TRAGIC, Iain Heggie’s humorous and moving one man adaptation of Hamlet, brings the great Shakespeare work to life at Adam Smith Theatre.

Using contemporary language, Heggie clears away the fog to reveal the pulsating heart of this classic tale of revenge and morality. Don’t miss this essential modern spin on one of Shakespeare’s finest, coming to Kirkcaldy for one night only, on Wednesday 1st October.

Tragic, a production for Heggie’s own company Subway Theatre, stars Sean Purden Brown, a graduate of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, who has recently graced our screens, both big and small, in The Flying Scotsman and River City. By using a young actor, and removing the language barrier, Iain Heggie hopes to bring the witty and vibrant aspects of the play to the forefront – thus appealing to a younger audience than one might normally expect for a one-man rendition of Hamlet.

Directors often try to get round the challenging language in Shakespeare’s version by using very experienced actors, who have had time to develop the necessary skills. Heggie, having taken a markedly different route, hopes to bring out Hamlet’s relatability, and so bring out the full scale of the tragedy. If one were to set a devoted teenager and an experienced middle aged man the same task, the results would most likely be very different – especially if that task were taking revenge on behalf of his father. Iain Heggie was born in Glasgow.

His plays include Wholly Healthy Glasgow, American Bagpipes and, most recently, The Queen of Lucky People, which was co-produced by Òran Mór and Traverse earlier this year.

Caroline Scott, who worked most recently on the 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony and the Kelpies in Falkirk, is responsible for set design, while the lighting designer is Andrew Wilson, whose recent work includes The Sash and Gagarin Way for Rapture Theatre.

Tragic is at Adam Smith Theatre on Wednesday 1st October at 7.30pm.