History
The present day Tron Theatre Company started life as the Glasgow Theatre Club in 1978, the brainchild of Joe Gerber, Tom Laurie and Tom McGrath. In 1980 the Club took over the almost derelict 1795 James Adam designed Tron Kirk, replacing the destroyed Close Theatre in the Gorbals, the club's previous venue. Following hard work and commitment from its members, the theatre opened its doors on May 10, 1981 with a celebratory party. Two days later the first season of short plays opened with a production of Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, directed by Ida Schuster-Berkeley, in the Victorian Bar.
An earlier, separate manifestation was RF Pollock's short-lived Tron Theatre Club which was active c.1929-32. Pollock's vision was to develop a distinct Scottish style of acting using principles similar to those developed by Stanislavsky. One of the company's achievements was a production of Ibsen's The Master Builder. Actor Duncan Macrae began his career with Pollock's Tron Theatre Club. The amateur group dispersed in 1932, splitting into three new separate groups. These included the Curtain Theatre and the Dumbarton People's Theatre.
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