Keepers of the Light

Dates: Tuesday 12th September
Time: Doors 6.30pm, Start 7pm
Place: The Oak Room, The Rockfield Centre
Age: 12+ (content warning: contains strong language)
Cost: £12 Standard, £10 Concession

Live theatre | Seated

⭐️ New: Second Show Added ⭐️

Dates: Monday 11th September
Time: Doors 6.30pm, Start 7pm
Place: The Oak Room, The Rockfield Centre
Age: 12+ (content warning: contains strong language)
Cost: £12 Standard, £10 Concession

Live theatre | Seated

“This lighthouse is home to a mystery...One of Scotland’s darkest tales.”

December, 1900. Three keepers disappear from their post on the Flannan Isles lighthouse, west of the Outer Hebrides.

What happened to the men has never been answered and becomes the talking point for three technicians who find themselves stranded on the remote station. Join Davie, Alec and Mac as they delve into the mystery and step into the shoes of the missing keepers. Follow them as they navigate the choppy seas of speculation, myth and folklore, and as they ponder the unfathomable question; “what could cause three men to vanish into the night?”.

Some stones, of course, are best left unturned...

Fresh from its sell-out run in 2022, Keepers of the Light by playwright Izzy Gray returns to Scotland’s coastal communities. An old mystery told through a modern lens, the play combines traditional storytelling with contemporary staging, movement direction by Ana Norrie-Toch and an original score by Ewan Watson.

The play will tour lighthouse communities, including those with direct links to the story, thanks to kind support from the Northern Lighthouse Board’s Heritage Trust.

Audience Reviews

"It's a testament to Izzy's talent as a writer and her compassion in handling what was a significant and very sad part of NLB's history that the play was such a success." - Northern Lighthouse Board

"A spectacularly original production with wit, delicacy, and just the right amount of brine."

“A Marvellously constructed piece.”

"The tonal shifts from the gentle contemporary comedy, to the tense historic tale, flow flawlessly. One moment we are laughing at gentle jibes and the next we sit afraid of barely contained resentment and rage. As drink is drunk, and tall tales are told, an other worldly mood descends. As a piece of speculative fiction, it's fascinating and entertaining. As a good old fashioned ghost story it entertains and unexpectedly gets under the skin."

"With works like “Keepers of the Light”, this story and its almost endless possibilities seems destined to be told and re-told for a long time to come."