“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.
A powerful new play celebrating the music and languages of Scotland and Ireland. Read more …
Accessible to audiences both with and without Gaelic.
Le teileagram à Èirinn ann an 1937 dh’ fhosgail sgeulachd mu dheichnear ghillean òga à Eilean Acla a fhuair bàs ann an tubaiste teine ann am bothan ann an Alba. Is ann an Glaschu an-diugh tha buaidh am bàis a’ dùsgadh anam gille òg ’s e a’ feuchainn ri a ghuth a lorg. Dealbh-chluich ùr dhrùideach le cànan agus ceòl Alba agus Èireann.
A well-structured and sensitive look at history and identity.
A rich harvest by the eight-strong cast.
At the play’s heart is something that is part excavation of hidden history, part elegy to long-harboured secrets.
Muireann Kelly’s eight-strong company deliver a show to remember, and an important staging-post in Scotland’s long journey towards greater knowledge of itself, through the stories it tells.
The result is a sharp reminder of the resilience of humanity, and how the stories we share are more than simple bonding experiences, but rather how we're all rooted to the earth.
This is an emotive and reverberating story that demands to be told.
A truly unforgettable performance.
Diverse cultures come together through a tale of tragedy and loss in Scotties
Muireann Kelly--Scotties
Theatre preview: New play Scotties looks at the Kirkintilloch tragedy of 1937 through a 21st century lens.
On Tour, from Thursday September 13, 2018, until Saturday October 6, 2018.
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