Nan Shepherd: Naked and Unashamed

Written by Richard Baron and Ellie Zeegen

Directed by Richard Baron

Design team of Natalie Fern, Elizabeth Newman and Nick Trueman

Sound designed by Jon Beales

A co-production between Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Firebrand Theatre Company in collaboration with Dr Kerri Andrews

“I believe it is the modern fashion to burn your bra, but I’d thrown mine away by 1914.” Nan Shepherd

Following the success of their podcast series, A Journey with Nan Shepherd, award-winning Firebrand’s richly entertaining, funny and moving new play uncovers the extraordinary, unconventional woman behind the glamorous portrait on the Scottish five-pound note.

Directed by Richard Baron, whose previous Pitlochry Festival Theatre productions include Chicago, The Last Witch and Heritage.

Spiced with poetry, humour and romance, the play reveals the untold story of how Nan Shepherd’s experiences as author, teacher, hillwalker and lover helped shape Scotland’s recent literary history; while also solving the mystery of why a manuscript of her ground-breaking masterpiece, The Living Mountain, lay forgotten in a drawer for over 30 years.

Image © Estate of Nan Shepherd

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Venue: Studio

Dates: 24 May – 6 Jul 2024

Running time: Approximately 75 minutes

Recommended Age Guidance: 11+

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Reviews

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The Stage

“the human being behind the myth finds space to breathe and express herself.”

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The Times

“Allan gives a lively, endearing performance as this woman out of her time”

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Broadway Baby

“Allan with a twinkle in her eye conveys Nan’s wicked sense of humour”

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Corr Blimey

“quite simply lovely”

Creatives

Directed by RICHARD BARON

Design team of NATALIE FERN, ELIZABETH NEWMAN and NICK TRUEMAN

Sound designed by JON BEALES

Lighting designed by PETER FENNELL

Cast

Nan Shepherd IRENE ALLEN

Dad/Robertson DAVID RANKINE

David Rankine

David Rankine

David is an Aberdeen-born actor. He trained at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA).

Theatre Credits: The Fair Maid of the West (Royal Shakespeare Company), Kidnapped (National Theatre of Scotland); A Journey With Nan Shepherd (Firebrand Theatre Company); Rocket Post (Constellation Points); The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Helen Milne Productions/Perth Theatre and The Roald Dahl Story Company); The Tale of Typhoid Mary (A Play A Pie and A Pint); Bill McLaren: Fighting The Enemy (Firebrand); See You In Court (10 Feet Tall); Three Billion Swipes (National Theatre of Scotland/BBC Scotland); Do Not Press This Button (A Play, A Pie and A Pint ); Heritage, Blithe Spirit, The Crucible, Summer Holiday, Chicago and Quality Street (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Aladdin and Snow White (Eden Court); The Last Witch (Firebrand Theatre Company/Pitlochry Festival Theatre); The Last Bordello (Fire Exit), Mischief (A Play, A Pie and A Pint); A Million Miles Away (Frozen Charlotte); Romeo and Juliet (Lodestar Theatre Company) and Over The Rainbow: The Eva Cassidy Story (UK Tour)

Film/Radio/TV Credits: Dog Squad (CBeebies) and Carry Me Home – A Ferry Tale (National Theatre of Scotland).
Irene Allan

Irene Allan

Irene trained at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh and won The Stage Edinburgh Award for her performance in Coriolanus Vanishes.

Theatre Credits: Sleeping Beauty (Platform Theatre); Wilf (Traverse Theatre); I’m Dissolving My Love in a Bath of Acid, The Tale of Typhoid Mary Camino, The Persians (A Play, A Pie and a Pint – Oran Mor); The Silenced (Bunbery Banter), Pinocchio, Hansel and Gretel (Citizens Theatre), Red Dust Road (National Theatre of Scotland); Coriolanus Vanishes and Last Bordello (Fire Exit); Christmas Tales, The Crucible, Union and Living Quarters (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); Iron (Firebrand); Shirley Valentine, Bondagers (Byre Theatre); The Seer (Dogstar); Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (National Theatre) plus three seasons at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

Film/Radio/TV Credits: To Janice (BFI Film Academy), Eye Exam (20th Digital Studio), The Cat, McLevy, Rebus, Black and Blue, Heart of Midlothian and For the Love of Willie (BBC R4) and Not Safe for Work (Channel 4).