The Sash
By Hector MacMillan
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Scotland’s leading contemporary touring theatre company present the 40th anniversary production of Hector MacMillan’s classic Scottish dark political play about prejudice, sectarianism and ideals
Taking place on the day of the Orange Walk, Bill MacWilliam is determined that his son, Cameron, will join him on the walk. However, prompted by his mother’s recent death, Cameron has started to question his father’s beliefs. Then throw in the arrival of the staunch Irish catholic spinster from downstairs with her pregnant niece. Father is pitted against son and niece against aunt, as old prejudices are questioned and new ideals sought.
First performed in 1973, this political comedy still resonates strongly in a Scotland where sectarian chants are heard on football terraces and nail bombs are being sent through the post.
A mix of hard edged Glasgow humour and thought-provoking drama to guarantee a great night out.
Education Activities for Schools/Groups
Drama based workshops based around both the themes and ideas in the play and on general theatre and stagecraft are also available.
The tour of The Sash is supported by education activities for schools and groups provided in conjunction with The Scottish Government, Sense over Sectarianism and the Robertson Trust.
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Cast & Creatives

Stewart Porter
For Rapture: Democracy, The Last Yankee, All My Sons, Shang a Lang, The Collection, Broken Glass and The Sash.
Theatres includes: National Theatre, Mermaid Theatre, Citizen’s Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Scottish Opera, Paine’s Plough, 7:84, Tron Theatre, Borderline, Theatre Babel, TAG, Oran Mor and also in Dogstar Theatre’s international hit, Factor 9.
Stewart was nominated for Best UK Actor 2003 for his performance in The Fever at the Citizen’s Theatre. He has appeared throughout the UK on stage, TV, Film and Radio.
Television includes: River City, Shetland, Tutti Frutti, Taggart, Down Where the Buffalo Go, Tumbledown, The Bill, Hamish Macbeth, Jeeves and Wooster, Boon, Young Person’s Guide to Becoming a Rockstar, Take the High Road and many many others.

Jane McCarry
For Rapture: The Last Yankee, The Sash and Last of the Red Hot Lovers.
Jane is probably best known for the role of ‘Isa’ in the hit BBC Scotland comedy Still Game and by younger audiences as ‘Granny Murray’ in CBeebies hit Me Too.
Theatre includes: The Cameo (Oran Mor), Still Game Live (SSE Hydro) The Guid Sisters (NTS/Royal Lyceum) The Steamie, The Corstorphine Road Nativity (Festival Theatre) The Wizard of Oz (Citizens Theatre) and Motherhood (Robert C Kelly).
TV credits include: Burnistoun Big Night Out, Still Game (series 1-6), Rab C. Nesbitt, The Sunny, Freshly Squeezed, The Baldy Man and Para Handy.
Film credits Include: Jim the Fish and Goon.
Panto credits include: Cinderella (The Beacon), Cinderella and Aladdin (Kings Theatre, Glasgow), Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella (Alhambra), Cinderella (Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock) and Pinocchio (Pavilion).

Michele Gallagher
Michele trained at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Previous Theatre credits include:
Scarfed for Life (Citizens), Aganeza Scrooge (Tron), I, Tommy (Red Aye Productions), The Odd Couple – Female Version (Perth Theatre), Truant (NTS), MacBeth (Open Book), One Good Beating (Rekindle), Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Mother Goose (MacRobert), The Sound of My Voice (Citizens), The Oddest Couple (Oran Mor), Celts in Seville (Alyson Orr Productions), Summer of 69 (Pavilion), Hamlet, Chimneys, A Woman of No Importance (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Wullie Whittington (Tron),
The Balamory Stage Show (DC Entertainments), Cinderella’s Sisters (Catherine Wheels), Cut to the Chase (Complete Productions), Tam O’Shanter and Peripheral Violence (Arches), Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! (7:84).
Television and Film credits include:
Strayed (Strayworks), Love Cake (Screen Academy), No Holds Bard (BBC), Still Game (Effingee), Leaves (Marquisde Films), Legit (Comedy Unit), Taggart (SMG), Around Scotland (BBC), Billy Bongo (Peel Street Films) and Monarch of the Glen (BBC).
Radio includes:
Fags, Mags and Bags (Comedy Unit) and Freedom (BBC Scotland)

Colin Little
Colin attended the Glasgow Nautical College where he completed his HND in Acting and Performance and then Hull College, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Acting in 2007.
Colin is best known for his role as Tim in NLP Theatre’s award-winning production of Singin’
I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim by Des Dillon which toured throughout Scotland and Ireland from
2008–2011.
Theatre includes: Macpherson’s Rant (Byre Theatre) Men Should Weep (NTS); Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco (Glasgow Tron); Prospero’s Way; Macbeth’s Way (The Walking TC); Suspicious Minds (Siege Perilous).
Film and television include: River City (BBC); Wayland’s Song (feature, No Bad Films); Swift (Speakeasy Productions); Retrospective (Plum Films).

Ashley Smith
Ashley trained at RCS (formerly RSAMD) and has toured extensively in Scotland as well as performing in London and New York since graduating in 2008 as the gold medal winner. She has worked with NTS, Catherine Wheels, The Traverse and Citizens theatres amongst many more and can be seen in the TV comedy series Scot Squad.
For Rapture: Uncle Varick and The Sash.

Michael Emans
In his training at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, Michael received a BA Hons in Theatre Directing, and spent his third year assisting Patrick Sandford at the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton working on a range of work from classic Tom Stoppard to new writing to Panto!
After leaving drama school Michael assisted Mark Thomson at the Royal Lyceum Theatre for a season. Michael has also directed at the Oran Mor with the winner of the Orange Playwriting Award, “Magnum Opus” and the acclaimed “Burns on the Solway”.
Other previous theatre includes: Over the Mountain by Roy Williams (Creek Road Studio Theatre), Tom Jones (Lillian Bayliss Theatre), The Finishing School by Claire Luckham (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton).
For Rapture Theatre, Michael has directed: Death and the Maiden, The Dumb Waiter, Some Kind of Love Story, Shadowlands, Taking Sides, Clara, An Evening with Gary Lineker, Boys’ Life, Grace, Death of a Salesman, A Kind of Alaska, Habeas Corpus, Rat in the Skull, Oleanna, Macbeth, Perfect Days, Bold Girls, Shang-a-Lang, Assassins, Betrayal, Mr. Peters’ Connections, Insignificance, Speed the Plow, Simpatico, Boy Gets Girl, Your Turn to Clean the Stair, The Old Neighborhood, The Sailmaker, Richard III, Double Top, Boston Marriage, Twisted, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Proof, Misery, Blue/Orange, Damages, The Collection, Frozen, Broken Glass, Shining City, Betrayal 2008, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Hamlet, Gagarin Way, The Sash, The Collection, Shang-a-Lang 2013, Uncle Varick., All My Sons , The Last Yankee , Democracy, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf , A Streetcar Named Desire, The Ten Pound Look, The Browning Version , A Kind of Alaska ( 2019) , The Red Lion and Clybourne Park.
Show Information
2 hours
Suitable for 14+ years