Theatre Gu Leòr, supported by National Theatre of Scotland & Abbey Theatre present
Scotties (Achill Island, Mayo)
13 September - 6 October 2018
Booking Information
Dates: 5 – 6 October Coláiste Acla, Dooega, Achill Island, Mayo
Tickets: €15 / Conc. €12
Age recommendation: 14+
“Beir abhaile ar marbh / Send home our dead”
A telegram from Ireland in 1937 inspires the untold story of ten young lads from Achill lost in a Scottish bothy fire. The effects reach across the sea, waking the soul of a young Glasgow boy today struggling to find his voice.
Scotties is a powerful new play celebrating the music and languages of Scotland and Ireland.
Cailleadh deichniúr buachaillí óga as Acaill go tubaisteach in Albain nuair a chuaigh an bothán a raibh siad ag fanacht ann trí thine i 1937. Teileagram as Éirinn a spreagann údar an dráma seo agus a mhúsclaíonn an t-anam i mbuachaill óg atá anois ag streachailt lena ghuth fhéin i nGlaschú. Nuadhráma cumhachtach a dhéanann ceiliúradh ar cheol agus ar theangacha na hAlban agus Éirinn.
Supported by Creative Scotland and Colmcille.
Co-commissioned by National Theatre Scotland and Theatre Gu Leòr.
Age recommendation: 14+
Out of the Abbey
- 13 – 15 September at Tron Theatre, Glasgow
- 19 September at Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling
- 21 – 22 September at Eden Court, Inverness
- 24 September at Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
- 27 – 29 September at Traverse, Edinburgh
- 5 – 6 October at Coláiste Acla, Dooega, Achill Island, Mayo
Reviews
'Exhilarating… Something of Shrapnel slices into the soul and lodges.'
Observer on Theatre Gu Leòr’s Shrapnel
'Astonishingly bold and surreal… a Gaelic soul half-lost in urban Scotland'
Scotsman on Theatre Gu Leòr’s Shrapnel
'Ingenious… filling the room with a muscular, earthy, untidy poetry'
Sunday Herald on Theatre Gu Leòr’s Cèilidh
Credits
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- Cast: Colin Campbell
- Cast: Faoileann Cunningham
- Cast: Ryan Hunter
- Cast: Aine Kidd
- Cast: Stephen McCole
- Cast: Cian McNamara
- Cast: Mairi Morrison
- Co-writers / Co-sgrìobhadairean: Muireann Kelly & Frances Poet
- Director / Stiùiriche: Muireann Kelly
- Designer / Dealbhadair: Charlotte Lane
- Lighting Designer / Dealbhadair Solais: Simon Wilkinson
- Choreographer / Coireògrafaiche: Jessica Kennedy
- Composition and Sound Design / Ceòl & Dealbhadh-Fuaime: Laoise Kelly and Ross Wilson
- Dramaturg / Neach-leasachaidh Dràma: Pamela McQueen