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+

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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

Scotties Trailer 

Credits

  • 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
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