Continuing in their tradition of encouraging innovative stage experiences, two of Scotland's great theatres - the Traverse in Edinburgh and the Citizen's in Glasgow - collaborated to produce Stewart Laing's extraordinary and brilliantly reviewed Twenty-First Century recreation of a fin de siecle Parisian salon, as so well described by Marcel Proust in À la recherche du temps perdu. Laing, funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation to develop this for over two years, decided that modern audiences would respond to the idea of extending their engagement in live theatre by participating directly on stage in his production. When audience members booked their tickets, they were asked to supply all their body measurements so that his highly experienced and professional design, make up and wardrobe teams could prepare them for a once in a lifetime theatrical experience. When they arrived at the theatre, they were taken back stage and transformed from their real life persona to become meticulously attired Nineteenth Century socialites. They then entered Laing's world - a carefully crafted four walled set which, complete with chandeliers and period furniture, became the equivalent of one of Proust's legendary artistic soirées.