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Wallace's Women

Wallace's Women- and a broad and bawdy lot they are- spirit us back to a 13th century Scotland where Sir William is the country's uncrowned king and national hero.
Written in Lanarkshire Scots by Margaret McSeveney and Elizabeth Roberts, a group of women recall their personal memories of Wallace as they prepare his bride~to~be Marion Braidfute for her coming nuptials.
Pre~wedding superstitions hopes and fears run high (albeit lightened by some X-certificate horseplay with an enormously crude rag doll) and the earthy accents take a bit of getting used to at first
But this is a haunting highly dramatic and meaty piece of Scots theatre. Director Charlie Nowosielski elicits strong performances all round. Alan Little's lighting adds a splendidly creepy feel to the proceedings and Sarah Gudgeon (High Roads Kitty McIvor) excels as Wallace's
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