Play Pieces presents ‘Hallaig’ by Iain Finlay Macleod

This September will see something a little different at The Old Bridge Inn as the pub will be hosting a fantastic play. As The Old Bridge loves to support lots of music, we also wish to support the arts too. Tickets are £10 and this includes a pie and a drink.

The play is about a young man, Sorley, drives north to Raasay to try to stop the woman he loves marrying another man. Her name is Eimhir. But as Sorley nears Raasay, the memories of his upbringing in Hallaig Wood return. Memories he has suppressed since he ran away from the island at fourteen, never to return. When he reaches the island, the same choice he ran from many years ago confronts him again.

Hallaig is based on two poems written by Sorley Maclean – Hallaig and An Roghainn. It is a story about unrequited love and how the small choices we make in life can affect us. It is about loss – of time, life, love and language.