During May 2012 Dogstar Theatre Company will tour the revived production of The Captain’s Collection. First seen by audiences in the Highlands and Islands and Northern Scotland in 1999 and 2000 – this early play by Dogstar was adapted into an international award-winning series on BBC Radio Scotland and its music produced as an acclaimed CD on the Greentrax label.

The production was recently remounted and performed at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow as part of Celtic Connections 2012.

May 2012 touring to:

1 May Perth Theatre

2-4 May Eden Court Inverness

5 May Glengarry

6 May Mountstuart Isle of Bute

8 May Craignish

9 May Cove Burgh Hall

10 May Byre Theatre St Andrews

11 May Dundee Rep

12 May Cumbernauld Theatre

15 May An Lanntair Stornoway

16 May Rosehall

17 May Eastgate Theatre Peebles

18 May Woodend Barn Banchory

19 May Tolbooth Stirling

22-23 May Traverse Edinburgh

24 Druimfin, Mull

25 May Taynuilt

Written by Hamish MacDonald, directed by celebrated actor and director Alison Peebles, featuring the sublime singing of Alyth McCormack, 2009 CATS Best Actor Matthew Zajac, and two of Scotland’s finest traditional musicians, Jonny Hardie and Ingrid Henderson, the play follows the seminal twists and turns of Highland composer Captain Simon Fraser (1773-1852) as he attempts to win fame by publishing his tunes. In order to gain the favour of elitist Regency society he is compelled to remove the Gaelic verses, often of Jacobite and anti-Royal sentiment. Meeting Captain Fraser in advanced age he is visited by the ghosts and dreams dwelling within the pages of his collection,  transported among the legends of the music and back through his own turbulent existence.

Source: Dogstar