An exuberant "Ceilidh" play with scenes songs and music of Highland history from the clearances to the oil strike

Strathoykel, Sutherland. "When the Sheriff and his men arrived, the women were on the road and the men behind the walls. The women shouted 'Better to die here than America or the Cape of Good Hope'. The first blow was struck by a woman with a stick. The gentry leant out of their saddles and beat at the women's heads with their crops." (John McGrath)

"arguably the single most important show in the whole history of Scottish theatre: important not only because of its angry, hilarious, brilliantly-researched political content, still almost frighteningly relevant today, but because its ceilidh form, and its passionate commitment to touring to communities large and small, galvanised an irreversible change in what Scotland thought theatre was, what it could do, and who its audience might be. . . . John McGrath's great play will reach out to a new generation, and continue to evolve, develop, and live, along with the story of Scotland itself." - Scotsman

"a spine-tingling call to arms that needs to be heard across the land right now." - Herald

"There are no us-and-them divisions here, just the collective enjoyment of a spirited ensemble and the thrill of hearing truth being spoken to power." - Guardian

"John McGrath's hugely important fusion of Highland ceilidh and old-fashioned Scots musical theatre . . . remains alive and contemporary. As a play it has everything, and it throws it at you in generous handfuls; laugher, farce, drama, live song and dance, finely researched political intent." - Independent

"John McGrath's landmark political drama" - The Times