A Doric language play which stormed the Edinburgh festival is set to hit the boards in Fraserburgh.
Inspired by the bothy ballads of the north-east, Spectretown is a haunting story told in the Scots dialect that spans century.
Theatre group Stoirm Og are currently touring the country after debuting the show in native Cumbernauld and on Friday will arrive in the Aberdeenshire port.
Spectretown is written by Elspeth Turner, who spent time in the north east. Inspired by songs sung by farm labourers in the region, she said: “I became really interested in what they were used for. They are highly political, partly because they contain tips from one farm worked to another about whether this boss or that is decent to work for.
“In that way, they represent a sort of democracy – except the woman’s voice is often absent. I realised that interpreting and performing them as a woman living today can in itself quite politically charged.”
The show won rave review in Edinburgh for bringing the Doric tongue to an international audience earlier this year.
Tickets for Friday’s performance at Dalrymple Hall and Art Centre can be bought at R & S Dyga Newsagents in Broad Street, or at the door.