Dundonian actor Angus Miller is making his professional theatre debut with the National Theatre of Scotland at Dundee Rep next month.
Angus recently graduated from Drama Centre London and is delighted to be debuting in his home town. He will be performing alongside Lorraine McIntosh, star of River City, in Let The Right One In, an adaptation of the Swedish horror film.
The play sees Lorraine as the mother of Oskar, a lonely, bullied teenage boy who begins a relationship with a female vampire.
Lorraine is also backing singer to her Dundonian husband Ricky Ross in top Scots band Deacon Blue and one half of their duo McIntoshRoss.
The 48-year-old has previously worked with the National Theatre of Scotland on Men Should Weep and Beautiful Burnout.
Her first foray into professional acting was in 1998 in Ken Loach’s award-winning film My Name is Joe, which came after her initial success with Deacon Blue.
She has since worked extensively in the theatre and on TV and spent three years as a regular cast member on BBC Scotland’s River City.
Fellow cast member Ewan Stewart’s television work also includes River City, Taggart, Rebus and Only Fools and Horses, while he has appeared in film’s such as Conspiracy, Rob Roy and Titanic.
Meanwhile, Let The Right One In is the stage adaptation by Jack Thorne, one of the original creators and writers of hit Channel 4 show Skins, who in May last year uniquely won writing BAFTAs for both the Fades and This Is England ‘88.
It is a tender, funny and brutal love story following the burgeoning relationship between Oskar and Eli, a young, centuries-old young vampire who befriends him.
Tony and Olivier award-winning director, John Tiffany, heads up a world-class creative team to bring the production to the Rep by arrangement with Marla Rubin producer of the Mountaintop, Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play, 2010 and leading West End theatre and film producer, Bill Kenwright, in association with Dundee Rep. The performance takes place from June 5-29 and it is suggested only those aged 15 and over attend.
* Meanwhile, a new game has been created in partnership with Dundee-based independent games development studio, Quartic Llama, which has been inspired by Let The Right One In and the city of Dundee itself.
The “Other” transmedia community project is a creative event that included a 48-hour short film challenge entitled Two Days of Darkness, writing workshops, a games jam that invited developers to design a new game and an online scrapbook.
Other will culminate in the creation of the National Theatre of Scotland’s first iPhone app a location-based alternative-reality sound adventure game, leading users on their own horror journey through the “other” Dundee.
The game has been created in association with University of Abertay Dundee and Dundee Rep and with support from Arts and Business Scotland.
For further information visit www.otherdundee.com.