a "slab boy" at Stoddard's carpet factory in Elderslie near Paisley, where he mixed paint used in the manufacture of carpets. He later returned as a designer following his graduation from art school. [5] His time there inspired his The Slab Boys Trilogy plays. [4]
The Cinematics' third album remains unreleased to date, but the band did make one track - "Nausea" - available free to fans on their Facebook page. In June 2012, Larry Reid released an album with his post-Cinematics project, Laurence and the Slab Boys .
He appeared in the first stage production of John Byrne's The Slab Boys, at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh (1978). [10] His comedic abilities brought him roles in The Comic Strip Presents (1982–2012) series [11] (in 1993 he directed and co-wrote the episode "Jealousy" for series 5), [12] as well as the comedy sketch show Alfresco (1983 ...
With “To All the Boys: Always and Forever,” Netflix wraps its epistolary teen-angst trilogy in such a way that those who’ve been following along since the beginning should appreciate: with a ...
The classic 1980s-1990s boy band announced on March 5 that it's gearing up to release its first full-length studio album in 11 years, "Still Kids," which arrives on the BMG music label on May 17.
Dundee Repertory Theatre, better known simply as the Dundee Rep, is a theatre and arts company in Dundee, Scotland.It operates as both a producing house with some shows co-produced by other theatres and a receiving house – hosting work from visiting companies throughout Scotland and the United Kingdom including drama, musicals, contemporary & classical dance, children's theatre, comedy, jazz ...
Laurence and the Slab Boys are a musical collective formed in 2010 by Larry Reid, the lead guitarist, songwriter and producer in The Cinematics.They formed in Berlin after the breakup of The Cinematics and have variously featured ten members when performing live.