Alongside the visual arts programme from the first days of
the Third Eye Centre the centre developed and supported a significant schedule of
live theatre performances, presenting local and national theatre groups such as TraverseTheatre Group, The Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Scottish Youth Theatre and MovingBeing . The centre also regularly hosted
performances by students from The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland),
including this 1976 double bill of Brecht featuring a young Ruby Wax.
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| Image Credit: Third Eye Centre/CCA Archive |
The archive material reveals that the Third Eye Centre was a
site of experimentation for young theatrical talent, providing a stage for
innovative theatre groups like Joint-Stock and its director Max-Stafford-Clark. Crucial to the longevity of the lively
theatre scene in Scotland, the centre also offered a forum for playwrights’
critical discursion through regular workshops and readings. Supporting the theatre network as well as the live
performance is a precedent maintained by the cultural tenants at the CCA, PlaywrightsStudio Scotland, Vanishing Point and Cryptic.
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