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Not With A Whimper. One Act.  A sparkling comedy set in a hospice as two old people reach the end of their lives: witty, touching and brilliantly funny.

The Buchan Trap. One Act. Something has gone wrong with the water supply. Best send for a plumber, then. But the plumber isn’t at all what you might expect. A gentle comedy.

The Chair. One Act.  Set in a lady’s hair salon. A psychological thriller. What secret links the stylist and her customer?

As The Bat At Noon. One Act. A burglar breaks in to a blind man’s house. Who will have the upper hand in their encounter?

Skirlie. Full length. In an Aberdeenshire school that had better remain anonymous, something strange is boiling up in the kitchens. We take the lid off the plot - and you'll never again feel the same way about school dinners. The fascinating characters include three dinner wifies whose combined skills barely qualify them to use a tin-opener – if they had one. And if they did they’d probably slice a finger off. The teachers are more concerned with their private lives than with the education of the pupils and the school cleaner lives in a world of her own. Add a Health and Safety Inspector to the menu and the comic situations culminate in a surprising climax.

Blown Seed. Based on the novel by David Toulmin.

Blown Seed is the story of Helen MacKinnon, born on a croft beneath the White Stag carved into the hillside at Mormond, or the Mattock Hill, as it becomes for the novel. She left home to work in service in the town and there she met Audie Foubister. Poor, shabby, helpless Audie. Not much of a catch.

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