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Whatever Gets You Through The Night – The theatre show

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Whatever Gets You Through The Night. June 2012. The Arches, Glasgow

Whatever Gets You Through The Night. June 2012. The Arches, Glasgow

A huge thank you to everyone who came to see Whatever Gets You Through The Night, the big, sprawling live show we made last month with Cora Bissett, playwright David Greig, The Arches in Glasgow, and lots of talented people. We had a lot of fun doing it, got to work with some of our favourite musicians.

The show was very well received. It sold out completely before its opening night, and got four star reviews in The Guardian, The List, The Scotsman and The Herald, as well as widespread media coverage, including a cover feature in the Skinny.

If you missed the live show, you can still experience Whatever Gets You Through The Night in other forms. Our long-term collaborator Daniel Warren has made a film which will be premiered at Summerhall in Edinburgh on 23 August, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. You can buy tickets for the screening. There will be some live music on the night too. After that we plan to take the film on tour – watch this space for updates.

Whatever Gets You Through The Night also exists as an album, which you can stream or download here. There are brand new songs by Withered Hand, Ricky Ross, Emma Pollock, Eugene Kelly, Rachel Sermanni and numerous others, as well as ourselves. The album is accompanied by a beautiful book featuring all the lyrics from the songs in the show, new writing by David Greig, Kieran Hurley, Alan Bissett, Kirstin Innes and Stef Smith among others, and photos from rehearsals and Daniel’s film.

Thanks to Creative Scotland for making all this possible. Cora is currently in talks with various people in the hope that we can put the live show on again, in the UK or elsewhere.