Details

19-year-old Davie Balfour has never left home, never been kissed and never fired a gun. Armed with nothing but a hand-drawn map, he heads off on an adventure like no other - quickly realising that he has a lot of catching up to do. The production follows Davie on a journey of eye-opening discovery as he navigates murderous foes, Jacobite outlaws and the most inept crew of pirates this side of the Atlantic. This version of Kidnapped reframes the relationship between the central characters Davie Balfour and Alan Breck Stewart as a romance, which is played out through their adventures across the Lowlands and Highlands of a Scotland, still reeling from the aftermath of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. Robert Louis Stevenson's wife, Frances, an American writer who supported Robert throughout his writing, also features in the production in the role of a spirit guide to the protagonist.

Cast/Performers

Ryan J Macray (Davie), Malcolm Cumming (Alan), Christina Gordon (Ensemble), Danielle Jam (Ensemble), Fatima Jawara (Ensemble), Grant O'Rourke (Ensemble), David Rankine (Ensemble), Isaac Savage (Ensemble), Karen Young (Ensemble)

Creatives/Company

Book by: Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted by(s): Isobel McArthur, Michael John McCarthy
Producer: National Theatre of Scotland
Music: Michael John McCarthy (musical arrangement)
Director(s): Isobel McArthur, Gareth Nicholls
Design(s): Tim Reid (video), Anna Orton
Costume: Anna Orton
Lighting: Ben Ormerod
Sound: Clare Hibberd