Raw Material & Eden Court Highlands present

THE STAMPING GROUND

WINNER: BEST MUSIC & sound, CATS AWARDS 2022

THE STAMPING GROUND is a new musical, featuring the songs of Runrig, about love, life and the land.

It’s the hottest summer in years and the villagers are sweltering. The heart of their community, the local pub, is for sale and tensions are rising about the future of this place they call home.

Newly returned together-forever couple Euan and Annie find themselves lost in this once familiar place, now filled with more tourists than residents, as they navigate a new life.

Meanwhile, their disoriented teenage daughter takes a shine to a local activist, much to her overprotective dad’s disapproval, and Euan’s mother's life is upturned when an old flame returns home.

As relationships ignite and smoulder, the heartbeat of the land keeps beating as the villagers try to band together against the odds.

Written by Morna Young
Concept by Alan B McLeod
Directed by Luke Kernaghan
Musical Direction and Arrangements by John Kielty
Designed by Kenneth MacLeod
Movement Direction by Jade Adamson
Lighting Design by Simon Wilkinson
Sound Design by Garry Boyle

FEATURING THE SONGS OF RUNRIG

All songs written by Calum MacDonald and Rory MacDonald. Published by BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited, a BMG Company.

2023 PRODUCTION PHOTOS

Photography Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

“★★★★
“A big show with a huge heart
full of love, wisdom and energy”
”

— The Scotsman

“★★★★
Breathes compelling new life
into Runrig’s songs”

— The Times

“★★★★
In this bold production by Glasgow-based producers Raw Material and Eden Court in Inverness, the story is told with tremendous commitment and eloquence by a 13-strong cast of actors and musicians... its complex story demands a strong momentum from one scene to the next; in a vivid and thought-provoking musical that fits into few familiar categories, precisely because its scale and ambition have become so rare, in the cash-strapped world of Scotland’s professional theatre-making.”

— The Scotsman 2023

“★★★★
What follows is an infectiously appealing cross-generational tug of love for a way of life under threat of being bought up and hyped into a very different brand...

With unavoidable echoes of Local Hero in Raw Material and Eden Court Inverness’s production, the similarly feelgood happy ending points up a show of strength in a rousing call to arms.”

— The Herald 2023