'The Straw Chair' - Bordeline Theatre Company
Sue Glover’s internationally renowned play of profound power, about liberty and love, both lost and discovered, in the unlikeliest of 18th century settings. Seventeen-year-old Isabel and her minister husband Aneas arrive from Edinburgh onto the remote island of Hirta (St. Kilda) to spread the gospel in the Gaelic speaking North. Their stormy start to marriage worsens as they encounter the extraordinary Lady Grange, a true historical figure named Rachel Chiesley, who’s tortured by a life of abduction and banishment. While Lady Grange tragically clings to her old straw chair, Isabel uncovers alarming similarities to her own situation as she battles between a desire for youthful exhilaration and the danger of being too troublesome a wife. When their intended short stay soon becomes as indefinite as that of Lady Grange, will they all ever return to civilisation? “A beguiling combination of things, starting with the incredible story of Lady Grange, banished by her husband to the remoteness of St Kilda. Hung around this framework is an evocation, as light and sharp as spindrift, of the strange life on the island.” - Scotland on Sunday “Her wonderful ear for Scottish cadence allows us to enter fully into the world she creates.” - Time Out Read more about Borderline Theatre, which celebrates 40 years in 2015, on http://www.borderlinetheatre.co.uk/ With Selina Boyack, Pamela Reid, Ceit Kearney and Martin McBride Making Connections: 'The Straw Chair' is directed by award-winning Scottish Theatre Director Liz Carruthers, who recently spent a year at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig as a mature student.Date: 01/04/15
Start Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, TDC main hall
Audience Numbers: 108
Type: Theatre Adult