Houses of the sea

HOUSES OF THE SEA by George Gunn

McCreadie Suite, Merkinch Community Centre
Monday 22nd at 7pm - £6.50 (concessions £5)

Sometimes stories just need to be told.

Forged out of the tragedy of the Highland Clearances this is the story of one man’s quest for truth which, ultimately, is beyond human knowing. From Stoer in Assynt the fate of Norman Macleod takes him to Cape Breton where he has to settle, as thousands of Highlanders had to do, as a refugee, an immigrant.

But Norman Macleod is no normal refugee. He will never be an “immigrant”.

Fired by a sense of justice and a fanatical belief in God, Norman Macleod has the innate Highland capacity for survival. His is the story of the Highland people
themselves.

HOUSES OF THE SEA is the story of a class war and it is a war, which is still being fought in the hills and glens of the Highlands. The ruling elite forfeited their right to ownership of the land by displacing the native people. From this perspective the actions of a few short sighted and badly informed individuals seems criminal. The people of the north of Scotland can only overcome such injustice through art.

HOUSES OF THE SEA is an important and vibrant contribution to that process.

With a company of community actors themselves from the Highlands only
Grey Coast Theatre Company is qualified to tell this story.