The Straw Chair - Meet the Cast

Описание: Interviews with cast members of The Straw Chair - Selina Boyack, Pamela Reid, Ceit Kearney and Martin McBride.

Award-winning Borderline Theatre and Hirtle Productions present Sue Glover’s captivating play about liberty, lost love, female empowerment and marriage for its first Scottish tour since 1988.

Set in the early eighteenth century on the remote Scottish island of Hirta (St. Kilda) it explores liberty, lost love, female empowerment and marriage in captivating fashion.

It’s a stormy start to marriage for 17-year-old Isabel and her minister husband Aneas, as they arrive from Edinburgh onto the remote Sottish island of St. Kilda. Amongst the inhabitants lives Lady Grange, based the true historical figure named Rachel Chiesley, who is desperate to return to civilisation.

Isabel is appalled yet fascinated by Rachel, who tells the young bride unfamiliar stories of betrayal and abduction. While Isabel uncovers alarming similarities, battling between youthful exhilaration and the danger of being too troublesome a wife, Lady Grange clings with tragic dignity to the two things she has left in the world – a consuming rage and an old straw chair.

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TOUR DATES:
30 March* an Lanntair, STORNOWAY, Isle of Lewis 7.30pm; £10/£9 members (£8) 01851 708480 www.lanntair.com

01 April Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, SLEAT, Isle of Skye 7.30pm; £12 (£10) 01471 844 207 www.seall.co.uk

03 April Eden Court Theatre, INVERNESS 7:30pm; £14 (£12/£8 under 18s) 01463 234 234 www.eden-court.co.uk

04 April Birnam Arts, BIRNAM 8pm; £14/£12 conc. (£5 U16s) 01350 727674 www.birnamarts.com

07 April Ardross Community Hall, ARDROSS 8pm; £10 (£7) 01349 880591 ardrosscommunityhall.ticketsource.co.uk

08 April Astley Hall, ARISAIG 7.30pm; £7 (£6) 01687 450263 www.spanglefish.com/astleyhall

10 April Comar, Druimfin, TOBERMORAY 8pm; £10 (£6 U18s & members) 01688 302211 www.comar.co.uk

11 April The Tower Digital Arts Centre, HELENSBURGH 7.30pm; £9 (£7) 01436 820 369 www.helensburghboxoffice.com

14-18 April* Tron Theatre, GLASGOW 7.45pm; Tue-Thu £14 (£10), Fri-Sat £16 (£12) 0141 552 4267 www.tron.co.uk

21 April Cumbernauld Theatre, CUMBERNAULD 7.45pm; £12 (£8/£6) 01236 732887 www.cumbernauldtheatre.co.uk

22 April Carlops Village Hall, PENICUIK 7.30pm; £10 (£6 U16s) 07773 024 024 www.carlops.net

23-25 April* Traverse Theatre, EDINBURGH 7.30pm; £16 (£13/£8) 0131 228 1404 www.traverse.co.uk

28 April* Paisley Arts Centre, PAISLEY 7.30pm; £10 (£6) 0300 300 1210 https://boxoffice.renfrewshire.gov.uk/

29 April Gaiety Theatre, AYR 7.30pm; £13.50 (£12.50/£10 students) 01292 288 235 www.ayrgaiety.co.uk

30 April* Adam Smith Theatre, KIRKCALDY 7.30pm; £12 (£10/£5 students) 01592 583302 www.onfife.com

01 May Bowhill Theatre, SELKIRK 8pm; £12 (£10 U16s) 01750 22204 http://www.borderevents.com/boxoffice

02 May Brunton Theatre, MUSSELBURGH 7.30pm; £12 (£10/£7 U18s) 0131 665 2240 www.thebrunton.co.uk

07 May Bernera Community Centre, GREAT BERNERA 7.30pm; £8/£5 (£20 Group of 4 in advance) 01851 612411 http://artsnaneilean.org

08 May Tarbert Community Centre, TARBERT, Isle of Harris 7.30pm; £8/£5 (£20 Group of 4 in advance) 07584 578759 http://artsnaneilean.org

09 May Stoneybridge Hall, STONEYBRIDGE, South Uist 7.30pm; £8/£5 (£20 Group of 4 in advance) 01878 700 154 http://artsnaneilean.org