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With Colin Urwin and Ruth Kirkpatrick

"...the finest storytelling entertainment... With oral tales, songs, real life experience and some good-natured banter about love and the seal folk, they bring David Thomson's classic journey round the coasts of Scotland and Ireland to salty life." - Donald Smith, Director, Scottish International Storytelling

The People of the Sea breathes new life into ancient legends in an exquisite blend of storytelling, humour, and evocative music. Inspired by David Thomson's classic 1954 book, Colin Urwin and Ruth Kirkpatrick conjure a world shaped by memory and ancient belief, where the boundaries between land and water, dream and reality shift and shimmer. Richly woven and deeply atmospheric, this heartfelt performance is a luminous celebration of our enduring fascination with the mysteries of the sea.