THE STRANGE UNDOING OF PRUDENCIA HART to Launch 2016 Scottish Tour

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, David Greig and Wils Wilson's folk theatre fable has proved hugely popular with audiences from Govan to Rio. The production has been part of the National Theatre of Scotland's touring repertoire since 2011 and has travelled extensively across the UK and internationally, spanning four continents, nine countries and over 50 different venues. In keeping with the site-specific origins of the show, the production has been staged in a tavern, breweries, village halls and studios with bars built in.

From 17 May to 11 June 2016, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart Scottish tour will be visiting Fife, Perthshire, Aberdeenshire, Dundee, South Lanarkshire, Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders with an opening performance at Blairgowrie Town Hall on Tuesday 17 May 2016 at 7.30pm.

The 2016 production has recently returned from another triumphant tour of the USA including a performance in New York as part of Tartan Day, as well as taking over theatre stages and non-traditional theatre spaces in Virginia, Richmond, Illinois, Vermont, Winchester and Arkansas.

Annie Grace, Alasdair Macrae, David McKay, and Paul McCole from the 2014 tour are all returning to join the ensemble cast and will be joined by acclaimed young Scottish theatre actress Jessica Hardwick, most recently seen in Lanark (Citizens Theatre and Edinburgh International Festival).

One wintry morning Prudencia Hart, an uptight academic, sets off to attend a conference in Kelso in the Scottish Borders. As the snow begins to fall, little does she know who or what awaits her there. Inspired by the Border Ballads - and delivered in a riotous romp of rhyming couplets, devilish encounters and wild karaoke - Prudencia's dream-like journey of self-discovery unfolds among and around the audience.

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart takes theatre into pubs and other unlikely venues, where stories are told, re-told, sung and passed on. Audiences are invited to share a lock-in with the National Theatre of Scotland's company of actors and musicians, and to indulge in an evening of supernatural storytelling, music and theatre inspired by the Border Ballads, Robert Burns and the poems of Robert Service.

Benromach Single Malt Whisky is delighted to announce that it is continuing its ongoing partnership with the National Theatre of Scotland in sponsoring The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart.

The sponsorship is part of Benromach's venture into the arts and will enable each audience member (18 years and above) to share a dram of Benromach whisky during the show, in licensed venues.

Thorntons, a major law firm in central Scotland and Fife has also recently come on board to support this 2016 Scottish tour.

Ewen Mackintosh, Chief Operating Officer of Gordon & MacPhail, owners of the Benromach Distillery, said: "We decided to continue our sponsorship of this uniquely Scottish show as it has helped us reach audiences in some of our key markets, particularly the USA. It has proved to be a fruitful partnership with a real synergy, perhaps because we're both creating a great Scottish product. It's a pleasure to be associated with such a high calibre artistic performance. We're sure audiences in Scotland will once again enjoy the show, as well as a dram of our classic Speyside single malt."

Craig Nicol, Joint Managing Partner of Thorntons, said: "We are delighted to be able to offer our support to such an exciting and innovative play, which brings the drama right into the heart of the audience. The tour will stop at a number of towns and cities that our team know well, so it means a lot to be able to bring it into the communities that we are proud to sit at the heart of."