| History of Black Watch |

Black Watch was first performed at the  Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 1 August 2006. The production toured Scotland, UK and internationally from 2006 to 2013.

A documentary Black Watch: A Soldier's Story, directed and produced by Iain Scollay, was first broadcast on BBC Two Scotland on 26 August 2007 and a performance of Black Watch, filmed at Dingwall Academy, was shown on BBC Two Scotland on 27 August 2007.

Both programmes were subsequently broadcast on BBC 4. A DVD of the filmed performance and documentary was released in October 2008. 

The documentary won Best Documentary at the Scottish BAFTAs and in the international category in the 2008  Prix Circom  Regional Programme Awards.

The radio version of Black Watch was first broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2007.

Hurtling from a pool room in Fife to an armoured wagon in Iraq, Black Watch is based on interviews conducted by Gregory Burke with former soldiers who served in Iraq.

Viewed through the eyes of those on the ground, Black Watch reveals what it means to be part of the legendary Scottish regiment, what it means to be part of the war on terror and what it means to make the journey home again.

John Tiffany’s production makes powerful and inventive use of movement, music and song to create a visceral, complex and urgent piece of theatre.

| Timeline |

2006 |

University of Edinburgh, Drill Hall (1 to 27 August)

2007 |

An industrial warehouse in the grounds of Port-Na-Craig House, Pitlochry (14 to 24 March); Harlaw Academy, Aberdeen (2 to 7 April); Old Fruitmarket Gallery, Glasgow (13 to 26 April); Loreburn Drill Hall, Dumfries (2 to 5 May); Highland Football Academy, Dingwall (11 to 18 May); UCLA Live, Freud Playhouse, Los Angeles (18 September to 14 October); St Ann’s Warehouse, NYC (20 October to 11 November). Scottish tour partners: Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Aberdeen Performing Arts, Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association and Eden Court Theatre.

2008 |

CarriageWorks, Sydney (10 to 26 January); Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, Australia (07 to 17 February); TSB Bank Arena, NZ Int. Arts Festival, Wellington (22 February to 09 March); Rothes Halls, Glenrothes (01 to 05 April); SECC, Glasgow (11 to 18 April); Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry (24 April to 03 May); The Lowry in The Pie Factory, Salford (07 to 10 May); Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre, Blaenau Gwent (15 to 17 May);  Prism Theater, Scope Arena, Virginia Arts Festival (24 May to 1 June); Luminato Festival, Toronto, Canada (06 to 14 June); Barbican Centre, London (20 June to 26 July); RDS, Shelbourne Hall, Dublin Theatre Festival (30 September to 05 October); St. Ann's Warehouse, New York City (09 October to 21 December).

2010 |

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow (15 September to 9 October); Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (13 to 23 October); Girls Model School, Ulster Bank Belfast Festival (27 to 31 October); Barbican Theatre, London (27 November 2010 to 8 January 2011).

2011 |

Sidney Harman Hall, Washington (26 January 2010 to 6 February 2011); Memorial Hall, University of North Carolina, Virginia (9 to 13 February); University of Texas at Austin's Bass Concert Hall; (16 to 20 February); Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry (8 to 12 March); Rothes Hall, Glenrothes (16 to 19 March), Shakespeare Theatre, Chicago (29 March to 10 April); St Ann’s Warehouse, New York (14 April to 08 May).

2012 |

Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Sidney Harman Hall, Washington D.C (19 September to 7 October); Chicago Shakespeare at Broadway Armory, Edgewater, Chicago (10 to 21 October); National Theater of Korea, Seoul (26 to 28 October).

2013 |

SECC Glasgow (28 March to 13 April); UAE Sportspark, Norfolk and Norwich Festival (17 to 20 April); Seattle Theater Group at the Paramount (25 April to 5 May); American Conservatory Theater at the Mission Armory, San Francisco (9 May to 16 June).

| Awards |

Four Olivier Awards 2006  for Best New Play, Best Director, Best Theatre Choreographer & Best Sound Design, a Herald  Angel, a Scotsman Fringe First, a Best Theatre Writing Award from  The List 2006, Friends of the Fringe Award, 2006, a Stage Award 2006 for Best Ensemble, the  South Bank Show  award for Theatre and four Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2006 – 2007 for Best Director, Best Ensemble, Best Technical Presentation & Best Production, Critics Circle Awards 2006 for Best Director, Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards 2007 for Best Play, Manchester Evening News Award 2007 for Best Visiting Production, Sunday Mail Great Scot Awards 2008 for Great Scot Award for Entertainment, Theatre Management Association Awards 2008 for Best Touring Production, Helpmann Awards 2008 for Best Sound Design, New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards 2009 for Best Foreign Play, The Dora Mavor Moore Awards 2009 for Outstanding Touring Production, The Austin Critics’ Table Awards 2010-11 for Best Touring Show (Theatre), Helen Hayes Award 2013 for Outstanding Non-Resident Production.