A brand new panto-style children’s theatre show is set to appear on Moray stages this December, combining the talents of professional actors, a community cast and local children.

Right Lines Productions has joined forces with Elgin’s Red Shoes Theatre to develop “The Great Tartan Haggis of Tooriebrochan!” a fun-filled musical comedy featuring evil villains, fabled creatures and a romantic hero in pursuit of true love – and a Tartan Haggis!

The story centres on a young man coming from the US to the Highlands to discover his roots, so it seemed an ideal show to stage during the Year of Homecoming. We were very fortunate to receive a grant from The Moray Homecoming Fund and as a result, we also will be working with 3 rural primary schools – Alves, Aberlour and Glenlivet.

Each school has selected a group of aspiring actors and following a series of workshops and rehearsals in the schools, a performance of the full show will take place in each village in December, with the children forming the chorus.

It’s a challenging project because in each school performance, the main actors will be the same, but the chorus will be different!

This is a really exciting community project and we were determined to get it up and running this year. In addition to 5 performances at Red Shoes – Wed 2nd – Saturday 5th December 7.30pm(including a matinee on Saturday at 2.30pm), there will be performances in Aberlour Fleming Hall Tues 8th Dec (01340-871255), Glenlivet Hall Wed 9th Dec (01807-590216) and Alves School Hall Thurs 10th December (01343-850247). All school shows start at 7pm and tickets are £6, £4 child/concession. A final performance will take place at Red Shoes on Saturday 12th December at 7.30pm.

The main funding for the production has come from Awards For All, but there has also been a considerable “in-kind” contribution from both Right Lines Productions and Red Shoes to ensure the production becomes a reality.

For further information, please contact Euan Martin, Right Lines Productions 01343-850492. For tickets, please contact Henri Edwards, Red Shoes Theatre 01343-548614.

Red Shoes Theatre

Wed 2nd December - Sat 5th December at 7.30pm

Matinee - Sat 5th Dec at 2.30pm

Final show - Sat 12th Dec at 7.30pm.

Box Office: 01343-548614

Tickets £6, £4 child/concession.