ANGUS MCPHEE - Weaver of Grass


ANGUS MCPHEE or MACPHEE was a crofter from Uist who spent almost 50 years in a Highland psychiatric hospital. During this time he chose not to speak - instead he wove a series of incredible costumes out of grass. These he hung on trees in the hospital grounds.

This blog follows the progress of HORSE + BAMBOO THEATRE as they develop and tour a show about Angus....

Monday, 17 June 2013

BLAS Festival

Angus MacPhee with Joyce Laing. Photo: Time Neat
Well, it's Angus - Weaver of Grass time once more! The BLAS Festival have now uploaded their website, full of exciting events, at http://www.blas-festival.com/ , and tickets are for sale for this through their site. Its a great opportunity to see and hear some of the best Gaelic singers around and, of course, catch up with our show in the Highland Region. 

Esther will be putting, on our own website, a more-or-less complete itinerary for our 2013 tour any time now - look out for this at http://www.horseandbamboo.org/angus/ going to ITINERARY on the right hand column. 

Tickets are also on-sale for the Edinburgh Fringe shows, again at the wonderful Scottish Storytelling Centre. Go to https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/theatre/angus-weaver-of-grass 

All of this activity brings it home - work on freshening up the masks, set and puppets for the show starts here very, very soon.
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