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Colquhoun & MacBryde

Colquhoun & MacBrydePhoto Credit: John Johnston

Fresh from artistic triumph in Glasgow, two painters swagger down to war-torn London's Bohemia to take the art world by storm. After forcing galleries and critics to take notice of their brilliant post-modernist paintings, they briefly become revered as the Gilbert and George of London's art establishment.  However, these two Roberts-- partners and lovers-- are also outrageous and flamboyant hedonists who are eventually shunned by the Capital's chattering classes; and once out of control, there is only one way to go. Read more …

John Byrne idolised these two brilliant painters in his own Glasgow art school days and has written a fast moving play crackling with fine art and foul profanities.  First performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 1992 with a cast of six, Byrne has created a new two-handed version for the Tron’s Changing House.


The critical consensus

It should roar with more debauchery and passion, and it's all too chaste by half. Not a Byrne masterpiece, more a cute doodle.

***(*)(*)Lorna Irvine, Across the Arts, 01/11/2014

In Andy Clark (as Colquhoun) and Stephen Clyde (as MacBryde) it has found two actors who give themselves to this fierce, tragic and hilarious short play with a terrific combination of passion, humour, intelligence and sheer theatrical skill.

****(*)Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman, 01/11/2014

It all makes for a raucous and touching study of two men out of time.

****(*)Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 03/11/2014

Colquhoun and MacBryde is an energising look at relationships, creativity and artistic endeavour.

****(*)Steven Fraser, TVBomb, 03/11/2014

Andy Clark and Stephen Clyde throw themselves into Arnold's production with suitable abandon.

****(*)Neil Cooper, Coffee-Table Notes, 03/11/2014

Where and when?

Tron Theatre, Glasgow from Wednesday October 29, 2014, until Saturday November 8, 2014. More info: www.tron.co.uk

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