Theatre Gu Leòr

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  • Bana-Ghaisgich

    Bana-Ghaisgich

    Bana-Ghaisgich

    By Mairi Morrison

    1918. Hogmanay.

    Hundreds of servicemen are returning home from the South of England to the North-West of Scotland, the Isle of Lewis. The ‘Sheila’ mail-boat cannot cope with all the men arriving in Kyle of Lochalsh so HMY Iolaire is deployed to help 284 men make their final journey home.

    Metres from land, their hearts rejoicing, HMY Iolaire veers off course and strikes the renowned rocks, Beasts of Holm, causing 201 men to drown on their own doorstep. 

    This new play explores grief, judgement and solidarity through the eyes of their women as their hardest challenge lies ahead.

    This premiere of a site-specific, new Gaelic drama, with live music was produced as part of the Iolaire Centenary Commemorations.

    “…so sharp that it cuts you…Don’t miss it.”

    Torcul Crichton, Daily Record
    Cast & Creative Team

    Mairi Morrison – Peggy, Colleen, Elaine, Maggie and other characters
    Mike Vass – Iain

    Màiri MacLennan – Màiri
    Georgie Finlayson – Gormal
    Cathy Mary MacMillan – Seonag
    Màiri MacIver – Anna
    Donna Barden – Catriona

    Writer – Mairi Morrison
    Dramaturg – Douglas Maxwell
    Director – Muireann Kelly
    Music/Composition – Mike Vass
    Costume Designer – Donna MacLeod
    Lighting Designer – Benny Goodman

    Technical Stage Manager – Morag Smith
    Marketing design – Niall Walker
    Marketing assistant – Alice Walker

    Tour Dates

    17/12/18 – Finorough Playhouse, London
    27/12/18 – Studio Alba, Stornoway
    28/12/18 – Studio Alba, Stornoway
    29/12/18 – Studio Alba, Stornoway

    Supported By

    Bòrd na Gàidhlig and Creative Scotland
    Script developed with support from Playwrights’ Studio Scotland

  • Scotties

    Scotties

    Scotties

    By Muireann Kelly and Frances Poet

    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, with a creative team drawn from both nations.

    ★★★★★
    “Beautifully written and powerfully performed…A truly unforgettable performance.”

    The Skinny

    ★★★★
    “ A brooding hybrid of theatrical forms…which moves between ceilidh and lament. ”

    The Herald

    ★★★★
    “ 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 Scotsman

    Cast & Creative Team

    Co-writers – Muireann Kelly & Frances Poet

    Scots speech adapted by Liz Lochead

    Director – Muireann Kelly
    Dramaturg – Pamela McQueen
    Set and Costume Designer – Charlotte Lane
    Lighting Designer – Simon Wilkinson
    Choreographer – Jessica Kennedy
    Composer and MD – Laoise Kelly
    Sound Design – Ross Wilson
    Movement Rehearsal Director – Chrissie Ardill
    Costume Supervisor – Jessica Griffiths

    Ryan Hunter – Michael
    Faoileann Cunningham – Molly
    Cian McNamara – Fraoch
    Colin Campbell – Seán Óg
    Stephen McCole – Aonghas/Gaffer/Scots Man
    Mairi Morrison – Morag/Squad Woman
    Anne Kidd – Grace/Forewin/Scots Woman
    Alana MacInnes – Piper/Girlín
    BSL performance interpreter – Catherine King

    Producer – Callum Smith
    Production Manager – Elleanor Somerville
    Company Stage Manager – Katharina Siebert
    Technical Stage Manager – Stephen Cunningham
    Head of Stage – Emma Campbell
    Design Placement – Alice Watson
    Company Co-ordinator – Fiona Murray
    Creative Learning & Outreach Facilitator – Calum MacDonald
    Press & Publicity – Story Telling PR, Miriam Attwood and Miriam Black
    Marketing Consultants – Yellow Bird Digital, Lindsay Hammond and Nicola Paul
    Marketing Placement – Frances Driscoll
    Graphic Design – Sean McGonigal
    Production Photography – Mihaela Bodlovic

    Co-commisioned by National Theatre of Scotland & Theatre Gu Leòr

    Tour Dates

    13/9/18 – 15/9/18 – Tron Theatre, Glasgow
    19/9/18 – Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling
    21/9/18 – 22/9/18 – Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
    24/9/18 – Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
    27/9/18 – 29/9/18 – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
    5/10/18 – 6/10/18 – Achill College, Achill, County Mayo, Ireland

    Supported By

    Creative Scotland
    Colmcille
    National Theatre of Scotland
    Abbey Theatre

  • Cèilidh

    Cèilidh

    cèilidh

    By Màiri Sìne Chaimbeul and Catriona Lexy Chaimbeul

    Cèilidh was a new play commissioned by Theatre Gu Leòr, written by Mairi Sine Campbell and Catriona Lexy Campbell working alongside award-winning Irish playwright and dramaturg Lynda Radley.

