Brightwater

A Mull Theatre production

by Jon Pope

Inverness High School
Thursday 18th at 7.30pm / Sunday 21st at 7.30pm / Monday 22nd at 2pm
£8 (concessions £6)

Based on the life and writings of one of the most extraordinary Scots of recent times, the naturalist and explorer, Gavin Maxwell: social renegade, basking shark hunter, racing driver, wartime secret agent, poet – and one of the most popular authors of wildlife books this century. In Ring of Bright Water (1959), his depiction of the West Highlands captivated the world, but success came, eventually, to haunt him.
Maxwell’s work epitomises a wide range of ecological, bio diversity, sustainable development and conservation issues, but his constant battle with the elements and the wildlife – including the otters – contrasts with the idealised picture that the film drew. Together with his failed relationships, lack of money and the eventual destruction of his “absolute paradise”, it makes a fascinating tale.