Play inspired by Sutherland Spaceport set to blast off to Highland venues
A play inspired by the construction of Sutherland’s new spaceport is set to tour around the Highlands and Islands next month.
The Fallen Angels of The Moine by former Caithness makar George Gunn will be shown to audiences throughout rural Scotland from August 27 and will visit Rosehall on September 4, Melness Community Centre on September 6 and Reay Hall on September 7.
The story was inspired by the development of Sutherland Spaceport, which is in the early stages of construction on the Moine peninsula.
The play will be presented to a live audience for the first time, having been written and developed during the Covid pandemic in 2020.
Produced by production company Dogstar Theatre Company, the play is one of many touring the north of Scotland as part of a playwriting development initiative that will see the company visit local schools and community venues in order to inspire the next generation of playwriters and actors.
The Fallen Angels of the Moine is described as “a kind of warning, a miniature epic drama taking its audience on an extraordinary journey full of poetry, music and light, full of mystery, humour and hard facts”. It follows the mythical Shee - creatures which have travelled across the universe to reside beneath the Flow Country bogs, but which now plan to leave.
The play also travels to Ullapool on August 27, as well as Stornoway (August 28), Harris (August 29), Skye (August 30) and Arisaig (August 31).
Further plays with links to the Highlands set to tour across the country as part of the development scheme include Spark - The Highland New Play Festival and The Testament of Gideon Mack.
Dogstar’s leading play The Tailor of Inverness is also set to tour across Europe following a successful sell-out run at London’s Finborough Theatre in the summer.