    Wild, outspoken and buried face down on the Isle of Harris, poet Màiri Ruadh is back from beyond the grave, with one last night to resurrect the true meaning of the cèilidh. She has fire in her belly and is determined never to be silenced again.

    Cèilidh is full of live music, songs and stories. Fully subtitled and suitable for anyone with or without Gaelic, but only those ready for a cèilidh like no other!

    ★★★★

    Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman

    “ I loved how the themes of culture, language, self assertion and strong women were represented, and the Runrig Hearach  ‘anthem’ was enough to give me goosebumps!! ”

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    ★★★★

    Nicole Webber, Inverness Courier

    “ I assumed I would have no bother rocking up to the Lemon Tree tonight to get a ticket for the Gaelic play Cèilidh. It’s sold out! ”

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    Cast & Creative Team

    Co-writers – Catriona Lexy Campbell and Màiri Sìne Campbell
    Dramaturg – Lynda Radley
    Director – Lewis Hetherington

    Muireann Kelly – Màiri Ruadh
    Mairi Morrison – Lisa
    MJ Deans – Eilidh
    Calum MacDonald – Eddie

    Designer – Frances Collier
    Sound Designer/MD – Michael John McCarthy
    Lighting Designer/Production Manager – John Wilkie
    AV Designer – Lewis den Hertog
    Assistant Sound Designer – Calum Paterson
    Lighting Technician – Malcolm Rogan
    BSL Sign Language Interpreter – Iain Hodgetts
    Movement Director – Emma Claire Brightly
    Wardrobe Assistant – Cristina Butt
    Vocal Coach – Michael Hill

    Company Co-ordinator – Seona McClintock
    Creative Learning Manager – Catriona Lexy Campbell
    Press & Marketing Manager – Niall Walker
    Production Photography – Mihaela Bodlovic
    Company Stage Manager – Katharina Siebert
    Technical Stage Manager – Craig McNeill
    SMO Student Placement (Gàidhlig) – Alice Watson

    Tour Dates

    7-10/3/17, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
    13/3/17, Bruichladdich Hall, Isle of Islay
    14/3/17, Caol Community Centre, Lochaber
    15/3/17, Eden Court, Inverness
    16/3/17, The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
    17/3/17, Scottish Story Telling Centre, Edinbutgh
    20/3/17, MacPhail Playhouse, Ullapool
    21/3/17, Plockton Hall, Plockton
    22/3/17, Kilmuir Hall, Isle of Skye
    23/3/17, The Great Hall, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Skye
    24/3/17, Argyllshire Gathering Halls, Oban
    27/3/17, Castlebay Community Hall, Isle of Barra
    28/3/17, St Peters Hall, South Uist
    29/3/17, Cairinis Hall, North Uist
    30/3/17, An Lanntair, Stornoway

    Supported By

    Bòrd na Gàidhlig
    Creative Scotland
    Gaelic Books Council
    National Theatre of Scotland
    Scottish Government

  • Shrapnel

    Shrapnel

    sHRAPNEL

    fROM THE NOVEL BY tORMOD cAIMBEUL
    aDAPTED BY Catrìona Lexy Chaimbeul

    Shrapnel is the adaptation of the seminal Gaelic novel of the same title by renowned novelist, Tormod Caimbeul. It follows the journey of an enigmatic narrator as he tries to evade capture for a crime he didn’t commit.

    Set in the darkest depths of 1970s Leith, our narrator treads a sordid path through the city meeting an array of extraordinary misfits, and avoiding the psychopathic former detective, Walter Shrapnel, who is convinced that our narrator tried to murder him. With anarchic humour and powerful narrative tension, Shrapnel is a novel that demands to be performed.

