To bronco a swing you stand on it, worky up to the bumps, kick the swing over your head and jump beneath it. Read more …
It’s the summer of 1983. Five lads act out their dreams and fears in their local playground in Scotland. Broncoing is a sign of manhood – which Decky and his friends all impatiently await. This summer, little do they know how suddenly and abruptly it will be forced upon them…
This powerful outdoor production is a boisterous look at the trials and triumphs of growing up.
This is an outdoor performance. Audiences are advised to dress appropriately.
Decky Does a Bronco is touring throughout Scotland. For more in-depth details, please check out Grid Iron's website.
Its emotional directness, puppyish playfulness and sense of how we are all haunted by our childhoods long after we reach maturity is beautifully handled.
A decade's directing experience has certainly given Harrison's production a slickness it never had before...Maxwell's play seems deeper somehow.
Shows how powerful and inventive live performance can be. Do not miss it.
Despite excellent performances, the play itself has left me a little unsatisfied.
Decky Does a Bronco seems a more timely play than ever.
Some parts of the plot were blown away [by the wind] but ultimately the whole production is strong enough to blow away any audience.
Decky shows his age, but the company is outstanding.
Riveting and original
While the dialogue feels a little slight at times, Douglas Maxwell's elegiac piece builds up to the final death of innocence with memorable momentum.
Douglas Maxwell's play...still resonate(s).
A bittersweet portal into everyone's past.
[A] rueful observation of children at play.
...wise and funny vision of peer pressure among young boys.
The writing is brilliant and the atmosphere grips throughout.
Decky Does a Bronco comes to Lochee Park
Howden Park Centre, Livingston from Wednesday August 4, 2010. More info: 01506 433634
Cumbernauld Theatre, Cumbernauld from Wednesday June 30, 2010, until Thursday July 1, 2010. 7.00pm. More info: www.cumbernauldtheatre.co.uk
Byre Theatre, St Andrews from Tuesday July 13, 2010, until Saturday July 17, 2010. 7.00pm. More info: www.byretheatre.com
Dundee Rep Theatre, Dundee from Friday July 23, 2010, until Saturday July 24, 2010. More info: www.dundeereptheatre.co.uk
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness from Monday July 26, 2010, until Tuesday July 27, 2010. More info: www.eden-court.co.uk
macrobert, Stirling from Monday August 2, 2010, until Wednesday August 4, 2010. More info: www.macrobert.org