Nancy Sleekit by Donald Campbell

Nancy - Zoe Hunter

Director - Sean Kane

This play won a Fringe First several years ago and was recently revived in this touring production in 2008. Widowed Nancy, played by Zoe Hunter, stands by her husband's coffin in mourning clothes: but how genuine is her grief? And how did her husband - and his predecessors - meet their end? Nancy Sleekit is no woman to meddle with. She regales us, in rich and expressive Scots, with tales of her three husbands, their manifold failings and their untimely ends. Along the way we get wonderful Hogarthian cameos of the low life of Auld Reekie, acerbic asides that would wither a stone, and a feisty proto-feminism. theatre enigma's production of this superbly dark comic piece will intrigue and entertain as you follow the exploits of this very merry widow.

The Herd of Standlan by John Buchan

Gideon - Scott Colin Moncrieff

Director - A C Wilson

Ranked as one of the finest in the Scots tongue, this early short story by John Buchan appeared in Rowan Tree’s early repertoire and now finds a new interpretation under the direction of A C Wilson. Tweeddale shepherd Gideon Scott, played by Colin Moncrieff, risks his own life to save a young laird, and through the night suffers from the visitations of ghostly figures from his own past. In the end, has his effort been worth while?  Buchan, master of suspense, has created a brilliant text for performance in this piece.