    “ Astonishing bold and surreal ”

    The Scotsman

    “ Exhilarating, vertiginous – at times, bewildering … under Muireann Kelly’s astute, sensitive direction, something of Shrapnel slices into the soul and lodges ”

    The Guardian

    “ Sure-footed direction meets a strong cast, taking the drama to a higher level ”

    Daily Record

    Cast & Creative Team

    From the novel by Tormod Caimbeul
    Adapted by – Catriona Lexy Campbell
    Director – Muireann Kelly

    Iain Beggs – Maclugran
    Catriona Lexy Campbell – Mavis E Beattie / Elspeth Jane Elphinstone
    Artair Donald – Buster Hind / John Riach
    Calum Macdonald – Pc Des McCafferty / William CBW Robertson
    Iain Macrae – Detective Sergeant Walter Anthony ‘Shrapnel’ Watson
    Mairi Morrison – Effie Joan Mackay / Maria Carlotta / Mrs Dorothy Armstrong
    Catherine King – Eadar-Theangaiche Cànan Balbhanachd Bhreatainn

    Costume & Set – Carys Hobbs
    Animation, Subtitles & Set Design – Iain Craig
    Sound Design – Matt Padden
    Music – The League Of Highland Gentlemen
    Lighting Design – Karen Bryce
    English translation – Mary Jane Campbell
    Dramaturg – Frances PoetProduction Manager – Hilly
    Technical Stage Manager – Craig McNeill
    Deputy Stage Manager – Katharina Siebert
    Co-producer – Claire Dow
    Co-producer – Kirsty Paton
    Admin & Comms – Linda NicLeòid
    Drama & Education Artist – Beth Frieden
    Marketing Design – Niall Walker
    Photography – Mihaela Bodlovic
    Publisher – Leabhraichean Beaga

    Tour Dates

    10-12/3/16, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
    15-16/3/16, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
    17/3/16, Eden Court, Inverness
    18/3/16, The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
    19/3/16, Lossiemouth Town Hall
    20/3/16, Strathpeffer Pavilion
    22/3/16, Macphail Centre, Ullapool
    23/3/16, Plockton Village Hall
    24/3/16, Seall at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
    26/3/16, Carinish Hall, North UIst
    28/3/16, Castlebay School, Barra
    1-2/4/16, An Lanntair, Stornoway

    Supported By
  • Doras Dùinte

    Doras Dùinte

    Doras Dùinte

    By Catrìona Lexy Chaimbeul

    Alone on a stormy night in an isolated house, Lydia Ross awaits Guthrie, her new lodger, but Lindsay Guthrie may turn out not to be quite what she had in mind…

    This thriller looks at the toxicity of co-dependent relationships and just how far people will go to keep those relationships together.

    A contemporary new Gàidhlig drama with English subtitles, animation and haunting soundscape.

    “ A look and feel of real quality ”

    The Herald

    “ Draws you in to the intense atmosphere ”

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    Cast & Creative Team

    Catriona Lexy Campbell – Writer
    Muireann Kelly – Director

    Dòl Eòin Mackinnon – Guthrie
    Donna Macleod – Lydia (Glasgow)
    Catriona Lexy Campbell – Lydia (tour)

    Iain Craig – Animation / Subtitle & Set Design
    Donna Macleod – Costume Designer
    Ross Brown – Composer
    Nicola McCartney – Dramaturg

    Hilly – Production Manager
    Clare McNeill – Technical Stage Manager
    Mick Andrew – Lighting Design
    Katharina Siebert – Assistant Stage Manager

    Tour Dates

    14/2/14, Druimfin, Tobermory
    15/2/14, Bunessan Hall, Mull
    17/2/14, Argyllshire Gathering Halls, Oban
    18/2/14, An Cridhe, Coll
    21/2/14, Appin Village Hall, Argyll
    22/2/14, Resolis Memorial Hall, Black Isle
    24/2/14, Gairloch Hall
    25/2/14, Plockton Hall
    26/2/14, SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
    27/2/14, Eden Court, Inverness
    28/2/14, Rosehall Village Hall, Sutherland
    1/3/14, Macphail Centre, Ullapool
    3/3/14, Clan MacQuarrie Centre, Lewis
    4/3/14, Leverburgh Village Hall, Harris
    5/3/14, St Peter’s Hall, South Uist
    6/3/14, Carinish Village Hall, North Uist
    8/3/14, Castlebay School, Barra

    Supported By
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